I know this book has been out for over a year now, but I never did like it when people tell me to do something and people kept telling me to read this.
Then Josh Hutcherson happened. I love Josh Hutcherson, not an outstanding actor but he has been pretty fun to watch since I remember him as the boy who cried “Rosamary!!!” in “Little Manhattan” That was absolutely adorable.
Anyway, not gonna go into the movie since that’s not until early next year. But Hutcherson did get me reading it.
I enjoyed the first book, thoroughly. I honestly could not put it down. Maybe because a bulk of the book was about the games itself which is filled with suspense and conflict.
The story is told from Katniss Everdeen’s POV, a girl driven by hunger and poverty in general, from an apocalyptic future. Set in what will be North America, now called Panem. I kinda liked how the made the whole story seem like a wheel in motion, a domino effect of the lived of people. They made it seem like it could’ve happened to anyone but that task was specifically for her.
Katniss Everdeen, like all other female protagonist, she also has internal conflicts. To put it simply she’s a girl who grew up taking care of her family from a very young age. Also, like all other adolescent kid, she struggles from other problems, likes boys and such, other than their run-of-the-mill everyday problem which is hunger.
Peeta Mellark is my favorite character, but that would seem biased since I’ve expressed my fondness for Josh Hutcherson who will be playing Peeta in the film. But besides that I like Peeta because his character is lighter than the rest. He was the only who made me laugh in the series.
Gale Hawthorne could be my least favorite since in the first book, he didn’t do much. I don’t know how they’ll make his character more exciting in the movie but I can’t take him seriously. He felt more like a distraction than a conflict.
So if I would rate Hunger Games book 1, I’d give it 4 stars. It was pretty good. I guess the only real thing I disliked about it was the romance bit. Never really liked love stories plus there was a whole bunch of unneeded kissing scenes there. Still good though if I cut all those mushy parts. LOL
