The first five chapters had to do mostly with the Reaping, the event held each year to choose one girl and one boy from each district to compete in what they called the Hunger Games. In these games they would kill each other until there was only one winner left and that person would be the only one who could return home to their district.
Our main character is Katniss and she ends up volunteering for her sister Prim who was selected to be one of the fighters for their district. We can easily see that Katniss is extremely protective of her sister and will do anything to make sure that she is safe and sound. Katniss has a weak spot and that only weak spot is Prim so she sacrifices herself to save her little sister and enlists herself in the games instead. I can see why people would like this book since that relationship is pretty idealistic and humane. We don't usually see people sacrificing themselves for each other these days and to be honest, that part is very sad to me. It is sad to see that the family will be possibly torn apart. I know that personally I could never withstand something like that. I would not want to see my family hurt like that and especially since Katniss and her family had already lost their father.
In the end, I feel like reading this a second time will actually be quite enjoyable since I love the plot. The only thing I don't quite enjoy is how predictable it is despite the suspense thy try to put into the story.
I've read it before too and I completely agree about it being an easy read. The plot is going to be about 100x more predictable since I've already read it, too, and I think that will be the only hard part of reading it again - getting bored from the lack of suspense.
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