The Hunger Games are an annual, televised fight-to-the-death game demanded by the Capitol. The main character, Katniss, is from a distant, destitute district that has been conquered by the Capitol. The upside of Young Adult lit is that everything is explained clearly without digressions or subplots, and there's very little to ponder over or absorb slowly, which makes the reading very quick. The trilogy is packed full of interesting ideas, vivid descriptions, and a vision of the near future that isn't too outlandish to believe. I was a bit hesitant to get into the story because they're considered Young Adult and I wasn't interested in teen angst, but after people insisted, "You MUST read The Hunger Games!" I relented, and now I insist to others, "You MUST read The Hunger Games!" The other two books in the trilogy are "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay." Imagine the Roman Empire set in the near-future Americas and you have "The Hunger Games" series.
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