Name: The Hunger Games: Special Edition Box Set
Rating: 4.301226348983882 (7135 reviews)
ISBN: 9781338323641

Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games: Special Edition Box Set

vinny<3

In stark contrast to two nights ago, when I felt Peeta was a million miles away, I'm struck by his immediacy now. As we settle in, he pulls my head down to use his arm as a pillow; the other rests protectively over me even when he goes to sleep. No one has held me like this in such a long time. Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe.

Julie <3

kari <33

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.

Cassidy Nolan

Sick and disoriented, I’m able to form only one thought:  Peeta Mellark just saved my life.

“Lean down a minute first,” he says. “Need to tell you something.” I lean over and put my good ear to his lips, which tickle as he whispers. “Remember, we’re madly in love, so it’s all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”

But I’m held here both by the hovercraft walls and the same force that holds the loved ones of the dying. How often I’ve seen them, ringed around our kitchen table and I thought, Why don’t they leave? Why do they stay to watch? 

And now I know. It’s because you have no choice.

majda

So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.

Tali ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆

“I want the audience to recognize you when you’re in the arena,” says Cinna dreamily. “Katniss, the girl who was on fire.”

But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and

Savannah J. Gesler

At dinner, the fried baloney came with applesauce and greasy chunks of potatoes, and he ate every bite on his heaping tray with relish.

Kaitlyn Kuehn 

"You are a fool," Haymitch says in disgust. "Do you think he hurt you? That boy just gave you something you could never achieve on your own. 

"He made you look desirable! And let's face it, you can use all the help you can get in that department. 

The Hunger Games

Ive been non stop reading this the last 2 days and constantly wanting to know what happens next, even though i saw the movie a few years ago, the writing is beatiful in a new way and i want to read more. I do feel like the ending went by far too quickly and could have used more description but that might just be because I didn't want it to be over. I can't wait to read catching fire. 

Chloe

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. 

Hunger Games

this book is amazing omg. i love peeta so much katniss should have freaking locked in during this book like he’s right here kissing you come on girl

Molly McCloy

Barbara Pascual

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

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

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Jess

There's nothing I can say about this book that hasn't already been said. I LOVED it! I am completely absorbed by this story...read it...NOW!

Cameron Voytko

yeah .. i love peeta mellark just as much as i did when i was 11

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. <br /><br />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.

erin

the romance made me roll my eyes but this was sooo good i felt like i was 12 again

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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.

I thought i would not be impacted  me as much... I was mistaken. This book is sooo good, wish I could get my memory erased so I can experience it again. 

Tsu 💙

The Hunger Games 0

I absolutely adored this book! Katniss’ voice is so well-written and realistic for a traumatised teenage girl. I enjoyed her interactions with Haymitch, who is hilariously pitiful and undoubtedly tragic. I also really enjoyed Katniss’s relationship with Peeta. It gives off a black cat girlfriend and golden retriever boyfriend vibe. Peeta is honestly a breath of fresh air as a love interest; he’s not moody or abusive, he’s kind and is surprisingly mature for a sixteen-year-old boy. I know there’s a shipping war amongst the fandom over Team Peeta and Team Gale, but honestly, Gale currently doesn’t seem like much competition. Maybe that will change in book 2. 

The description of the capital and the behaviour of its residents really emphasises how effectively the city’s propaganda has dehumanised the districts in their eyes. I hope to see more of that in book two as well. 

This was one of the BEST first books of a series I’ve read, I can’t wait to read more!

Carly Goldy

I absolutely adored this book! Katniss’ voice is so well-written and realistic for a traumatised teenage girl. I enjoyed her interactions with Haymitch, who is hilariously pitiful and undoubtedly tragic. I also really enjoyed Katniss’s relationship with Peeta. It gives off a black cat girlfriend and golden retriever boyfriend vibe. Peeta is honestly a breath of fresh air as a love interest; he’s not moody or abusive, he’s kind and is surprisingly mature for a sixteen-year-old boy. I know there’s a shipping war amongst the fandom over Team Peeta and Team Gale, but honestly, Gale currently doesn’t seem like much competition. Maybe that will change in book 2. 

The description of the capital and the behaviour of its residents really emphasises how effectively the city’s propaganda has dehumanised the districts in their eyes. I hope to see more of that in book two as well. 

This was one of the BEST first books of a series I’ve read, I can’t wait to read more!

“I just don’t want them to change me. If I’m going to die, I want to still be me” 

A few steps into the woods grows a bank of wildflowers. Perhaps they are really weeds of some sort, but they have blossoms in beautiful shades of violet and yellow and white. I gather up an armful and come back to Rue's side. Slowly, one stem at a time, I decorate her body in the flowers. Covering the ugly wound. Wreathing her face. Weaving her hair with bright colors.

They'll have to show it. Or, even if they choose to turn the cameras elsewhere at this moment, they'll have to bring them back when they collect the bodies and everyone will see her then and know I did it. I step back and take a last look at Rue. She could really be asleep in that meadow after all.

"Bye, Rue," I whisper. I press the three middle fingers of my left hand against my lips and hold them out in her direction.“

Elisabeth Price 

“I just don’t want them to change me. If I’m going to die, I want to still be me” 

A few steps into the woods grows a bank of wildflowers. Perhaps they are really weeds of some sort, but they have blossoms in beautiful shades of violet and yellow and white. I gather up an armful and come back to Rue's side. Slowly, one stem at a time, I decorate her body in the flowers. Covering the ugly wound. Wreathing her face. Weaving her hair with bright colors.

They'll have to show it. Or, even if they choose to turn the cameras elsewhere at this moment, they'll have to bring them back when they collect the bodies and everyone will see her then and know I did it. I step back and take a last look at Rue. She could really be asleep in that meadow after all.

"Bye, Rue," I whisper. I press the three middle fingers of my left hand against my lips and hold them out in her direction.“



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).

This was soo fun to listen to and revisit. I remember reading this book in one sitting when I was like 12 or 13 but feel like the movies killed my love of the series. I completely forgot that it is actually a compelling story and Katniss is a fun character. Also, reading it as an adult really makes the whole concept far more disturbing! What do you mean Rue was TWELVE?!?

Movie producers I'll never forgive you for making this franchise center on a love triangle 

Julia Rivera

This was soo fun to listen to and revisit. I remember reading this book in one sitting when I was like 12 or 13 but feel like the movies killed my love of the series. I completely forgot that it is actually a compelling story and Katniss is a fun character. Also, reading it as an adult really makes the whole concept far more disturbing! What do you mean Rue was TWELVE?!?

Movie producers I'll never forgive you for making this franchise center on a love triangle 

What I love the most is every bits that is associated with Rue :^) 

Saffy

Alexis Esposito

Welcome to another edition of reading a book way after its released and after thinking for years that I was never going to enjoy the books after watching the movies, I’m now on the other side of the book asking myself why I didn’t read these growing up as I think that this would have kick started my love of Fantasy!

In a post-apocalyptic future, life has turned extremely hard. Fighting poverty and hunger every day, sixteen years old hunter Katniss does absolutely everything in her power to have enough for her defenceless little sister, and a barely lucid mother. Life is hard, yet not impossible, until the one fateful day arrives. Once every year, the ever-vigilant all-powerful Capitol of Panem celebrates for their entertainment the “Hunger Games”, a yearly tournament where a handful representatives of each district are forced to fight in a massive arena, to the death. In a sad turn of events, young Katniss will have to fight not only for herself, but for the future of her starving family.

This was book that I couldn’t put down, I also must admit that it’s been years since I last watched the movies so that didn’t tint my experience, so it was like reading this all for the first time and experience every twist and turn that there is within the story and there are lot. When I had to put the book down all I wanted to do was pick it back up again to get lost again

The story has just the perfect combination of action, drama, and romance. It has a great message that you can stay human even in the most inhumane conditions. The world Collins created is extremely believable, and the dilemmas that are presented are engaging and sometimes just painful to watch, but she pulls this off with ease. People just must read the book themselves to comprehend what I'm trying to say.

Ian Brakspear

Welcome to another edition of reading a book way after its released and after thinking for years that I was never going to enjoy the books after watching the movies, I’m now on the other side of the book asking myself why I didn’t read these growing up as I think that this would have kick started my love of Fantasy!

 

In a post-apocalyptic future, life has turned extremely hard. Fighting poverty and hunger every day, sixteen years old hunter Katniss does absolutely everything in her power to have enough for her defenceless little sister, and a barely lucid mother. Life is hard, yet not impossible, until the one fateful day arrives. Once every year, the ever-vigilant all-powerful Capitol of Panem celebrates for their entertainment the “Hunger Games”, a yearly tournament where a handful representatives of each district are forced to fight in a massive arena, to the death. In a sad turn of events, young Katniss will have to fight not only for herself, but for the future of her starving family.

 

This was book that I couldn’t put down, I also must admit that it’s been years since I last watched the movies so that didn’t tint my experience, so it was like reading this all for the first time and experience every twist and turn that there is within the story and there are lot. When I had to put the book down all I wanted to do was pick it back up again to get lost again

 

The story has just the perfect combination of action, drama, and romance. It has a great message that you can stay human even in the most inhumane conditions. The world Collins created is extremely believable, and the dilemmas that are presented are engaging and sometimes just painful to watch, but she pulls this off with ease. People just must read the book themselves to comprehend what I'm trying to say.

Now I can jump right into Book 2!!

The Hunger Games: Special Edition Box Set

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