The Hunger Games

I confess to having watched the films first which I enjoyed especially the first. The hunger games novel is also very good, the characters remain believable, the drama is more intense due to being written from a single point of view and the dialogue is nicely snappy. The only flaw from my point of view was the mutts, their origin felt out of place and unpleasant, a deliberate authorial step I'm sure but it felt somewhat out of step. Overall a rip roaring read.