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The Blue Flower

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2. Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 12:15 PM

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The latest Hunger Games installment. She has said she wanted to depict what fascism looks like for a young audience. She's done a good job here. Instead of heroism and excitement, the protagonist experiences cruelty, sadism, tragic loss of friends and family, and a wish for his life to end because the all-powerful state has sucked all joy and love out of it. He's left with only a sliver of hope that he may one day help to destroy it.

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