Name: The Hunger Games: Special Edition Box Set
Rating: 4.302058618283322 (7165 reviews)
ISBN: 9781338323641

Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games: Special Edition Box Set

The Hunger Games

Book that got me into reading and I'm now (6 years later) still addicted. Amazing world and character. Politics structure and messaging is on point!

Zaelynn St Denis

the start of my favorite book series ever ♥︎

Lucían

Hunger Games

Kory

The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins. (Quelle: Buchdeckel verso).

Didn't like the audiobook narrator mostly because she felt monotone. I also feel like Katniss was written like a damsel in distress.

Susan

The government ALWAYS KNOWS

Didn't like the audiobook narrator mostly because she felt monotone. I also feel like Katniss was written like a damsel in distress.

O PRIMEIRO LIVRO QUE CONSIGO TERMINAR EM ANOS! Sou muito fã dos filmes e resolvi começar pelo livro justamente por já conhecer e amar a história e deu certo! Foi muito legal descobrir detalhes novos e, principalmente, acompanhar mais de perto os pensamentos da Katniss durante os Jogos. Só queria que alguns personagens do livro tivessem tido mais espaço nos filmes também, porque mereciam! Mas, tirando isso, gostei bastante e estou muito feliz por finalmente ter terminado um livro. A diva da Suzanne Collins me tirou da aposentadoria literária, gratidão! 

Giovanna Rodrigues 

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.

The Hunger Games #1

Jose Sbuck

Katniss Everdeen lives in a dystopian world, in a poor village that is expected to send a boy and a girl to a brutal competition every year. Her life is hard, especially after the death of her father, but she is capable, skilled, and intelligent, and she copes quite well. But all that will change when she's the one who has to go there. The brutal competition is called the Hunger Games. There are two contestants from each of the 12 villages, and the last one alive wins. The contestants have to kill each other and survive in the wilderness. Could this be a criticism of reality TV? The setup sounds a lot like a Big Brother TV show. Young people are shoved into an arena and televised, and the one who does the best wins. And it's all about performance: Katniss has to play along and give the audience what they want in order to attract sponsors and get life-saving supplies. The novel is convincing in its oppressive setting. A totalitarian regime suppresses the rights of poor citizens in a way that could be a reality in many parts of the modern world. There's a clear hierarchy between poor villagers and rich city dwellers, and there's no possibility of social mobility out of poverty. I enjoyed the description of living off the land, hunting, fishing and gathering food. How Katniss learns to interpret the behaviour of animals and the weather and use it to her advantage in the rough terrain. I didn't really like her inner dialogue, which rubs against the main themes or plays the broken record of "loves me, loves me not". There's too much repetition without developing the ideas. The novel ends on a cliffhanger and I think I will read the sequel one day.

Quando Katniss urla "Mi offro volontaria, mi offro volontaria come tributo!" sa di aver appena firmato la sua condanna a morte. È il giorno dell'estrazione dei partecipanti agli Hunger Games, un reality show organizzato ogni anno da Capitol City con una sola regola: uccidi o muori. Ognuno dei Distretti deve sorteggiare un ragazzo e una ragazza tra i 12 e i 18 anni che verrà gettato nell'Arena a combattere fino alla morte. Ne sopravvive uno solo, il più bravo, il più forte, ma anche quello che si conquista il pubblico, gli sponsor, l'audience. Katniss appartiene al Distretto 12, quello dei minatori, quello che gli Hunger Games li ha vinti solo due volte in 73 edizioni, e sa di aver poche possibilità di farcela. Ma si è offerta al posto di sua sorella minore e farà di tutto per tornare da lei. Da quando è nata ha lottato per vivere e lo farà anche questa volta. Nella sua squadra c'è anche Peeta, un ragazzo gentile che però non ha la stoffa per farcela. Lui è determinato a mantenere integri i propri sentimenti e dichiara davanti alle telecamere di essere innamorato di Katniss. Ma negli Hunger Games non esistono gli amici, non esistono gli affetti, non c'è spazio per l'amore. Bisogna saper scegliere e, soprattutto, per vincere bisogna saper perdere, rinunciare a tutto ciò che ti rende Uomo.

Hunger Games 1 (italienisch)

Antonio Marini

Avvincente, mi è piaciuto parecchio lo stile narrativo. Romanzo d'avventura per adolescenti senza grandi pretese filosofiche. Ciononostante è interessante un'analisi sociologica. Una società divisa in caste immutabili e tenute isolate, che non hannobalcun rapporto diretto salvo incontrarsi/scontrarsi una volta all'anno negli Hunger Games. Il dominio di Capital City si concretizza nel dividi et impera e nel monopolio assoluto dei mass media. Nella sua ribellione Katniss non può fare altro che assecondare la trama imposta dai mezzi di comunicazione. Anche l'amore sincero di Peeta viene piegato alla spettacolarizzazione. Una critica feroce alla società moderna che manipolando i sentimenti si autocelebra nella lotta mortale tra le varie stratificazioni di classe.

This Special Edition of The Hunger Games includes the most extensive interview Suzanne Collins has given since the publication of The Hunger Games; an absorbing behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the series; and an engaging archival conversation between Suzanne Collins and YA legend Walter Dean Myers on writing about war. The Special Edition answers many questions fans have had over the years, and gives great insight into the creation of this era-defining work. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister’s place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to death before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Still, if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

The Hunger Games: Special Edition

Marija

I read book in two days. I couldn't sleep last night until i read it. =) I think it says enough. 

Taneil Casey

What I liked about this book was the engaging style, the intense events, and the emotion that is naturally drawn out by those events. The inward struggles that Katniss must constantly face are things that just about any person can sympathize with.

As with most books, however, there are many things that I disagree with. I understand that without conflict and problems there would hardly be a story, but as one reads a story like this you can't help but ask yourself what you would do in such a situation and think that you would do it differently. Sometimes it's a relief that we probably won't know until we get there.

"𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳."

went from a harry potter girl to a hunger games girl.

This book was genuinely ADDICTING, I couldn't put it down. Suzanne Collins did a fantastic job with world-building and the suspense, I was on edge throughout the whole book.

And I think Katniss Everdeen is one of the best main characters out there. Worst narrator, but the best character, because she feels real. She is flawed, she is angry, she is scared, she is real.

clementine ⤜♡→

"𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳."

went from a harry potter girl to a hunger games girl.

This book was genuinely ADDICTING, I couldn't put it down. Suzanne Collins did a fantastic job with world-building and the suspense, I was on edge throughout the whole book.

And I think Katniss Everdeen is one of the best main characters out there. Worst narrator, but the best character, because she feels real. She is flawed, she is angry, she is scared, she is real.

And Peeta is my sweetheart 

Atharv Gupta

Milan Joseph

the best book of the series would probably be this, the rest aren't bad, they are awesome as well but not as awesomic as compared to this. there were moments where i stopped reading and closed my eyes because something just happened that shit out of me (its not scary but like you go WTH, because it wasn't supposed to happen like that) i like those punches in each chapter. the rest of the novels focus on much political and identical aspects than this which is more like a survival thriller that makes you want to survive. i mostly overrate my reviews sooo yeah, just read it.

I was always a fan of the movies, but I finally got around to reading this after I finished SotR. Such a relevant book and I fear, it will always have real world relevance. 

Gabriella Pratt

Collects all three adventures of Katniss and the District 12 team, as they compete in the annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts of Panem against one another.

The Hunger Games Trilogy

Greg Pyle

Given all the hype, I really wanted to love this book. Unfortunately, I didn't. The characters were not very well developed, and as such, I couldn't relate to any of them. The plot was linear, where one thing followed from the last, and so on all throughout the trilogy. It seems that this linear plot was by design because it translates so easily to a movie format. However, the linear plot really doesn't make for such great reading. Moreover, the entire story could have easily been developed in a single book. Stretching this simple story over a trilogy was again seemingly for the purpose of maximizing profits. The writing, and the plot development, deteriorated over the three books. I felt relief when the end finally came; not for the characters I should have cared about, but for me, for not having to read any more of what was nicely wrapped up by the end of Book 1. It seems to me that this book was a marketing contrivance, designed specifically to maximize profits. The linear plot makes for easy movie-making. The trilogy seems to be the literary fashion of the day, which lends itself easily to three movies. Sadly, the simple plot wasn't enough to warrant three books.

Marco yauri 

Ha sido un placer conocer a Katniss Everdeen. 
Un final muy intrigante y que me dejó, sin duda, con ganas del segundo libro. 
En conclusión, un muy buen inicio de trilogía.

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