The Hunger Games
Reviews
It was a school book. But it was good! (Peeta was so fucking cringe tho, and it was predictable like I knew what would happen like half the time. Read it when it first came out btw!)
My fav book EVERRR
I would give it 6 stars but oh well
★★★★★★
This book broke me.
౨ৎ | “although for all i know, i am killing you.” “can you speed it up a little?” “no. shut up and eat your pears.”
— ★ 3.5/5
reading this after watching the movies countless times really made me feel way more emotions than the movies did.
knowing katniss on a more deeper level was everything. i loved her persona and how you could tell she was just a sixteen year old girl trying to survive.
being able to see the slight (and major) differences from novel to movie was so important to me.
i loved the slight romance part even though initially it was just for the games you could clearly get more of a grasp on how katniss actually felt compared to the movies.
also i fear i cried more in the deaths than i did in the movies. it just felt way more intimate reading it.
admittedly the writing felt off? like i don’t know what it was but something was different.
overall i enjoyed this way more than the movies and im so excited to dive into the next one.
The book had a lot to live up to (expectation-wise). I grew up watching the franchise and I finally decided to jump into reading the book. It was worth every second. Katniss is much more enjoyable in the book then in the movie. It was easy to root for her. You get to know Katniss better in the book. The relationship between Peeta and Katniss was also enjoyable to watch unfold. Even if Katniss was too dense to realize that Peeta truly does have feelings for her. I would most definitely recommend.
finally read the hunger games!! it’s as great as everybody says it is.
while you’re reading the book, you can’t help but wonder how anyone could allow such violence to happen to children? then you’ll remember that this level of violence does happen to children in real life and it makes the book even more haunting.
It was amazing and I loved the part of the games and in general in was a really enjoyable books and the character and the writing style was amazing.
the hunger games would be a classic read in english classes one day. i'm calling it
OMGGG AAA i cant believe i waited so long to finally resd this, i cant believe i thought thw movies were enough, I CANT BELIEVE I THOUGHT I KNEWWWW AAAAA.
truly sickening
Very interesting and engaging story.
Having a female protagonist was a huge plus point for me, considering the year it was published, when all the major characters of famous books were boys.
uwielbiam edit: jednak nie
Good sh*t
Note: This was my last year read.
peeta is so cunty omg
Loved it
suzanne collins serving cvnt since ‘09
Loved the writing! Collins is amazing a creating characters who make huge statements regardless of the amount of time we spend with them. Peeta and Katie’s are in the story a lot so we get a very good idea of who they are. But President Snow, for example, is not in the story very much but has a huge impact. At the very end Snow appears and doesn’t even say anything but with one facial expression we as reader despise him! Can’t wait to read the next book!
best YA distopian book in my opinion.
the best YA dystopian to ever exist
** spoiler alert ** 5 ⭐️ God this is my 3rd time reading this book and it just improves every read. Don’t get me wrong, I love the movies so much but the books, especially this one, are just on another level. Suzanne does such an incredible job at keeping your attention, and you can tell how hooked I was given I started and finished it on the same day. There are so many amazing details that I WISH they kept in the films: • Peeta losing his leg • The mutts resembling the fallen tributes (and how beyond disturbing that is) • District 11 putting all their money together to send Katniss bread in thanks for looking after Rue • Peeta’s story of how he fell in love with Katniss • Cato’s death (I think it does such an incredible job at portraying just how heartless and sick the capitol are) Also on another note (don’t get me wrong, love Josh Hutcherson and his portrayal of Peeta), but I WISH they kept Peeta’s sassy attitude. It literally made Peeta and Katniss scenes more enjoyable than they already were. Anyways, if you have been living under a rock for the post 15 odd years, do yourself a favour and READ THIS BOOK.
yeah, i definitely should have read it way earlier. my friends were so right about loving this series because it's actually so good? i am almost annoyed at myself for not reading it before. Katniss and Peeta have all of my heart, especially Peeta. cannot wait to read the next books.
I thought it was an amazing book.
What a shame I watched the movies before reading the book! I could’ve imagined how Katniss’ story panned out in my own way, but still this was very enjoyable and I wish I could’ve gotten into this as a teenager. I probably would’ve been obssessed with Peeta Mellark. As for the story, Suzanne Collins I just ended up comparing the missing details from the movie and how important it could’ve been if they were included. I can say there were a lot of Easter Eggs in this book, so much detail you can focus on. I truly missed out by not reading this when I was younger.
Highlights
When I break into the clearing, she’s on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has time to reach her hand through the mesh and say my name before the spear enters her body.
oof
“So, here’s what you do. You win, you go home. She can’t turn
you down then, eh?” says Caesar encouragingly.
“I don’t think it’s going to work out. Winning... won’t help in my
case,” says Peeta.
“Why ever not?” says Caesar, mystified.
Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. “Because... because... she came here with me.”
oh pleeeasse
Haymitch shrugs. “Peeta has asked to be coached separately.”
ooohhhh DRRRAAAAMAA
But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and
kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise.
“I’m sure they didn’t notice anything but you. You should wear
flames more often,” he says. “They suit you.”
kicking my feet and stuff!!
It’s not really fair to present us as a team and then lock us into the arena to kill each other.
“I want the audience to recognize you when you’re in the arena,” says Cinna dreamily. “Katniss, the girl who was on fire.”
she's just a girl and she's on fiiree
“Excellent! You almost look like a human being now!” says Flavius.
that's a wild thing to say lmaoo
The girl with the arrows,Glimmer I hear someone call her - ugh, the names the people in District 1 give their children are so ridiculous - anyway,
Katniss is so me help
Maybe there will be enough fondness to keep her [Prim] alive.
😭
To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Petta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dendelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.
“I volunteer!” I gasped. “I volunteer as tribute.”
Jennifer Lawrence really turned it into a ‘“DiD YOu PUt YOur nAmE IN The GObleT OF FiRE” dumbledore asked calmly’ moment
The star-crossed lovers from District Twelve
The arrow skewers the apple in the pig's mouth and pins it to the wall behind it. Everyone stares at me in disbelief. "Thank you for your consideration," I say.
He holds out his hand into seemingly empty space. There's a sharp zap and he jerks it back. "Some kind of electric field throws you back on the roof."
Whose idea was the hand holding?" Asks Haymitch.
"Cinna's," says Portia.
"Just the perfect touch of rebellion," says Haymitch "Very nice."
Rebellion?
Katniss. The girl who was on fire.
The bird is connected to the ring only by its wing tips. I suddenly recognize it. A mockingjay.
"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favour!"
ned ma Then he reads the list of past District 12 victors. In seventy-four years, we have had exactly two. Only one is still alive. Haymitch Abernathy
She was there the whole time 🕊️🐍
