The Hunger Games
Minor Spoilers
I finished The Hunger Games last night. It took about two days to read it. I enjoyed it a lot, obviously. I like all the main characters so far. Katniss is a cool heroine. I really liked Rue and Peeta. Poor Peeta. The whole time he really loved Katniss, and at the end he became convinced she only returned affection because it was part of the game. Someone needs to hug that boy.
I wasn't sure how both Katniss and Peeta would survive the games in the end. I thought they'd convince the other Tributes to ban together and basically say F-U to the Capital. But the berry part was a good bluff on K/P's part. I like how in this book the characters actually lose something. Katniss lost her hearing for a while and Peeta lost his leg. There are sacrifices made unlike another series involving vampires.
The wolf part made me say, "They DID NOT just go there." I thought they turned the dead Tributes into wolves. I don't think that's the case anymore, but that part made me think the book was really going into sci-fi territory.
I look forward to reading the next two books and seeing what the HG world is like away from the games. I also want to see Gale developed more.
Now I'm excited for the movie. I think the film can be really good because when reading the book it was easy to visualize the games.