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Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins

253 reviews

katrinarose's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I enjoyed this book but at the same time I was hoping for a bit more. It felt like Collins took the easy way out writing another book about the reaping and games without any new nuanced commentary, twists, or even many new characters. Keeping to a limited cast of new characters and the same premise of the games really limited any expansion of the world of Panem. Lenore was basically the same panic pixie dream girl that Lucy was in Songbirds, and there were many characters from the original trilogy that seemed a bit forced into the book for fans to get excited. I really liked Maysilee but that’s about it for new characters with strong development. Also, since we know Haymitch survives, it was hard to feel a lot of tension in the games. Overall it was a “fun” read but doesn’t expand on the original trilogy in the way I was hoping for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts

leannanecdote's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

chandler_reads123's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

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I’m sort of conflicted about how to rate this. It’s a good book, but it really pales in comparison to the other books in the series. It kind of felt like Suzanne Collins was clearing her throat and saying “Since y’all didn’t get it the first time, I’ll be extra clear.” It didn’t add anything new to the world in the same way that The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes did, and a lot of the ground was already covered in the summary of Haymitch’s games. Obviously the was more that the Capitol edited out but I thought that went without being said. Because almost the entirety of the book was focused on the games, in some ways I think it says more about Katniss in the original trilogy than it says about Haymitch. I wish more had been said about the resistance efforts outside of the arena. 
As a fan though, I was eating this up. Which feels weird. I kind of felt like a Capitolite watching the third quarter quell. All my favorite character are back! The emotions are running high! Kids are dying sure, but doesn’t Haymitch really just play on everyone’s heartstrings? I liked having the lore but this is the weakest book in the series imo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Alcohol

louisemrcd's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

blizzardinsummer's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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you know what? i’d be drunk all the time too if i was him. i bawled my eyes out so many times reading this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Suicide, Medical content, Abandonment, War

mirliz's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Torture, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, War

kenzibir's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

juliahouseholder's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ouch

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

isa_darlingg's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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most heartbreaking book I've ever read. 10000/10 my soul was stomped on, spat on, set on fire, chewed up, and then stomped on again for good measure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Gun violence, Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Terminal illness