So with all the hype and even the movie, I didn't really know much about the hunger games other then the main character is a girl that has to play in a game for her life. (Running man for kids.) I accidently purchased it for kindle several months back, and Tuesday I decided to read it. I finished it Wednesday. This was a very entertaining book. It might be goofy but I enjoy well written tween book like Harry Potter and the Inheritance books. I would lump this book in the same batch. This book was written very much like a Dan Brown book in the sense that each chapter you really didn't want to stop but just had to know what happened in the next chapter. Though the chapters ended logically and were a good breaking point, they were written in such a way that you just had to read the next chapter and the next and the next. To label this book as a gladiator match with kids I think is a little to harsh. Though there was killing, that wasn't the main point in telling the story. And when it did happen, there were no gory details and it didn't revel in the fact that kids were killing each other. It was more the emotion of what was going on. The internal struggle to play the game, the politics, the unjust nature of the hunger games. There was a very 1984 feel about this world. Keep all the people busy and never let them see what is really going on. Force feed them a game they are supposed to love, make it law, and celebrate it. Almost like a Stockholm syndrome of falling in love with our captor. There was even a love story element. For some it might be cheesy, but from the guys point of view, I think its believable. This book takes place in almost an anti-utopia for the majority of society. I thought this book was very good. If you looking for an easy read that is exciting, thought provoking, and doesn't have to do with elves, goblins, or orges, then you just might like this book.
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