Suzanne Collins

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

The Hunger Games

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.

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Now I am determined to avenge her, to make her loss unforgettable, and I can only do that by winning and thereby making myself unforgettable.

A kind Peeta Mellark is far more dangerous to me than an unkind one. Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there. And I can’t let Peeta do this. Not where we’re going.

I think this is a big difference between Katniss and Gale in the beginning. He rants about the Capitol and focuses on how things could be different while Katniss only thinks about her (and Prim’s) immediate survival

Whatever the truth is, I don’t see how it will help me get food on the table.

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).

Pia 

Ladies and gentlemen im pleased to present the victors of the 74th hunger games! Katnis Everdeen and Peeta mellark! 

Then he smilies as if he’d be happy lying there gazing at me forever. He is great at this stuff.

Winning won’t help in my case. Because….because she came here with me 

There has never been anything romantic between me and gale.

Tatum Miller

It goes on and on and on and eventually completely consumes my mind, blocking out memories and hopes of tomorrow, erasing everything but the present, which I begin to believe will never change. There will never be anything but cold and fear and the agonized sounds of the boy dying in the horn.

Kaitlyn Kuehn 

“I enter a nightmare from which I wake repeatedly only to find a greater  terror awaiting me.” 

"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. 

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.

Hope14 

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I first read these in middle school over 10 years ago. Rereading now as an adult is eye-opening. Please go back and reread or pick up for the first time. The movies lost so much of the nuanced political commentary (almost like on purpose huh) - you’ll be amazing to see how well it holds up all these years later. 

Liv N.

I will forever love this book with all my heart!

Audrey Lord

Lacy W

I am so excited that this book is on Kindle Unlimited! I had been wanting to read this series again for forever, especially when the movies came out. It's one of my favorite series in the world after  Harry Potter . I don't think any series will be able to top them.

So onto the actual review. I absolutely loved this concept. This dystopian society that sacrifices kids. Dear God, that sounds awful. Okay, lemme rephrase. I do not like the fact that children were sacrificed in an arena where people bet on who would live and who would die. I liked how original the concept was. (Okay, well I have to take that back, too. Stephen King actually wrote a book/graphic novel similar to this. He wrote it before  The Hunger Games  so I guess it's not super original....ANYWAY).

I adored Katniss. She had to grow up so fast, it broke my heart. She lives in District 12, which is basically the worst district. They are a coal mining district. It's totally unsafe and people starve and it's just not a good time. Katniss has learned to survive and keep her family alive by hunting (which is crazy illegal btw). 

It's the 74th Hunger Games. Basically what this means is every year, each districts (there are 12) have to send one boy and one girl to the Capitol so compete in a bloody free for all deathmatch. They have to do this because of the rebels that tried to attack the Capitol. This was the punishment. 

Katniss volunteers as tribute. A boy named Peeta is chosen as a tribute as well. I won't go into all the details but it's a fight for survival in the Hunger Games. And Katniss discovers that there is more to trying to survive. 

I just can't express how much I love this series. The first book really sets the tone for some pretty intense action. I also love that it is in first person through the eyes of Katniss. She sees things in black and white. There is no grey area with her. And I love that. It's highly refreshing to see a smart and strong female character. I also love that she has emotions as much as she hates showing them. She slowly understands that it's completely okay to show emotion. I think that is something that we all can learn.

Susan 

This book!

I'm pretty sure I read this when the movies first came out but I honestly can't remember. I know I started it but I'm not sure I finished it. Between starting this book before and the movies, I knew most of what happened. Even so, I was constantly wanting to know what happened next. I cannot wait to finish reading this series!

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i definitely didn’t appreciate this enough when i read it the first time its 100% the best ya book i have ever read

Re-read - love it more every time I read 

Caitlin Wellham

Really wanted to rewatch the movie so naturally had to read the book first. 

The book makes you fall in love with the characters even more. 

The book is so much darker than i remember. 

emma chaffey

Really wanted to rewatch the movie so naturally had to read the book first. 

The book makes you fall in love with the characters even more. 

The book is so much darker than i remember. 

رغد

Katniss, the Girl Who Was On Fire 
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Samantha Carter

Čekala jsem že to bude lepší lehce mě to zklamalo ale bavilo mě to.

Silvie.strachal

First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.

After being on my tbr for literally 7 years I've finally reread it 😂👏🏻 

I liked it more than I thought I would, I thought I'd still like the movies more but they're pretty equal. 

4*'s easy! I listened to the audiobook on the bus to and from class so it was easy to finish it in a day

Reese Kuck 

I really liked this. Katniss is such a good character. I absolutely love Peeta. I've been putting off this book for a while, and now I regret that, it definitely lived up to the hype.

bella <3

nothing compares reading a good ya dystopian ☹️

Jordan Peet

Yes, yes, I am one of those people... I watched the movie way before I read the book. I was in a reading slump and I did not really think I was going to like the story in general. I never read a distopian book before, so I had no idea what I was walking in to. But after reading this book, it became one of my favorites. It has action and a little bit of romance and just, it was beautiful to be blunt. Just beautiful.

So much better than the movies. An interesting concept, excited to see where it leads.

natalie

tahmida tasmia

I have read the whole The Hunger Games series multiple times; however, the first book is by far my favourite one in the trilogy, The storyline, the storytelling and the delivery was on point. The description was strong and powerful: I could really imagine the characters and settings in my head vividly. I loved Katniss and I loved her relationship with Rue. Although many people do, I don't see the romance being a prominent, main focus of the trilogy. Sure, it plays an important part which eventually leads to Catching Fire and Mockingjay, but for me, the most important of the story was the way it symbolised global capitalism and the fight to overthrow a controlling government and its fascist society. If you haven't read The Hunger Games yet, I highly recommend you do so.

I had a reading challenge to re-read a book I loved as a kid and I definitely still enjoyed it the second go around and not just for nostalgia’s sake!

Kerry McHugh West

Lydia Kopsa

Amazing!! Couldn't put it down. Can't wait for the movie.

I haven't been grabbed by a story like this in a while. I only wish I already had the second book and didn't have to wait until it comes on monday

Fallstreak

Quick read; decent for what it is. Mostly just curious to see what the hype is about, and because I prefer to have read the book before seeing the movie.

Claire Durand

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           4.5/5
To me these books are incredible. From the world that Suzanne Collins created to the development of the characters. Rarely anything is unintentional, none of the characters are 2D and even if they are it’s mostly just because it’s written from Katniss’s point of view. It’s almost like having an unreliable narrator since you can only hear her thoughts on people and no one else's. The plot twists in these books are like no other. This is my second or third time reading them and I still blow through them in a day just because I love hearing all the nitty gritty details of their lives. 
Katniss as a character is flawed but mostly because the world has made her that way. The things she has to do to protect her family and friends created a person that rarely thinks of anything but survival so in a way you can’t even really be mad at her for not understanding how Peeta feels. Her only thought in the games was to keep herself and Peeta alive, everything had to be calculated if they were to make it out.

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