The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games
    
          The title of the book I read is called The Hunger Games. It was first copyrighted in 2008. It is a young adult fiction that takes place in the future after America is wiped out. Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old girl that hunts illegally out of the boundary in section 12. She takes her little sisters place in the hunger games to protect her from being killed in The Hunger Games. I think the overall theme is to fight for what you love and believe in.

          This story is told through first person and the author is wanting you to see every event that takes place in the book through Katniss's point of view. Katniss is a girl that lives in the Seam in Sector 12. Every year one boy and girl are chosen from each of the 12 districts to fight in the Hunger Games. This year Peeta a bakers son and Prim, Katniss's little sister. One rule of the reaping is that  someone can nominate to replace the tribute from the genders side and of course Katniss nominate for her sister and in the end Katniss and Peeta win the Hunger Games.I think the intended audience are teenagers and kids. The genre of this book would be a young adult fiction andthis book fit into me because she hunts and this book has a lot about survival and I like to hunt and one day would like to go on a trip and spend a month in the outdoors with no electricity and communication with the rest of the world and be able to be self-sufficient. The author keeps me interested by changing pace in the book fairly often and has many rising actions. The authors style is to relate to teenagers and what they are going through in middle/high school. I do think it is very effective with the intended audience.

          The book affected me because I don't usually like reading books that have this sort of genre but it was surprisingly good. It did change how I felt about this genre and it fits in with what I think which is that you need to stand up for what you think is right. This book did not bring up any memories of other books or authors.

          This was a pretty good book all considered but there were a couple dull moments where the author could have added something to spice it up.


Dawson Merrill
12/17/13
Rating:4.59/5