The Hunger Games is a brilliant book, with a stunning plot and incredibly vivid characters. Collins is a very talented writer who specialises in characterization and visual images.
The blurb of Hunger Games reads -
Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.
In a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed.
When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.
Katniss (named after a plant in Collins' world) comes from 'District 12', which produces coal. Katniss and her best friend Gale depend on eachother to feed their families, have done since they were young and Katniss' father was killed in a mining accident.
Everything in the Hunger Games is carefully plotted and planned by Katniss' agent Haymitch. Her natural survival instinct keeps her alive for the beggining, but when her friend is killed, revenge takes over and she is not so popular with the crowd watching.
The sequel 'Catching Fire' is about her return to her district, with the government ready to kill her for treason and rebellion. It's due out in September of 2009.
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