Book 53/30.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I first read The Hunger Games trilogy a decade ago and rated the books 4, 5 and 5 stars respectively. Enter the film adaptation The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes that made me hunger for the OG trilogy and decide it was time for a reread. I was excited to see if my ratings (and sentiments) would change now that I am a more seasoned reader, as Catching Fire is (was 🤷♀️) easily my favourite of the trio but Mockingjay was exceedingly unputdownable with the most exhilarating end to a most enthralling tale.
In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister’s place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love.
Book one in the trilogy was even more page-turning, absorbing, fast-paced and adventurous the second time around that I upped my rating from 4 stars to 5 🤩
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** A guide to ratings **
1 star – did not like it
2 stars – it was okay
3 stars – liked it
4 stars – really liked it
5 stars – it was amazing
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