𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒

θεούς . 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤: The Hunger Games
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Suzanne Collins

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: alcoholism (secondary character), cannibalism recounted & discussed, classism & ableism, drugging, graphic blood & gore depiction, graphic food and water scarcity, grief & loss depiction, hallucinations, involuntary medical treatment/procedures, murder & attempted murder, and poverty

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𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐬𝐢𝐬:
May the odds be ever in your favour

Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.

In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TV show 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, to her, survival is second nature.

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𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
In the two days it took to read the book I have to say I indeed spent my time well. This piece from Suzanne Collins is well-written and shows the many emotions from Katniss. It shows the value of love and friendship while the importance of not letting power corrupt. My favorite friendship in both the book and movie are Cinna and Katniss; they have a good friendship dynamic. The books show the difference between poverty and wealth, and how sometimes wealth and power can corrupt people, but the book also shows that even with the smallest of voices things can change. If you saw the movie, I'm going to tell you, the book is better. We saw actual happenings that were shown in the movie. For example, what happened to Peeta at the end with the mutations, which was gross but clever thinking on Collins' part.