Thought the ‘Hunger Games’ Was Dark? The New Prequel Novel Makes the Franchise Even More Sinister

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the ending of Sunrise of the Reaping.Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth and latest of Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games series, opens with the following George Orwell quote: All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth. I don’t think this matters so long as one knows what one is doing, and why. It is alongside this quote by William Blake: “A truth that’s told with bad intent/Beats all the lies you can invent.”