This first book in the series is intense and not recommended for younger readers. I have seen 3rd and 4th graders reading it and believe that they are really too young to fully understand it. I loved this book, the movie was ok, but not as good as the book - one of my more recent favorites.

I loved this series and the movies are also great. I am a middle school teacher and considering the age of the characters it was written for this age group. My one issue with this series is the violence. I do love the theme of the book, but it is violent...though, probably no more violent than the video games they play...that have no theme at all.

As usual, the first in the trilogy was amazing, the second one good and the third quite frankly sacked. It ended abruptly and didn't really explain what happened to them. They're traumatized and obviously have PTSD, and the author expects me to believe they're fine? They just had kids and moved on like it was nothing? No. I love that it has a strong female character who (in the book) might be mixed race, but it seems like maybe the author was on a deadline and didn't finish it like it should have been. Overall good series though.

First book I couldn't put down. The 2nd and 3rd book I found slower to read and not as action pack.

My kids have read this book so of course i read it first. I like how there are moral messages especially facing teens. Standing up for what you know is right. Standing up for those who can't stand up for themselves. And after reading this book I can say the book is better than the movie.

Love the series. It's one I read over and over. Books are much better than the movies (which are pretty good too!)

Such great books! I read all of the hunger games series, and I loved all of them!

The one book series I could not stand reading, but absolutely love the movie series for. The writing style was not something I could get in to but the story itself is absolutely compelling and eerily reminiscent of modern day society, no matter how much everyone wants to turn a blind eye towards it. I highly recommend this to anyone needing an escape from the dredges of our lives into something a little more horrific. Don't believe the hype the advertisements put on the action side of this series. The politics and the consequences and effects of those that uphold them are something to pay close attention to. They're sending children for slaughter as "tributes" to a government indicted tradition. That itself should tell you of the depravity of the Hunger Games world.

I bought this for my husbands birthday. and he really enjoyed reading it

Really enjoyed this book. It was a gift to me from my sister. I have a hard time focusing at times when reading. This book was so eventful I finished in two weeks. I went on to read all three of the books. Loved them all.

Great reads. I wasn't a huge fan of the very end, but overall they're very good, entertaining books.

Pretty engaging and fun except the disappointment of the 3rd book.

Great series and it really opens your eyes to seeing the parallels between the word that Suzanne Collins has created within the Districts to our own world. Katniss Everdeen is a character that any girl would like to be, strong when she needs to be and knowing she isn't a hero but that she has to be one, and actually has a character and isn't a bland Jane Doe like main characters in other books for this age group are. The plot grows fast and the climax hits hard in each book, they take you on an emotional journey as the characters battle for their lives and the opportunity to win The Hunger Games for themselves and their families outside the arena. Every character introduced is vivid in their own rights and their role in the story all make sense. Even the villain in the story is explained in a way where you almost understand where they are coming from, while knowing it isn't right. The only reason I won't give this series 5 stars is because the very ending of the series. It felt so rushed and out of place and honestly just sloppy. But even with that ending, I would still suggest this series over many others.

I have heard ALOT about this book and cant wait to get my hands on it...one of my girlfriends is reading it right now and she said.."you gotta read this..its a cant put it down book"

The series as a whole, I was disappointed with. I absolutely *LOVED* the first book, The Hunger Games, and would give that one five stars, but I just didn't like where the story went in the other two books. Not that they were bad books, but I didn't care for the story going down the rebel uprising/revolution road. I thought Catching Fire was probably the weakest book in the series, forcing them to continue the fake romance, and the Games in that one seemed like just an attempt to do what the first book had done. Mockingjay was slightly stronger story-wise but still seemed weak in that this revolution couldn't happen without one teenage girl. I'm glad I read the series but I only really liked the first book. (Saw the movie yesterday. LOVED it!)