Susanne Collins, “Hunger Games”

What creates an editorial phenomenon is the novelty of the subject. The same goes for Eco’s murderous monks, Meyer’s “vegetarian” vampires, Dan Brown’s sangreal lineage, or James’s sadomasochistic bondage. Everything that comes after is in the wake, it is an imitation of the original.

Susanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” opens a season of teenage reality show to the death, but its being the forefather of a new genre lies in the cruelty of the subject matter that nails you from the first to the last page.