The Son
- centres (centres on / revolves around)
- plot (argument in a theory / academic paper - false friend with some languages)
- protagonist (star in a film / play only)
- dialogue (write / give a speech)
Lies My Mother Never Told Me
- memoir (a memoir is full of memories)
- struggle
- deals with (treat is a false friend with some languages)
- recommend
The Hunger Games
- Tackling
- revolving (revolving around / basing on)
- traces
- exploring
Katherine
- based (based on a true story / rooted in real life)
- bring ( ... to life)
- set
- tale (it’s fiction – characters / stories; histories are non-fiction)
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
- (told in the) first person (from the viewpoint of the main character)
- narrator (commentator on a match / political situation)
- turns (by turns / in episodes)
- insight