Hunger Games Fans May Not Be Hungry For More

In efforts to promote her upcoming book, “A Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,” Suzanne Collins released audio of her reading the beginning of the first chapter, featuring characters from the original Hunger Games trilogy. Just over 2 minutes, the clip focuses on the book’s central character, Coriolanus Snow. We learn the Snow family has fallen on difficult times as we hear Snow lament over lacking appropriate attire for a formal event – the Reaping – and eating cabbage soup. Snow refers to Tigris, a character with a brief role from the 3^rd Hunger Games novel, Mockingjay, as someone who could potentially help with his wardrobe situation. They are established to be cousins.

To Share or Not to Share

Sharing an excerpt of the novel was a wise move. When first announced, fans were excited and eagerly anticipating the prequel — until the premise revealed it would highlight Snow’s story. Many angry fans disputed the decision to focus on the trilogy’s villain instead of fan favorites, such as Mags, Finnick Odair, Johanna Mason or (my personal fave) Haymitch Abernathy. Collins is rekindling the audience’s excitement for the novel by teasing the new material. Two days before the excerpt was released, news of the prequel’s film adaptation was also announced. While I think it was smart for Collins to release an excerpt, I do think sharing these pages featuring Snow’s woes was a risky choice. Perhaps Collins and her marketing team’s goal was to deliberately paint Snow in this humble light in order to connect with readers’ empathy; if that was their strategy, I think it backfired. Detailing Snow’s pitiful circumstances seems to strengthen the already displeased fans’ argument that Collins is attempting to persuade readers to sympathize with the actions of someone who ultimately became an evil authoritarian. ­ Tigris’s reveal was fun but not tremendously impactful. Describing the capital, the districts or physical descriptions of Snow may have been wiser to give readers a taste of what it’s like to be back in Panem again. However, if Collin’s goal was to further cement the reader’s dislike in Snow, she nailed it. We’ll have to see where else she takes us on Snow’s journey. “A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” will be released on May 19th.

What did you think of the decision to share the pages Collins did?

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