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Sunrise on the Reaping (a Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins
225 reviews
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, War
Minor: Ableism, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment
This book leans more into the psychological than straight-up action, and honestly that works in its favor. It’s tense and unsettling, full of moments that force you to sit with the discomfort. The way Collins uses propaganda in this book is terrifyingly smart. You can see how calculated it all is, how truth and fiction blur into something weaponized. It feels like watching a modern media machine unravel in real time.
And just when I thought I was emotionally prepared, this book had the nerve to make me cry. The heartbreak is not cheap. It’s raw, it’s earned, and it lingers. Collins does not hold back on emotional gut punches, and the weight of those moments sticks with you long after you're done.
The new protagonist is complicated. You’re not always going to agree with them or even like them, but that’s the point. This book isn’t here to make you feel good. It’s here to challenge you and make you squirm a bit, and it does that well.
If I had to nitpick anything, it would be a few slower sections in the middle, but even those serve a purpose in building tension and setting up that final emotional payoff.
All in all, Sunrise on the Reaping is bold, unsettling, and devastating in the best way. Suzanne Collins still knows exactly what she’s doing. This isn’t just dystopia for the sake of drama, it’s a mirror held up to our own reality, and it dares you to look.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
incredibly written, amazing characters. just such a treat but also i am emotionally wrecked.
suzanne collins has done it again folks. i liked this SO much more than songbirds and snakes.
THE ALLUSIONS …. RAAAHHH
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt
Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War
Minor: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Addiction, War
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism
It's a great book. Just not for your kid who just became eligible to be reaped in the first place. I mean, you've got kids being ripped apart by squirrels. One tribute stabbed to death by pink birds with knife-sharp beaks. One literally decapitated. The final fight includes a tribute's eye being gouged out with a knife, and the victor literally having to hold his own intestines to keep them from falling out.
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Colonisation
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Murder
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Classism