Matched by Ally Condie

Matched (Matched #1) by Ally Condie
Release Date: June 2nd 2011
Publisher: Penguin
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Overall: ♥♥♥

Normally I find it so easy to give a longer, more detailed summary of a novel than the synopsis on the back, however I think the words on the back of Matched tells the reader what it's about perfectly .
"On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia meets her match. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life. EXCEPT HE'S NOT." Yeah. That's it. That's basically a perfect sum up of the entire plot.

Now, I don't have a major problem with the writing, or the premise or anything like that because that's what so many Dystopians are like these days, that hell, I'm used to it now. But looking back, I think I have the same problem with Matched as I did with Delirium by Lauren Oliver; it was nice and easy to read but nothing happened.

I hate reading books where I know something is going to happen - the character experiences a minor conflict that you just KNOW is going to turn into a really predictable shitstorm for them, but this didn't even happen! When I thought some shit was finally going to go down, it just didn't. I would have preferred a predictable shitstorm to boring. I admit though, it kept me interested enough to keep reading (and I have been TRYING to finish Fifty Shades of Shit, but I just can't, it's giving me a headache, so this was a wonderful break) and I found myself getting fairly emotional in some parts. I think the major problem was the overall plot - girl falls in love with boy who she isn't supposed to fall in love with. This whole concept to me is just kind of, "meh" and I love plots that aren't soley driven my romance, I like a bit of action, mystery or suspense thrown in there somewhere too. Although I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed the last 30 or so pages, I nearly even shed a tear :(

The characters were likable and I loved seeing how much Cassia grew throughout the novel. As a heroine, she isn't one I've fallen in love with but I have a feeling that as the series progresses, she'll get more badass and just overall awesome. One thing I loved about Cassia's character was how her sensitivity was written. Too often, we see MCs written as sensitive but in a whiny, bitchy and annoying way but Cassia was perfect for me as I found I could relate to her. Her conflicting emotions, her love for her family and friends and how she handled situations with calm but had something completely different going on inside her head was something I adored.
As for Xander and Ky, I don't have much of an opinion on them at the moment but I must say, Ky's family breaks my heart into pieces. **spoilers on Goodreads**. I am looking forward to see how these two characters are further developed in Crossed :)

This is probably also a bit twisted of me, but one of my favourite characters was CASSIA'S OFFICIAL. OMG. I LOVED her characterisation.

The writing wasn't absolutely OHMYGODTHISISFUCKINGBEAUTIFUL but it was very well written and I loved the fact that Cassia got to the point and that there were no huge info dumps or unescessary scenes! It was nice to read about things that were necessary to the plot (what I thought there was anyway) rather than dribble about how some insignificant character's hair was the colour of chestnuts. (Seriously, THIS WAS AWESOME!)

It could be that I recently read it, but I couldn't help but compare this to Juno of Taris. It's the same sort of Dystopian, where EVERYTHING is controlled; from the food they eat to the activities they do in their spare time. But I feel that Matched could have been a little more engaging and have more of a solid story (like Juno of Taris, oh you should read that!) and I would have liked Cassia to have a stronger voice - there was *too* much focus on romance for me.

Okay, let me leave you with two quotes that just broke my heart into a million pieces because god, they are *so* true... *cries*

"It is one thing to make a choice and it is another thing to never have the chance"

"Is falling in love with someone's story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself"

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Juno of Taris by Fleur Beale

Juno of Taris by Fleur Beale
Release Date: July 1st 2008
Publisher: Random House
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Overall: ♥♥♥ 1/2 - ♥♥♥♥ (ahh it's too hard) 

A few weeks ago, a bunch of friends and I were all having drinks at their house and one of the roommates got a new kitten so she was having a quiet night in! I had so much fun there (let’s be honest here, I always do) but me being me, I decided to have a random hour-long discussion with said roommate about nerdy things like the pros and cons of different computer operating systems, internet privacy and of course, BOOKS! This friend has just recently moved to Australia from New Zealand so when we got talking about what Australian authors that she MUST READ IMMEDIATELY (more like me randomly bringing the topic up and started fangirling) and I was curious about New Zealand authors. She told me her New Zealand author ever was Fleur Beale and her favourite book by said author was Juno of Taris! Juno of Taris was the ONLY book she bought with her when she moved to Australia (could you imagine, having to leave so many books behind… *cries*) and after telling me about it, she kindly lent it to me :) 

Now…  Juno of Taris is a dystopian young-adult novel and follows the story of an 11 year old girl named Juno who *shock*, lives on the island of Taris. Taris was the brainchild of the 21^st century world and was created to survive the virus epidemic, wars and hatred of the 21^st century, even if nobody else in the world did. Taris is completely isolated from the Outside, is protected by a dome and eventually resulted in a totalitarian cult-like society where it is a requirement to shave your hair. 

The story is absolutely brilliant, there were so many twists, turns and surprises that left my jaw hanging and left me in shock. The way Fleur Beale has weaved together the plot was incredible. What at first seemed to be a fairly neat, predictable plot soon grew into something much more complicated and action-packed than expected.  It was really refreshing to read because the plot was not only layered, it made me *think*. The society Juno lives in reminds me of a communist society. Everybody does the same things, works the same sorts of jobs, has to get selected for  ridiculous things like have a child and the “qualities” the chosen parents choose for their children all bare the same sort of resemblance. I loved how this topic was explored in addition to the regular dystopian government.

In addition to the story, the characters were wonderful. Juno was such a different heroine and it was interesting to see how much she grew (literally) throughout the novel. The novel starts with Juno at age 11 and ends with Juno aged 14! Now this sounds a little strange but considering it was a 350 page novel with 3 birthdays squeezed in, the pacing was ideal for this novel. The birthdays didn’t feel rushed or jammed together and neither did anything else, it all flowed together pretty nicely!

The only real issue I had with this (which is why I had such a difficult time rating this) was the writing. It’s hard to explain – the first 100-200 pages seemed to have writing that was sort of disjointed and it was in past tense which at first, I didn’t think suited the novel. It was all, “We did this, then they did this. Then this happened” BUT I do have a theory on this :)… You know how when a lot of younger kids tell a story to you they basically go along the lines of, “This happened, then this happened and then I did this…”? Well, because Juno was 11, I have a feeling the author (quite cleverly) did this intentionally because the older Juno got throughout the novel, the less disjointed the writing seemed and the past tense and writing in general was easier to read. So I don’t know (God, this is difficult to write)… I didn’t particularly love the writing at the beginning of the novel but I think she did this intentionally to connect us with Juno more!  So what I’m TRYING to say is that Fleur Beale is basically a sneaky genius.

This is definitely worth a read :) and I’ll definitely be reading more of Fleur Beale’s books in the future!

AHHHH I JUST FOUND OUT THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TRILOGY. Ohhhh yeahhh! *dances*

PS - Please excuse the dodgy cover photo... The one on Goodreads was too small and this one on Book Depository is just weird looking...

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Release Date: February 7th 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Overall: ♥♥♥1/2

I've been looking forward to reading this for agessss, and finally got the opportunity to when the lovely Rebecca from Reading Wishes sent me a lovely surprise in the mail :) Thankyou Rebecca <3

It's difficult to rate this book, but I think I'm going to go with a 3.5 star rating.

In some point in the future, love (amor deleria nervosa) has been declared a disease. They've also found a cure. The cure is administered to those who have reached age 18. Each person goes through an evalulation and are ranked according to how well they answer questions and whatnot. The cure sounds horrible to me; you lose all feelings of love, friendship, ambition and dreams. Once you've been evaluated, your future education, partner and career are all decided for you. It's quite an interesting concept and I think Lauren Oliver has done a good job of executing it. Lena is looking forward to her evaluation (she, along with everybody else she knows, have been taught that love is the worst thing to happen to a person), she is a pretty regular girl just hoping to get "paired" with someone decent and to be granted the right to an education. She meets a guy named Alex. Then she falls in love...

It definitely wasn't the writing that let this book down. I've heard so many good things about Lauren Oliver's writing and who am I to disagree :P. Her writing is beautiful... It's purple, but not so much purple that makes you want to gag. The thing that stood out to me most about her writing was how she began chapters. Firstly, she has these little snippits of something from Lena's world, say a textbook or a pslam from their version of the bible (The Book of Shhh), secondly, they are intriguing and give you a lot of backhistory into Lena, or the other characters.

The first half of the book really let it down. It was quite uhh, bland? And Lena didn't really have much of a personality. She was just a boring, rule-abiding, scared teenager - This would probably be the reality of a teenager in a dystopian world, but I just wanted her to be a little more rebellious, or less frightened or more like her friend Hana (I LOVE YOU HANA, come be my best friend?). But after the halfway point, Lena developed a personality... Sure, it was due to her meeting and hanging out with Alex, but it was a personality nonetheless!

Alex... Oh Alex. Why are you so damn gorgeous? And just overall awesome? I love that you're not an asshole, I love that you didn't treat Lena like a child, yet still cared for her. I love your secrets, I love your passion and I love your determination. I also love your name, I have this theory that naming hot, awesome boys in YA, Alex will be the latest trend... First there was Alex in Hunting Lila, now there is you... <3
(I'm aware this is basically a letter to Alex declaring my love for him... Well. Do you see me trying to make any excuses :D)

Now. The reason I've given this 3.5 stars is not only because of my undying love for Alex *swoon*, but because of how much Lena grew toward the end (I much prefer, as she calls it, "the New Lena") and the actual ending itself! It was a cliffhangerish ending, but it didn't result in me wanting to commit crimes to get a hold of the next one (I know it's already out now, but book buying ban= my own personal hell) ("You're like my own personal brand of heroin, you're like a drug to me...." HA! Sorry, had to throw that in there - Edward's seedy looking face just popped into my head). ANYWAYYYYY.... The ending had action and suspense and defintely left me wanting more, what DOES make me think of committing crimes for Pandemonium, is the first chapter sneak-peek.

I will definitely be reading more Lauren Oliver in the future, because her writing is just beautiful and the ending in this definitely made up for the slow-paced and somewhat boring beginning :)
Well worth the read ;) ESPECIALLY if you're into romance... 

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Release Date: January 3rd 2012
Publisher: Harper Collins
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Overall: ♥♥♥

Under the Never Sky tells the story of Aria and Perry. Aria has grown up in a place called the Reverie her whole life - a place in which you can look through an eyepiece called a "Smarteye" and basically think yourself anywhere and doing anything! Perry is an "outsider", he lives outside of the Reverie where there there is an "aether sky", cannibals and a whole lot more scary stuff!

I'd like to say, I didn't really view this as a dystopian, I thought it had more sci-fi elements rather than dystopian, but who am I to define genres :)

Firstly, I really appreciated the detail of Rossi's worldbuilding, I loved how much there was to know and I loved the mystery behind it all. However, I think it could have been executed better. For the first 50-100 pages I had no idea what was going on because I didn't understand why only 6000 people lived in the Reverie, why there were outsiders, why the Aether is there. Is it some sort of sick experiment gone wrong from the government? Were they trying to create the "perfect race" ala Hitler? So many questions but this is a series so I can wait patiently for answers :) My main problem was not knowing what any of the words meant for a long time (I know this sounds stupid but yeah..), like I had no idea what "Tides" were until Perry said it was his tribe and I had no idea what the Reverie was until further on in the story.

Another thing I appreciated was that this was in third person! Oh how I've missed reading in third person and I've come across alot more recently in YA (YAY!). What was interesting though, is that it was in third person from both Aria and Perry's perspective, which was great. I thought this was well-written and that Rossi distinguished both voices perfectly! I must say, I'm not the biggest fan of Aria, I thought she was a bit flat until the end which is where she really grew (and I liked her more) but I am a fan of Perry! I loved how Rossi didn't sugarcoat anything. Perry was a really complex character and learning about the different Senses was awesome! I want to know more about the Senses!!

I know your wondering "But, Taneika! Your only praising this book! Why did you only give it three stars?" Well, as I said above, I didn't understand what was going on for the longest time, but I guess this book was just missing that *spark* for me. I enjoyed it, but it did take me a while to get into and I just could not connect with anything the way I would've liked. I enjoyed learning about the world, but I couldn't connect with it, I enjoyed the characters and their flaws, but I couldn't connect with them and I enjoyed the book overall, I just couldn't connect with it.

I'm really disappointed, because I was SO incredibly excited to read this but I personally don't think it lived up to the hype. Now I just REALLY want to know where Book 2 will take us!!

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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Release Date: November 15th 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Overall: ♥♥♥♥♥

Firstly, thankyou Tahereh for writing such a wonderful novel! You are now toward the top of my 'Awesome authors' list, which translates to: stalking your blog and your Twitter :)

Shatter Me is the debut novel of Tahereh Mafi and boy does it deliver!
First things first, let me thank whoever decided that Shatter Me be released in Australia first for a change (Australia never gets ANYTHING first)!

Shatter Me is the story of Juliette, a 17 year old girl who's touch is lethal (like Rogue off of X-Men). Juliette has been in isolation for 264 days. When I began this book, I was a bit shocked by how it was written because it is just SO unique! I loved it! There are things crossed out and repetition of words. But it works so well! The way Ms. Mafi has written this is brilliant - you really feel like you're reading from a person on the brink of insanity...

Juliette is the type of heroine I love reading about. I loved her way of thinking, I loved how strong, bold, honest and somewhat fragile she was. As you read her story, you realise how much she just needs and wants. That's all, just needs and wants. She hasn't touched somebody in years, she has never been able to touch somebody without harming them and she has never even known the warmth of a hug. She recognises what she wants/needs and GOES FOR IT! How cool is that? She is a heroine that does things for herself! Isn't that AWESOME!

I also loved Adam, he seriously made me swoon! Adam is ANOTHER literary crush to add to the list (keep it up YA authors! About time there are some decent love interests!). Adam was another character with so much depth and mystery! He is determined, strong, kind and you can really tell how much he loves Juliette. Adam was perfect, especially for Juliette *sulks*.

As for the secondary characters, they are quite possibly some of the best and well-developed secondary characters ever! WARNER! Oh how I hate him! Ms. Mafi crafted the perfect villian, he is not wishy-washy, (infact none of the characters are cardboard) he is seriously creepy and the things he forces Juliette to do (won't mention spoilers) is seriously some of the most disturbed shit I've come across. He is calculating and evil, he is utterly tapped in the head and it was great!

The way everything is described in this novel is beautiful and unique. From dresses to eyes, to a bland, grey room; Tahereh Mafi manages to make everything, no matter how dull, sound wonderful! I seriously can't get enough of her writing and the book isn't even technically out yet!

"My world is one interwoven web of words, stringing limb to limb, bone to sinew, thoughts and images all together. I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction" - Not only is this completely true but the context in which it is written is crazy! She loves reading. Instead of simply saying "I like books", those wonderful sentences were constructed instead! Ms. Mafi can twist something that is seriously boring in most YA novels into something amazing.

As I got to the end of the novel, it reminded me alot of X-Men, but it was still original and it was still breathtaking! I got through this novel in about a day, the only reason I didn't finish it in a day is because 2:30AM is the maximum I stay up for reading :)

All in all, this was amazing and I can't really write a coherent review! Sorry guys! But I'm definitely tempted to pick it back up and reread it all over again!

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Release Date: August 24th 2010
Publisher: Scholastic Press
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Overall:  ♥♥♥♥ 1/2

When I finished this book I felt drained and I felt tired.

Okay, so I was pleased with the fact that I had this patiently waiting to be read in my bookshelf right after I finished Catching Fire. The first two books, I loved, they bought out so much emotion in me and hooked me into Katniss' world straight away. But with this one... I don't know, I still absolutely loved it and I'll definitely reread it in the near future, but it just didn't do it for me like the other two books.

I don't know if I can pinpoint exactly what bothered me about it, but I'll give it a try...
Soin Mockingjay, President Snow has declared war on Katniss, her friends and her family and Katniss and all of what's left of District 12 are living in *oooohhh* Disctrict 13. So it turns out that District 13 isn't at all what I expected, I was expecting fairly nice people who hunted and who were generally shy. Instead, President Coin of 13 is completely messed in the head (not as much as President Snow, but still) and is so goddamn manipulative and such a control freak. However, I guess this fitted with the whole 'District 13 has had to fend for themselves because the Capitol is pretending they don't exist', but yeah. I dunno, it makes sense, I just didn't like them at all, I got the impression that 13 thought they were so much mightier than 12 and that pissed me off.

Anywhooo, Katniss is being used a pawn for District 13 and the Rebels and she finds it difficult to figure out who to trust or what she should do. Katniss annoyed me a bit, I didn't like how she would have a complete mental breakdown every five seconds, yes it's justified in regards to what she's had to go through in all three books, but I was hoping she'd still be strong and fearless like in the other books. Katniss has basically lost Peeta for the duration of this book, Peeta has been completely screwed over with the Capitol and Katniss doesn't know whether he's dead or alive.
I really liked how the Rebels created their own propaganda to broadcast to Panem and how all the districts but two were part of the revolution.

I loved so many characters this time around, but *SPOILER ALERT*one thing that seriously annoyed me was Ms Collins killing every character we've grown to love off. Finnick, Cinna and Boggs deserved MUCH better death scenes than what they got and Katniss should've grieved more. I mean Cinna, oohhh I loved him, I wish he was still around, and I wish it wasn't all "oh he's probs dead" "okay. that sucks" I mean, HUH? Cinna was freaking awesome. But nooo. Not awesome enough for an actual death scene or a decent scene at all. And Prim, ohhh Prim, what was the point of hers? I love Prim, I really feel for Katniss with Prim because I think I'd jump off a cliff if my sisters died, seriously, I cried in this part because it's Prim. She was so innocent and full of hope and she had to get killed off. Ahhhh. *SPOILER ENDED*. I still love Annie, I wish we got to know her more, I really do, we barely see any of her in the story, but I would've loved to read more about her.   

One of my favourite parts in this was when Katniss made the book with all the people who have been killed. 
Another favourite was the epilogue. And another was Buttercup and Katniss being friends, lame, I know but I really loved this part. Although Buttercup is a cat, both his and Katniss' world has been turned upside down and now they only have eachother to support. Ahh this made my bottom lip drop as well. 

Overall, I'm really pleased with how everything turned out for Katniss, although I think the war was won too easily and Coin was just messed in the head like Snow. (Oh and Snow's rose room scene made me laugh and gag at the same time). I obviously had a few issues with certain things, but I think this book wrapped things up nicely for Katniss. Honestly, in the three books she went through so much in about two years that I'm incredibly happy with how things turned out in the end. 

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Release Date: September 1st 2009

Publisher: Scholastic Press

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Overall:  ♥♥♥♥♥

So I just feel like doing an evil laugh right now because in my previous WordPress post, I couldn't post for a few weeks as “you are not to modify your web presence in anyway from the time it is submitted until after it has been marked” and I said that sucks, because I like writing reviews and I like blogging. AND NOW I CAN :D Ehh ehhe! Sooo I've read Mockingjay and that's up for review after Monday - I have a Marketing exam. Woo!

In a sad attempt to make you laugh I’ll tell you about how the other day Jordon asked me what 2 divided by 3 was because he was mocking me about something.. in response I got really confused and asked him “wow, is that actually possible?” (with a serious expression on my face) and then he just laughed at me even more than before, but it was pretty funny :D … So yeah that really wasn't that interesting, but I wanted to share anyway and tell you that it was probably the blondest moment of my blonde moments for the week and another reason why I’m studying journalism rather than something to do with math. Ugh!

Moving along to the reason you’re actually reading this blog for…. The review :O!!
In some reviews I’ve read on Goodreads, alot of people seem unhappy with the second installment of the Hunger Games trilogy but I found Catching Fire just as fast paced and as exciting as the first installment.

Catching Fire begins a few months after Katniss and Peeta have won the 74th Hunger Games but the winners have no sense of triumph. They have become leader figures for a rebellion of the districts against the capitol. The
manipulative and insane, arsehole
, idiotic, President Snow has decided to pay our beloved Katniss a visit to her new home in the Victor’s Village and tells her that the berry suicide attempt that Katniss simply did through an act of love, was in fact openly defying the capitol and an attempt to start a rebellion.

Whilst I definitely found the first book in the series heart wrenching and emotional, I found myself crying in the first 100 pages of this book. I found myself wishing that Katniss was never in this situation, that she lived in a country that had rights and a country that wasn’t forced to kill eachother off in ‘games’ every year and I found myself wishing that President Snow would run into a force field so his heart stopped beating and then have Katniss shoot an arrow at each of his limbs while he died. Yes, I hated him THAT much within the first 100 pages (and just as much for the remainder of the book). I don’t want to give away any spoilers but as I read about that poor old man who paid his respects and all of District 11, I literally had to put the book down and calm myself down. This book made me do this several times, I was overwhelmed with so much emotion for alot of the book and I found myself rereading sentences and paragraphs, not because I didn’t understand it or because the sentence structure was dodgy, but because I wanted to and because I needed to get it through my head that I was reading a book, not living in Katniss’ world with her.

Ms Collins has written another brilliant story and has sucked me back in as she sucked me into the first installment. I especially loved how she described the arena, how many twists and turns this installment had and that we get to find out more information about the oh so mysterious District 13 (which, thank god, otherwise it’ would’ve just been some really interesting but useless plot device from the first book which doesn’t get expanded on, like Sino-AIDS in the Sookie Stackhouse series. Ugh). I thought it was amazing. In addition, I loved the ending, I was so scared and it honestly made my jaw drop. Okay, so there was a cliffhanger, but in the way of cliffhangers, this one was a good cliffhanger. But maybe I’m just saying that because I’ve got Mockingjay sitting patiently on my kitchen bench begging “READ MEEEE” :) . The only thing I can think of which I didn’t like about this was that it seemed a few months went by in a few pages, but this was only a minor issue and didn’t bother me too much, I still thoroughly enjoyed this.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 
Release Date: September 14th 2008

Publisher: Scholastic Press

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Overall:  ♥♥♥♥♥

I’d just like to say, I have NO IDEA why it took me so long to actually read this book considering within the first two pages I was hooked! I finished this book and thought “So THIS is what all the fuss is about!”. Although it took me about 4 days to read, I could have easily read it in one if not for uni assignments (yay).

The premise of The Hunger Games is somewhat disturbing. It’s a dystopian novel and is set in a not-too-distant future in what used to be America. America has collapsed due to natural disasters, famine and war and the country of Panem has replaced it. Panem is divided into the Capitol (basically the head honcho government area), and 12 districts. The capitol force two representatives aged 11-18 to participate in the annual Hunger Games – a brutal and cruel fight to the death – for their enjoyment and entertainment and these games are broadcasted throughout Panem and are compulsory to watch as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate eachother.

Sixteen year old Katniss’s young sister, Prim, is selected as the suffering and deprived District 12′s representative. Katniss volunteers to take her place and finds herself thrown in the Hunger Games, on television in front of the entire nation. Katniss and the male District 12 representative, Peeta are pitted against stronger, bigger and faster opponents, especially those who are Career Districts, those who have trained for the games their whole lives.

Collins’ creates characters who have so much depth and are so realistic. This book had me captivated from the get go. I adore Katniss, she is so real, is a real heroine and a true survivor – plus she’s awesome with a bow and arrow! Katniss may raise some eyebrows, but I did not question her at all. If I was thrown into a giant arena with nothing but the clothes on my back and had to kill 23 others and survive in the wilderness, I reckon I’d die pretty easily and would definitely not be as clever as Katniss.

This book had me feeling so many things, I felt anger, sadness, betrayal, fear, hopelessness, grief, guilt and happiness. The only thing I think I can find fault in this novel is that the sentences were a bit choppy and I found it a  bit disorienting, but I think this is what Ms. Collins wanted and it was successful in making the story really come alive and in making you feel like you were really watching Katniss and like you were there with her.

I think you’re just going to have to read the book rather than this review because I simply can’t put everything I love about this book into words. This is one of those books where someone says “This book is AMAZING”, it really is, seriously.

Another thing I’d love to see is a map of Panem and the 12 districts, the wilderness and the 13th district that was destroyed. THAT would be pretty awesome!