Saturday, May 28, 2011

The Hunger Games


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After a brief hiatus, I'm back. The long cold winter had me reading The Black Dagger Brotherhood series which I've chosen not to review. Briefly, a friend describes it as vampire smut. I'll leave it at that. In fairness to the author they are good vampire smut books (lol). I'm a bit behind on my reviews and I will add a few out of order as I get to them.

Where to begin with The Hunger Games? I was wary to begin this series because of all the hours I spent with the Twilight Series. The books belong to the teenage market but have crossed over into the adult market. A major difference between the two series would have to be that Suzanne Collins is a much better writer. That, in and of itself made me happy!

The Hunger Games is set in post apocalyptic North America. Every year two young people representing the 12 districts of Panem are chosen to participate in the games. The game is a fight to the death survival contest orchestrated by the government. The games are thought to be an integral part of reminding the citizens who is in charge and what can happen if you rebel. The government tries reminding the citizens of the dark days and how they saved everyone after the dark days.

The actual games reminded me of Running Man--that old Arnold Scwartzenegger movie about a convict who is given a chance at freedom if he can elude hunters whose only job is to kill hunt him down and kill him.

The Distrct 12 representatives will change the face of the games. It is a survival and coming of age story. I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to finding out what happens in book two (which I have downloaded and have not started for fear of getting nothing done today because you know book 2 will lead to book 3).