The Hunger Games

Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Rating: Four Guitars

Sizzilin' Summary:
In the future, humanity has been devastated by disaster. In what was once North America is now the country of Panem. It made up of twelve Districts ruled by a cruel Capitol. The primary iron fist of the Capitol is the Hunger Games... where the Capitol forces each District to send one boy and girl tributes in-between the ages of twelve and eighteen to the Capitol, so the Capitol can send them to an arena and have them fight each other on live TV... to the death!
Katniss Evergreen lives in District 12. When her sister is picked, Katniss volunteers to go in her place. Katniss is determined to win the Games and survive.
She's got experience at surviving, but will it be enough to be the last one standing, therefore the winner of the games...?

Rockin' Review:
I can see where this became a movie. The book's divided into three parts. The first part was excellent. It was very well-written, and Katniss almost seemed alive.
Once we enter the Hunger Games, however (the other two parts), things dropped. It didn't seem as alive, and it was only about average and/or four-Guitar enjoyment. It was still good and well-written, but it could have been done better.
This was a pretty good book overall, however.