- A C Grayling, Financial Times (in a review of A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel)
There are not enough words to give this book the praise it deserves. Suzanne Collins has gone above and beyond normal plotting to keep readers on a roller coaster of emotions. I couldn't put the book down once I started reading it. I was amazed with the plot. Never in my wildest imagination could I have thought of such pure brilliance. Below is a description of the book, retrieved from the hunger games official website.
"Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone fighting against you?
Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives. In the ruins
of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a
shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the
districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between
the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a
brutal and terrifying fight to the death - televised for all of Panem to
see. Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.
WINNING WILL MAKE YOU FAMOUS. LOSING MEANS CERTAIN DEATH."
If you're looking for a book that's different than the everyday normal humdrum you've become accustomed to, this one is for you. Perfect for all adult ages.
