Title of Book: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: Young-adult, science-fiction
Date of Publication: September, 2008
Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: Young-adult, science-fiction
Date of Publication: September, 2008
Number of Pages: 454
Started (Date you Started to Read): 17.11.11
Finished (Date You Finished Reading): 20.11.11
Book Review- “The Hunger Games”’ by Suzanne Collins (finished)
“The Hunger Games” by Susan Collins is a young-adult science fiction novel. The book is told in present tense (first person) through the book’s main protagonist Katniss Everdeen. The author of the book, Suzanne Collins is a famous American novelist, who writes books for young-adult readers. Her father was an American military specialist in the Air Force, who taught Suzanne Collins of different aspects of life in the battlefield. That is probably what made her want to write such a serious novel.
The novel takes place in a nearby future, on the land that was once North America. A country called Panem has 12 districts. The government called ‘The Capitol‘ chooses a boy and a girl from each district, to participate in a terrifying TV show called “The Hunger Games”, where they have to kill each other, until one of them stays alive and wins. Katniss and Peeta are chosen from district 12, and they have to do everything to survive the “Hunger Games”.
The author’s style is informal, since the book is written in first person, through a teenager female Katniss. Because of this, the thinking and the speaking of Katniss in the book sounds like it’s a teenager’s speech and thoughts.
The main themes in the book is death, loss, love and courage. The author constantly uses literary devices, like characterization, word choice, dialogue, imagery, metaphor, etc.
I would definitely recommend this book for reading. Specifically, to teenagers (age 13-17).
Oleksiy 8F
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