So ... let's start this story back a little bit. How I heard about Hunger Games is kind of funny. A few of my friends started writing book blogs a couple of years ago, and this was one that kept popping up. I was intrigued because it is a youth book, but dealing with adult themes. So move forward a couple of months. My mother comes to me with a coupon for this book, saying that she had heard me talking about it. So I bought it ... on sale. And I read it ... in a day. It isn't a deep book language wise, so it was a fairly easy read.
So when the end of March came around for my reading goal, and I had only read 2 books, I picked up an easy read. The Hunger Games. I'm glad I read it again because I found I like the story even more after reading it again. It was an original interpretation of the distopia civilization. I'm excited for the movie to come out, though slightly worried about the violence. Because in the book it is written in such a way that it isn't overly violent, but I fear it will not translate well to the movie.
It reminds me a lot about Lord of the Flies, and the lowest common denominator in a population. I do not know if I agree with the Hobbian idea that if you strip everything away, man is naturally evil. In many of the creative manifestations of this idea, the artist uses the individual to negate the idea. There are a lot of examples of this ... including the movie I just watched last night - Contagion.
My final feelings about the book - I liked it, a unique story and I am excited to see it as a movie and hope that it stands up to my expectation.
Final Score: 5 out of 5 stars
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