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The Hunger Games takes place in the future where North America is destroyed. Now the nation is known as Panem. The nation is surrounded by twelve districts. Katniss, the main character in the story, belongs to district twelve. She is fifteen years old and is  experienced in hunting, which she learns from her father. She keeps her family alive that way by bringing in food. In her family are her mother, her father, and her little sister Prim. Her father died from a coal mine explosion. Now she has the responsibility to take care of her mother and her younger sister, since, her mother is too weak and sick to take care of them. As punishment for a previous rebellion against the Capitol, every year one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen from each district are selected at random and are forced to participate in the Hunger Games, which is an event that is seen on television, where participants kill each other until only one remains alive.

Since Prim was chosen, Katniss volunteers to replace her and represent District Twelve. During her training at the Hunger Games, she met a boy, who is from the same district, and was encouraged to make an alliance with him.

            What really makes this book interesting is the way in which Katniss has so much knowledge of how to survive. She is very grown-up and knows how to take care of her family. The way the author describes Katnisss personality is very interesting to me because readers cant predict what Katniss will do next, which makes the story more exciting to read. The idea of the Hunger Games is also catching the readers attention. I like how the author came up with the idea of survival by having young teens fight each other to the death. I like how Katniss, the main character, thinks like a hunter, not the one being hunted. The characters in the story were amazingly interesting and different from normal people.

            What I do not like from the book is the fact that the author has to put in a fake love story or connection with Katniss and another boy. The fact that bringing love and action together seems to kill the intense atmosphere the reader or readers feel. Also, I do not praise the author for her non-realistic events that sometimes happens throughout the story. To me, when there is a love story in an action typed genre, I sometimes put the book down and never read it. I think love stories should be with love stories and action stories should be with action stories.

            In the end, I would recommend this book to teens that are looking for action and a little touch of romance in it. For those who want pure action and violence, you might be interested in this book, but then again the fake love story will have you put down. The book. For romance lovers, I highly do not recommend this book because of the violence and gory images that the book describes. This book is boring in the beginning, but gets interesting and better towards the end.