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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4.0

This book juxtaposes the fact that its heroes, asked to do something tremendously cruel, need to act like celebrities and preen themselves and act affable to survive. They need to be conventionally attractive and play into a romantic act to be entertainment to an audience safely watching behind a screen, which donates to them based on their whims and amusement. All on its own, it’s a Black Mirror episode with a happy ending.

Sure, it delivers itself through a Young Adult story of chosen-one type nonsense and a harem of men to project gooey feelings onto. But that doesn’t invalidate its more interesting concepts.