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

711 reviews

uncle_onders's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

rosamaria's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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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Suzanne Collins is paying for my therapy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, War

agw622's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book made me cry

Honestly nostalgia aside this book hits hard if you let it. It forces you to see the charecters as complex, broken, and flawed. You truly get to see how special the OG trilogy was to get the results it did. 
It also hits hard in the context of everything going on and honestly makes me feel guilty of how little I'm doing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit

solo_shelf's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Ending is predictable, otherwise WOW

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Alcohol

midnight_rain177's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous 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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This book was amazing in a poeticly depressing way. It broke me in so many ways. I loved it a and 100% recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol

calamitydane's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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I just completed this book and I'm reeling. I don't normally actually cry while reading but this one sure did it. It was a beautiful story of love, loss, and rebellion. I was fascinated by the growth of the games and the way media editing tells a story. Any concerns I had about the storytelling after Songbirds and Snakes were blown away as I read. I would honestly say this is my second favorite story of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

elg1105's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

tessa_emily__'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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

isabella_c03's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

hailsrc's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: Complicated

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Suzanne is back with another banger. Her ability to give the reader hope when we all know how things end up is phenomenal. Haymitch is a great character to follow, and the way he copes with his circumstances is nothing short of fascinating. 

Members of the supporting cast are unique and have good depth. The expansion of returning characters are satisfying and gives good “omg it’s them!!” Moments, and insights on character dynamics in the main trilogy are consistent.

I’m not much of a crier but several moments in this book had me tearing up and emotionally destroyed. I was surprised by Haymitch’s ideation, which leaned towards

suicidal/self sacrificing

quite often. He’s very

compassionate, caring, selfless and empathetic

which makes sense how he ended up the way he did. I was easily pulled into his character and his train of thought is fun to follow.

Before I read the book, I was so intrigued by how the arena would come into play in this quarter quell given the spectacle of the catching fire arena. Here it takes much more of a

backdrop, only interfering in the face of rebellious/undesirable actions, instead of being a driving force of how we see tributes move and interact.

Which, I didn’t dislike, but was a little surprised by. The fact that some mutts were

trained to one specific tribute

felt a little cheat-y, like an easy way to

remove control from Haymitch while keeping him in good shape.

I would’ve preferred to see

him and his allies fighting things off together, and him be unable to save them when he’s overwhelmed himself. But it’s not a huge deal, since he’s focused on a bigger plot to destroy the arena, rather than simply surviving. Plus he has enough mental anguish by the end as it is.

 

While the main trilogy is filled with grandeur actions of rebellion, this book focuses more on small, individual moments of rebellion that maintain sanity in such a grim world. I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the mentality of district people and how community means everything. 

Overall this book is phenomenal and a perfect addition to the base trilogy and existing prequel. I hope Collins continues expanding the world of Panem, because the interplay of hope and despair is endlessly captivating and humbling. As she states in her acknowledgements, “The snow may fall, but the sun also rises.”

Edit: upon reading other reviews, there are a lot of valid criticisms and I believe this book played it safe when it could’ve been better if it took more chances. I still thoroughly enjoyed it and found the flaws easy to toss aside while reading, but I think the flaws will eat away at me as I continue reflecting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Alcohol