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

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Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

THE PAIN AND THE HEARTBREAK AND THE BRAVERY AND THE ANGUISH… I have no real words for Haymitch’s story, another fitting though haunting puzzle piece of The Hunger Games saga. This one perhaps the most painful of all. It’s a Linkin Park anthem and a Phoebe Bridgers ballad. It’s hurt and humility, power and resistance, and burning rage. 

But there would be no true mockingjay without the clever songbird and the rebel rascal of before, district 12 forever in Snow’s blindside. 

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Oh. My. God. This book broke me. It’s just a perfect summation of Haymitch. I cried throughout the whole freaking story, and the narrator for the audiobook was absolutely fantastic!!!

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Emotional review: Screaming. Crying. On the floor sobbing. 5 stars.

Intellectual review: A poignant look at revolution, propaganda, and how fascist governments stay in power. An especially necessary book in present-day America. Inspiring, heartbreaking, and the perfect prequel. Suzanne Collins has done it again.

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I have not read any other Hunger Games books so this is my introduction to the world. I appreciate that most world building has already been done and I learned only what Haymitch (the pov character) does.
The writing is tight and the author is excellent at creating tensions of all different kinds, of creating expectations and subverting them, of creating unlikeable heroes and charismatic villains, and demonstrating clearly how propaganda is created and how it props up and is propped up by the fascist power dynamics at play politically, far from where Haymitch grew up but controlling the district at a distance.
The audiobook is exquisite, and the narrator performs with excellence. He really goes from optimistic to devastated via every emotion imaginable. Absolutely excellent reader.

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