by Suzanne Collins.
The first time I saw this book, was in a compilation of e-books, I got curious and started to read it, I read the first chapter and got dizzy for two reasons, the first was that I read the chapter so fast that my nose was like 3 inches away from the screen (that can't be good for my eyesight) and second because it was really good reading.
I got a simple way to say whether if it's a good or a bad book, I read the firsts chapters and if I can't put the book down, then it's good, very simple, right?
So I wanted to read a lot more about this Katniss girl, so I went to my favorite bookstore and bought it (not a cheap thing really) then I got home and since it was Friday night and I had no plans I read, and kept reading until 6:15 am, I remember very well the time because I was supposed to get up at 8 o'clock that day (I had a family trip to go) anyways the moment I finish the book, it entered my all time favorite books.
I haven't seen that kind of literature in a long time, the themes exposed are very dark, like death and misery but it was so well written that some scenes that could be really gore and bloody, were kind of beautiful.
The overall story is that in the future, there is a bad big controlling Capitol and 13 districts under their control, in the 12th district lives Katniss, a teenager who haven't had an easy life, then we have these Hunger Games, which is the way the Capitol keeps the fear and hatred present in Panem (the country) the way it works is this: each of the districts select 2 tributes a boy and a girl (only underage kids are eligible) and they are send to the Capitol to compete, there is only one winner and this is the creepy sick part, the winner is the one left standing and there has to be one survivor only, for this to happen they have to kill each other, and it is all televised.
So when I say gore and blood, I meant it, as for who should read it? I don't really see a specific target for this book, because I made my mom read it and she couldn't put it away either.
I got a simple way to say whether if it's a good or a bad book, I read the firsts chapters and if I can't put the book down, then it's good, very simple, right?
So I wanted to read a lot more about this Katniss girl, so I went to my favorite bookstore and bought it (not a cheap thing really) then I got home and since it was Friday night and I had no plans I read, and kept reading until 6:15 am, I remember very well the time because I was supposed to get up at 8 o'clock that day (I had a family trip to go) anyways the moment I finish the book, it entered my all time favorite books.
I haven't seen that kind of literature in a long time, the themes exposed are very dark, like death and misery but it was so well written that some scenes that could be really gore and bloody, were kind of beautiful.
The overall story is that in the future, there is a bad big controlling Capitol and 13 districts under their control, in the 12th district lives Katniss, a teenager who haven't had an easy life, then we have these Hunger Games, which is the way the Capitol keeps the fear and hatred present in Panem (the country) the way it works is this: each of the districts select 2 tributes a boy and a girl (only underage kids are eligible) and they are send to the Capitol to compete, there is only one winner and this is the creepy sick part, the winner is the one left standing and there has to be one survivor only, for this to happen they have to kill each other, and it is all televised.
So when I say gore and blood, I meant it, as for who should read it? I don't really see a specific target for this book, because I made my mom read it and she couldn't put it away either.
There are three parts, the second book is also as great as the first, maybe even better and that's extremely rare to say, then when the third book came out I was anxious to see how the story was going to end, but (and I'm not spoiling anything) I'm not sure if I liked the end, sure it's and END and the book needed one but it's been a lot of time since I read it and I still can't come to a end with my opinions, I ask my mom and she just made a confusing face, so I don't know how if some people have loved it or hated it, you have to read it to see what I mean.
UPDATE
I had this post written for a long time (4/7/10 according to blogger) and now that there is a movie coming out I need to say something about it, I did some research and Suzanne, the author was part of the script writing process so I thinks that in terms of story it will be related (what I mean is that they especially waited for the last book to come out so they had all the details that will meant something in the end really there, not like for example; what they did in the Harry Potter series).
In terms of casting I'm happy with it, I can't actually judge until I see the film but for what I'm hearing they did great auditions.
I just hope that the result is not that graphic, because the best part of the book is that beside the gore and blood you actually paid attention to the characters, and maybe that can be lost in translation.
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