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It was also a full on reskin of an existing book that had a far superior story (Battle Royale). Though tbf, HG did significantly improve the political message BR was going for.
Yup, I would have had more respect for her if she just admitted she was inspired by this book instead of pretending she never heard of it. It's insulting really.
BR was cooler and made for a good one shot. The book also has shoutouts to rock and roll which were kinda fun.
Shame that Hunger Games can't acknowledge the legacy, but if they did they'd probably be sued.
Sued for what? I don't know any countries which stop you making derivative work or full-on copying plots as long as you're not literally plagiarising work or reusing copyrighted characters/names.
Seconding this. I remember finding and reading Battle Royale in high school after watching the movie with my dad. It's great, and the movie did a good job adapting it.
Reading Hunger Games after that just felt derivative, though admittedly I'm not the target audience so much of the appeal is lost on me to begin with.