No longer let me go ...

Looking for new reading material I am, EHR pushed through recommendations from Amazon than by interest in "The Hunger Games". Since the book is supposed to be so been quite successful in the US, I could indeed try it - I thought, and had the trilogy devoured in no time.

Suzanne Collins creates a dystopian world in which one living in almost exclusively poor districts population is under the dictatorship of the Capitol, whose inhabitants shockingly strong, albeit exaggerated, very reminiscent of our modern western society, dominated by Panem.

In commemoration of the "Dark Days", as the districts against the Capitol rebelled and failed, but also to entertain the Capitol Society, the Reality TV format "The Hunger Games" is an annual event that with the ritual of the draw start Tribute before this - accompanied in contrast to the oppressive and fear charged atmosphere of "Reapings", and of course always of cameras and a whole preparation team - are treated and prepared as Stars, then - pure nightmare scenario - in a natural arena to be suspended in order to fight there against 23 other young people about survival.

In this background setting is the story of Katniss Everdeen, the not perfect and thus so sympathetic heroine, embedded, from the first-person perspective to the fast-paced and entertaining action - described in a liquid and relatively simple style - learns and sympathizes.
As a female tribute from District 12 you go through with it fear, courage, compassion, sadness, distrust and love, constantly fighting for their lives, as opposed to her desire to help others, even though she knows that only an arena alive can leave ...

Long gone made me a book so tied that it did not let me in my sleep, I had to think and talk about it constantly, and I think it is urgently necessary to write a review. (Ie Is my reviewer's debut.)