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

253 reviews

bagel_z's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

ej853's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Torture, War

leafilys's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt

Minor: Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, War

lexgrace's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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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Almost speechless, honestly. How harrowing, chilling, revealing, unsettling, intriguing and captivating this novel is. For those who have already read the other four books in the Hunger Games series, this is an urgent must. Not only does the unraveling of Haymitch’s games answer questions and explain much of what happens later - but they establish such a fundamental understanding of his character and motives from there on out. Filled with poetic justice, subtle references, sweet side plots, satisfying Easter eggs and more - this is a shining “poster” on Collins’ wall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide

In line with the level of content in other Hunger Games novels. Contextually graphic and severe. Vibrant descriptive imagery.

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

ljwashere's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Homophobia

vicken's review against another edition

5.0

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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This was so devastating. Beyond middle grade. Suzanne stuck the tip of a knife in the reader at the beginning, slowly pushing it in further, until the last several chapters, when she twists it over and over. 
This book does a fantastic job bridging the gap between aBoSaS prequel and the Hunger Games series, showing how we got from point A to point B without over explaining. Miss Collins delivers information so beautifully without spoonfeeding the reader. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Miscarriage, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol

hayleycorrigan's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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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Poor haymitch 💔 the entire book my heart was breaking for haymitch. This book was brilliant and so well written, might possibly be the best of the series. This definitely calls for a reread of the whole franchise. 
Some parts of this book made me close the book and sit with it for a minute, this is rare.
Well done Suzanne Collins you’ve outdone yourself 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol

Minor: War

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As a Hunger Games lover I was excited for Haymitch's prequel, especially after the brilliance of A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It didn't quite live up to my expectations...
 
While it introduced another facet of the Capitol's brutality and gave us the backstory for several of the excellent side characters from the original series, being back in the Hunger Games arena felt like a retread over old ground.

I also felt like the choice to frame Haymitch's Hunger Games as being a not-quite-right time for revolution makes the progression of the original trilogy more confusing. What was so different about Katniss from her predecessors that she became a lightning rod for change? If anything, she seems less attuned to the power of spectacle and symbolism than Haymitch does in this book.
 
I think my tolerance for the brutal deaths of children may be waning, but if Suzanne Collins decides to explore another aspect of Panem, I would love to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

sincerelyj's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Yikes! Sure did destroy me! There is so much to process from this book I feel the need to go back through it and stop every sentence and connect it back to the entire overarching plot of the series. And reread them in chronological order rather than release order even though release order should always be the go to for the first read through with a new book/series. Holy shit. The characters had so much depth, more so than in the first book in my opinion. Seeing the connections between the characters throughout the series was really satisfying and devastating all at once.

I’m grateful for the epilogue because connecting Haymitch back to Katniss really drove it all home for me. It gave me some closure but also hurt even more knowing for so long he never had that depth to Katniss and Peeta. Somehow Plutarch knew him best for the most of his life, and somewhat Effie given she realized the full extent of everything and saw past the propaganda. How quickly Haymitch went from a part of his community (which was in much better shape in his youth than in Katniss’s) to being so alone and a drunk is a punch to the gut. And that’s only how Katniss knew him. He was never Uncle Haymitch. The anger and injustice I feel knowing how much of the Games were cut up and the Capitol and Districts didn’t see the truth of Haymitch’s actions is insurmountable.

But I guess that’s what keeps the books so powerful; Suzanne Collins doesn’t give us that happy ending. It stays grim and full of trauma and despair.  She gives us a future but she doesn’t pretend that the characters aren’t permanently broken from what they’ve been through. I just want the truth to have been plastered across all of Panem so everyone knew what really happened and who Haymitch really is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment