I found this comment on Reddit. They're talking about the Sunrise on the Reaping book.
I disagree with the "Sunrise on the Reaping feels like fanfiction" thing that some of the other The Hunger Games fans love to spout. And I disagree with what the person in the comment said.
Listen, I love that Suzanne Collins gave names to all 48 tributes in The 50th Games. "NOBODY" the commenter said. Well, I'm someone who is glad Suzanne named them all. It made the book feel more real to me, more fleshed out. I hated that every tribute wasn't named in the first book. I hated the first book in general, actually. SOTR succeeded where THG#1 failed.
Also, in this one story I'm writing, I gave names to all of the children in the two different societies that are in the story. There are over 70 of those children. I did that because SOTR inspired me to, and I'm glad I did that.
And I like that every tribute in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has a name too, for the same reason that I liked SOTR for doing it. Every tribute being named made the book feel more real and fleshed out.













