Review
Wow! What can I say about The Hunger Games. I will first start with a public apology for not wanting to read these books. I have heard many people talk about how great this series was, but I never took out the time to read them. Then, out of pure boredom I began to read a review and added the book to my "to read" list. Now I am glad that it hit the top of my list about 6 months later. This book was wonderful. So wonderful I couldn't wait to get my hands on book 2 Catching Fire. I am in the middle of that book now. I always try to write my reviews without spoiler, but with this book it is so hard.
I am probably the only one who would pick Petta over Gale. I would go into detail but I do not want to spoil it for anyone. I like Petta. I think he is super charming and charismatic. I guess he somewhat remind me of my husband. Some of his innocence and not knowing how to hunt and gather is also appealing to me. So to everyone's surprise, I am sure, I enjoyed the book because of how often Petta and Katniss were talked about. At some times I found myself hating Katniss in Petta's behalf because of her "playing the games" and not being genuine, when Petta was genuine.
This book rarely made me laugh, but I smiled when thinking of Petta and Katniss. And I cried during certain parts of the "games". The descriptions were so real I felt like I was the one holding Rue's hand. I felt like I received the bread from district 11. I felt the kindness and sadness of both these events. This is what I loved most about this book, that I could feel the emotion in every event. I felt like although I live in a completely different time, I could feel myself in District 12 and in the Arena, and even in the cave inside the arena.
In any series I find that book 1 and 3 or first and last are always that best. So now I am on to see how book 2 can compare. As book 1 goes, 5 stars hands down.
