I finished up The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, over the weekend. From Wikipedia:
"The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was originally published on September 14, 2008, byScholastic.[1] It is written in first person and introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds absolute power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle in which only one person can survive."
"The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. It was originally published on September 14, 2008, byScholastic.[1] It is written in first person and introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, holds absolute power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle in which only one person can survive."
It is a very fast read as much because of the gripping story as because of the writing. It is simply and effectively written in the first person. I've heard critiques that it isn't well written but I think the 1st person tense of a mostly uneducated girl can explain/excuse that. I haven't read any of Collins' other work so I really don't know. I also really don't care because this was such a fun read.
The themes aren't, to me, fresh but could be to the younger target audience. Dystopia sounds like hell for those that have to live in such an environment but it sure makes for great fiction.
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