The novel is classic Collins writing — emotionally charged and unflinching in its portrayals of violence under oppression. But “Sunrise on the Reaping” takes it to the next level. Arguably Collins’ darkest book, this prequel reaches new levels of emotional maturity, adding grim texture to the familiar world.
“The Hunger Games” is a brilliant book and film series that is consistently tainted by the negative perceptions of its genre. In actuality, the messages and themes they depict are ones which we can learn a great deal and heed warning from, as our future grows increasingly similar to Panem’s reality.
Since survival, under capitalism, is a money game, the “choice” the players are making in Squid Game is not to simply continue playing the game out of a selfish desire to earn money. The real choice is between living and dying, and that doesn’t seem like much of a choice at all.
We’ve all seen at least one book-to-movie adaptation, given that in recent years there’s been a craze over turning novels, specifically young adult and middle-grade ones, into films. The popularity...
The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There...
We all seem to be aware of a kind of cliché that great artists often go tragically unnoticed during their lifetimes, the most classic example being Vincent Van Gogh. The implication of the cliché is...
