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

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

Obsessed but I feel like thats not fair because I've always loved haymitch. This novel is so well spliced that their really aren't many plot irregularities. The characters are amazing and deep and it hurts to lose them even though you know it's inevitable.  The narrative voice is excellent feeling similar to Katniss, which is reasonable as their are similar people in canon, but also very distinct. Even from a random clip it is clear who is speaking. I do caution to not give into the hype about 'how 😭 😭 😭 ' the book is as while painful one walks in knowing that all of these people are dead and if it's not stated in previous books completely then the flags are large enough to see from space. The only thing truly holding this book back is that I want more, more to flesh out everything. I'd also preferred
if dove's death was something else because Haymitch's move with the candies was just stupid


Warning: I wouldn't recommend reading unless you have read the rest of the series. Also this book is dark even more so than the main trilogy 

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Devastating! 🐦‍⬛

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*jingling keys* Look name drops! *jingling keys* Look more name drops! *jingles keys harder* Ignore the plot holes and sped up plot!

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god DAMMIT suzanne

making me cry my eyes out even more than any of the original books!!!

LENORE DOVE, I LOVE YOU LIKE ALL FIRE. Maybe Suzanne didn't quite have all of these prequels planned out while writing the original, because after reading this and Ballad, I wish Katniss had been Covey. 

This was a great book and a great backstory for Haymitch. Although to be honest, after reading this, I am shocked Haymitch was a functioning alcoholic in the original trilogy... and I am terrified to see all of this on screen because it's gonna break me. 🫠

One of the things I loved most about this book is how it showed that the revolution was decades in the making before Katniss came along. It reminds me of H*rry P*tter and how just because he was The Boy Who Lived and our protagonist, the entire wizarding community was fighting against fascism long before the original series. These worlds are so much bigger than our original protagonists and all of the context and characters are crucial to the original protagonists' stories and heroism. Here, the plans of Plutarch and Beetee and Mags and everyone is incredibly important. Katniss became a great symbol for the revolution, and obviously drove a lot of it herself, but the original trilogy would not have happened without all of this work and building resentment and horrors that came before. Revolutions don't happen overnight and the seeds planted by characters like Plutarch and Beetee are crucial.

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