I'm really glad I've read this YA classic with a bookclub on whatsapp! I wouldn't have picked it up already if it wasn't for them, and I really enjoyed reading this.

Of course, this book has many elements you see in other books as well. But this is the first, so that is something to consider.

I managed to keep free from spoilers of this series since I haven't read or seen them before, and I'm quite happy with that. I went into this completely blank, and I expected the hunger games game to be spread in the 3 books. But it wasn't, that was a nice surprise. And now I'm quite curious to the next book - we will be reading that next month :)

What I liked about this book it that the suspense is real. I really felt with Katniss. The caracter plots are great as well.

Spoiler

I'm still not sure how much I trust Peeta and how much if what he shows is real, I like that a lot.

I also like the basic plotline of this book, the games. it is an interesting setting for such a book.

I am going to watch the movies as well, but only after I've finished the books, because I do not want to keep seeing actors in my head while reading the next two books.

I really enjoyed reading this book a lot because of the story and the people, but somehow it did not felt like 5* for me. Maybe if this was the first YA I've read it would have been, and/or if I reread it now, but now it just does not feel like it, sadly :( So these 4* are my reading experiences. But I do KNOW this book is the first in its genre and it really well written, so if you ask me what I thought of the book I would say 5*, but the reading experience didn't matched that completely. Does this makes sense? :)