Second Reading Response: the Hunger Games (spoilers)

      The Hunger Games is a book written by Suzanne Collins, and she does a great job of telling a suspenseful story. You can never predict when some event is going to happen, which makes you want to continue reading. The main character, Katniss Everdeen, lives in a nation called Panem, which is divided into twelve districts. The capitol selects two people from each district to compete against the others in a death match to remind the districts that the capitol has absolute power. Katniss volunteers to join when her sister gets picked to compete, and then she must fight to return back home.

      I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a book with lots of suspense, drama, and action. Like I wrote above, you can never tell when the author is going to throw a plot twist at us, so it makes us want to read it further. The book is filled with vivid details, letting the readers imagine the scene inside their heads and immersing us with the story. The storyline is very original, and the author does a great job conveying the feelings of the main characters to us while we are reading. Katniss tries so hard to return to her home where her family awaits her with nervousness, and in the end she survives and wins the Hunger Games. The lesson I would learn from this book would be: never give up, and always persevere in times of hardships.