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

132 reviews

lucysaurys's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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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oh my god, panem at its rawest. this is what it was all about. oh god Lenore Dove. my pond, I hope you have your wings now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Vomit

agatha_hopkins's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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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Wow was this book a doozy! Like many others, I couldn't help the tears that came to my eyes during the latter half of this book.

There were so many characters in this book (Beetee, Mags, Wiress, Effie) from the others, which explained a lot of the connections Haymitch has.

I have a new empathy for Effie because it almost feels like she's been forced to join The Hunger Games now.

So much grief. It was not a lie about how much propaganda was going to be in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

mama_in_the_rye's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional 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: Complicated

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When I was twenty three I think my life changed in such a brilliant way. It was the first time I read The Hunger Games (at the time trilogy) and I was immediately aware of how impactful it would be. Now here I sit shortly after finishing Sunrise on the Reaping heartbroken. This book was both a love letter and a lesson for Hunger Games fans. With tiny nods both from the past (Songbirds) and what we know of the character’s future (Katniss and the Trilogy) Suzanne Collins knows how to connect a world and how to write a book. Sunrise on Reaping is such a beautifully heartbreaking book about government control and propaganda. It is fourty years after the events of Songbirds & Snakes and twenty four years before the events that take place for Katniss and Peeta. Reaping day is Haymitch’s birthday and by the end of it he is one of the forty eight tributes this year. In an especially brutal and tragic manner we travel throughout Panem, the Capitol, and eventually the arena. We know the basics of what happened, but not the whole truth. This was a huge story about how people learn to “just live” with oppression and that tiny speak that starts to change it. Even if there might be consequences. I don’t want to spoil anything because I think it is too well crafted to have anyone tell you. Suzanne Collins knows what she is saying and knows what is doing in each of her books. I do hope we get another book or two (possibly to learn about Finnick or Johanna) because in the current Trumpism climate I think is extremely important for books like this to exist. This was an amazing book and again I am changed by its contents.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, War

Minor: Homophobia

saintswitchblade's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad tense medium-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: No

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I literally... this is my absolute favorite book in the series. Everything I wanted it to be. No notes. The epilogue had me sobbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Alcohol

ctriinnn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Medical content

nocturna_of_space's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-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: Yes

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I am devastated. Gutted. I hurt even though I knew what would happen. A beautifully brutal picture of how propaganda and media can be twisted and abused to the government’s will. I don’t think it’s an accident she released this now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, War

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Rape, Pregnancy, Abandonment

melist6's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, War

natalie_7561's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Rape, Pregnancy

ellenisntcool's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad 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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Propaganda is such a bitch. I think everyone should read this, especially because of the political climate we now live in! 

And it’s fucking SAD like WHAT THE FUCK. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Vomit

library_mouse7's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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screaming, crying, throwing up. you know, I thought I'd be okay knowing what would end up happening to Haymitch, but even Ms. Collins still made me cry. it wasn't even the death of his family and Lenore Dove, we already knew that would happen, but it was Collins' writing of his grief, cut in between stanzas of "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe that really did it in for me. this was really sad, but so well written. I simultaneously want her to release another Hunger Games book and to never pick up that pen again because she hurts me so. 5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Torture

Minor: Homophobia