Hunger Games

Hunger Games was an interesting book to say the least. For whatever reason, I really felt like it was taking me forever to get into it. I just felt like much of the book, especially the beginning parts, seemed very predictable. Even though this book was one of the easier ones we've read so far, it took me longer overall, because I couldn't seem to get interested in the storyline for quite a bit. I think it was about halfway through the section on the games itself where I started wondering what would happen. By the end, I was actually interested in the characters and everything going on with them, and then it had a bit of a cliffhanger ending. It was like, "Oh look, Katniss and Peeta both are winners and are going home to District 12, what's going to happen now?? THE END". It was a very creative ending though given that this book is a part of a trilogy, it makes the reader want to read the other books to see what happens. So basically, I started out hating the book for the most part, but then it grew on me, and I'm now actually interested in maybe even reading the other books to see what happens to Katniss and Peeta. This book reminded me the most of 1984. People always seemed to be watching the characters, especially in the arena, and the characters acted accordingly.

I thought it was interesting to see that they're making a movie out of this book. I gotta say, the whole idea of the "games" didn't really surprise me. I've read multiple books or seen movies that follow kinda the same story. Things like Battle Royale, "The Lottery" that we read in class, and also the movie Death Race. Here's a clip from Death Race: