It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.
The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined -- every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
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4/5 stars
Collins successful manages to make you, in the beginning, empathize to a small degree with Coriolanus Snow and the hardships he and his family endured while simultaneously making you repulsed by his elitism and lack of empathy for most of the people around him. Facing facts, he still was 100% better off in their most dire situation than anyone in the districts. It quickly devolves into just reviling him because he is just the worst.
Without giving too much away, I found it an interesting notion that Snow and his contemporaries were responsible for some comforts and compassion that were not given in the earlier games which is saying a lot because the 74th Hunger Games was awful, but as you’ll read, it was far worse in the 10th Hunger Games. And despite their humanizing the participants in the Hunger Games, the underlying goal was not compassion, but for the entertainment value it would bring to the residents of the capital as well as helping to solidify their allegiance to the Capital’s control.
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