A review by kathrynth
The Girl Who Was on Fire: Your Favorite Authors on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy, by Leah Wilson
4.0
This book just missed five stars for the following two reasons:
1. The Ned Vizzini essay seemed more about him making a point than it did about the Hunger Games. In fact, there was more than one occasion during his essay that had me questioning how much of the book he'd actually read and remembered, and how much he was assuming. A better editor would never have accepted this essay as it stands.
2. Terri Clark kept referring to Katniss as Kat, something that I found horribly disrespectful to the original work (Katniss, I believe, would never refer to herself as Kat). Again, I feel an editor should have fixed this.
Other than that, a really great read. Like the Hunger Games, it really made me think, which can only ever be good. I especially liked the opening two essays and the one on the mental effects of something like the Hunger Games.
1. The Ned Vizzini essay seemed more about him making a point than it did about the Hunger Games. In fact, there was more than one occasion during his essay that had me questioning how much of the book he'd actually read and remembered, and how much he was assuming. A better editor would never have accepted this essay as it stands.
2. Terri Clark kept referring to Katniss as Kat, something that I found horribly disrespectful to the original work (Katniss, I believe, would never refer to herself as Kat). Again, I feel an editor should have fixed this.
Other than that, a really great read. Like the Hunger Games, it really made me think, which can only ever be good. I especially liked the opening two essays and the one on the mental effects of something like the Hunger Games.