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Los Juegos del Hambre 5: Amanecer en la cosecha by Suzanne Collins

308 reviews

kristianmarie31's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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: Yes

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yananhai's review against another edition

4.75

sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

this was absolutely soul crashing, devastating, and utterly tragic.

!! spoilers ahead !!

every single chapter just gave more and more tragic events. just when you thought it couldn't get worse, IT DID 😭
everything he did wasn't even recognised the slitest when he came back. he had to push away everyone he cared about just so Snow wouldn't hurt them and then had to coach 2 new kids every year to their death on hIS FUCKING BIRTHDAY?!? EVIL!
even after everything his happy ending wasn't even an end it was just tying up loose ends and completing his girlfriend's wish but that is IT. he deserves so much more...

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sillyduckie's review against another edition

0.5

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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binreads's review against another edition

4.25

funny hopeful 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: N/A

Oooomf poor Haymitch. The entire time you're reading this book you know it's not going to end well, and even then, I still held out hope that it wasn't going to be a devastating ending (spoiler alert: it was)

I wish they would've showed just a bit more to the fallout after the games, him returning to 12 and grappling with what happened to him. That part felt rushed. I would've even loved to read more about that first year after his games, the 51st games and how he coped.

I really enjoyed the characters, all the kids in the games were all very unique. It was nice to see characters we already knew and how they were connected to Haymitch/these games.

I honestly didn't feel a strong connection to Lenore Dove, and it may be for the fact that I love his little relationship with Effie so much that I didn't warm up towards Lenore. She was a recycled Lucy Gray.

We didn't get to spend enough time with her character to feel invested.

The most shocking bit though was the fact that Haymitch unknowingly gave her the gumdrop that leads to her death. It seemed extremely naïve on his part to think Snow would've killed his family but spared his girlfriend? He let his guard down too early, and I would've expected him to be a bit more cautious but, with the grief of the games and his family, seeing a glimpse of happiness and a life he could have with Lenore took over. It does make total sense as to why he becomes an alcoholic, and I don't even blame him.

Call me crazy but I do wish Haymitch would've had a last moment with his mother and brother. Even if it turned into a Cinna moment, I just wish he had that last goodbye.

Also, bringing it forward to Catching Fire, hella wild that they allowed Beete to be in the games AGAIN, knowing he was a genius and could possibly work with Katniss to highjack the games.

I actually haven't read all the Hunger Games books (as a teen I read The Hunger Games, and the beginning of Catching Fire, but for whatever reason never got invested all those years ago) but I obviously love the films and am excited for this one. I hope it's done justice.

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marley_b's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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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betweentheverses's review against another edition

5.0

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: No

This book is just phenomenal. i have no complaints at all. i can tell you katniss has no room to complain about how hard her life is. i can’t see haymitch the same ever again. i can tell you you won’t be able to either. this book is in a different writing compared to the main series with katniss. it’s more poetic and descriptive. no sexual things unless you consider light kisses sexual? there is gore, some body horror in a way. i cannot begin to tell you how bad you need to read this.

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deeloved's review against another edition

3.75

challenging 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: Complicated

I read this book in two sittings and now I need to sit and think about it for a while.

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lostgwennel's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

This did NOT need so many song lyrics, especially not songs we’ve already seen multiple times in previous books and especially not a FULL EIGHTEEN VERSE rendition of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven in the last chapter 💀

Apart from that I like Haymitch’s narration style, I find it fresh and easy to read. Loved the epilogue.

Ampert

’s death scene

(skeleton)

was the most disturbed I’ve ever felt reading a hunger games novel.

Oh and also - if I was in the hunger games and I escaped the bloodbath and found a backpack

full of supplies, bottled water, potatoes and ‘a dozen’ apples

I would be way more grateful than Haymitch was wtf

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aksmith92's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional 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

The Setup: Sunrise on the Reaping is a harrowing addition to the Hunger Games universe, delving into the origins of rebellion and the psychological scars inflicted by systemic oppression. Set twenty-four years before the original trilogy, the novel centers on young Haymitch Abernathy during the 50th Hunger Games—the second quarter quell—offering a profound exploration of trauma, resistance, and the manipulative power of propaganda.

Haymitch's journey from a resourceful teenager in District 12 to a haunted victor illuminates the personal costs of survival in a brutal regime. Collins portrays the Capitol's use of the Games as a tool for control, highlighting how spectacle and fear are wielded to suppress dissent. Plus, we finally get to see Haymitch's jarring origin story. I won't forget the first meeting him in the original trilogy, and I already sensed a profound sadness in him when I read The Hunger Games. This novel doesn't shy away from explaining that in a poignant commentary on the personal toll of political machinations.

What I Loved: I loved learning about Haymitch. His character in the original trilogy was moving, even though we never saw him. In this novel, we thankfully saw him emerge as a complex and compelling protagonist. This additional portrayal added more nuance and layers to his character, providing context for his behavior in the original series. Overall, he was a captivating character that I enjoyed reading about. Haymitch was witty, cheeky, and determined, yet he exuded sadness and indecision. He felt like a 16-year-old in dark and forboding times. In addition to Haymitch, I was also excited and moved to see the reintroduction of familiar characters such as Mags, Beetee, and Wiress, offering insights into their earlier lives and contributions to the burgeoning resistance.

Furthermore, while I must admit, I was getting slightly tired of poems and songs near the end of the novel, the inclusion of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and the character Lenore Dove as Haymitch's love enriched the narrative, drawing parallels between classic literature and the novel's themes of loss and mourning.

Lastly, and most certainly not least, this novel highlighted the insidious nature of propaganda, revealing how media manipulation distorts reality and perpetuates authoritarian power. The fact that Collins highlighted this in this most recent book during these times was not lost on me. It is a good reminder that sometimes everything we see on the news, social media, etc., is not always precisely the truth.

What Missed the Mark: I enjoyed this book, and I think that's because Collins knows what she's doing at this point when it comes to writing about the Hunger Games. That said, I can't help but feel that a lot happened to Haymitch. Similarly, yet slightly different from the typical YA trope of the Chosen One, I felt that Haymitch went through things without much information, strategy, or decision-making. While I think that's ok sometimes, it felt heavily used here as a plot device that didn't quite gel with me. I'm not sure if this led me to feel a bit detached from the characters. While this was emotionally jarring and devastating, I had a hard time feeling for Haymitch's character because simple things happened to him instead of him strategically figuring things out, or failing at things because he tried something. It's hard to describe, but this may be because Collins was spoon-feeding us too much. I find that when heavy-handed writers get into detail with the telling instead of showing, we end up feeling more detached from the characters. I think that happened here.

Near the end, with all the poems and songs, I just couldn't. We just witnessed some horrific things in this book, and then my brain had to try to compose a tune for some of these songs. Or, I just had to continue hearing about The Raven. I'm unsure why this got to me, but I was over it.

With all that said, I enjoyed this book. Haymitch was one of my favorite side characters from the original trilogy, and having his own catered book warmed my heart. Then, I read the book, and my heart was torn into pieces by what a society could do to humans. Please know, this is unflinching and not a light read, even if it reads a bit YA. Take care because there are some very tough moments.

**

The second Quarter Quell. Twice as many kids. No point in worrying, I tell myself, there's nothing you can do about it. Like two Hunger Games in one. No way to control the outcome of the reaping or what follows it. So don't feed the nightmares. Don't let yourself panic. Don't give the Capitol that. They've taken enough already.

Clerk Carmine said a job's a job, and music can be a bridge to better understanding between people because most everybody loves a good tune. Lenore Dove said most everybody loves breathing, too, and where did that get us? Some loves don't signify.

A fragile collection of muscles and bones, a few quarters of blood, wrapped up in a paper-thin package of skin. That's all I am. As I pass through the doors of this marble fortress, I have never felt more breakable.

After the Games comes the fallout of the Games. Spreading out like ripples in a pond when you toss in a rock. Concentric circles of damage, washing over the dead tributes' families, their friends, their neighbors, to the ends of the district. Those in closest get hit the worst. White liquor and depression, broken families and violence and suicide. We never really recover, just move on the best we can.

You're headed for heaven,
The sweet old hereafter,
And I've got one foot in the door.
But before I can fly up,
I've loose ends to tie up,
Right here in
The old therebefore.

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kshertz's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Well that was very depressing but how else did I think Haymitch’s story would go? It’s a relief to learn his story and understand him better. I read through it relatively quickly and the whole thing is barely about his time in the hunger game itself which sounds insane but it’s still a great set up and I still really was enthralled with the book.

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