I read “The Hunger Games” and thought it was a very good book over all. It was definitely different from what I am use to but not in a bad way. “The Hunger Games” is a story about groups of people, who live in districts and who rebelled against their “capitol” in the past. Now the “capitol” makes two kids, ages 12-18, fight to the death in what are called the huger games once a year. The main character is Katniss. She volunteered herself into the hunger games because her younger sister was chosen. This story is so very action based but is also a love story too. The characters are all constantly strategizing their next move. You are most definitely not short-handed on getting the “edge of your seat” experience. I was constantly wondering who would survive and who would die next and I was never quite sure where the author was going to take the story next. Katniss starts out with such a blocked characteristic. She lives on a tough girl genre. Throughout the book she juggles feeling as if she can and can’t trust another important character named Peeta, who is from her district. I was always getting so frustrated with Katniss because she was so naïve to the fact that Peeta liked her. It would feel as if she was finally letting him in and then she would throw up her wall again so as not to get emotionally attached. I have never been in a position where it was life or death but I believe that the author captured the essence of that fear very well. The realities of survival and what you need to have were constantly being brought forward to our attention. The author does not cheat you of any emotion. You laugh, cry, smile, become angry, most definitely are nervous and scared and feel hatred and love. This book I think could be good for anyone. It relates so well to every emotion and is such a reality even to some people in this world today. Over all I felt that this book was written very well and I definitely recommend this book to anyone. I am excited to read the next two books to the series.