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Lever de soleil sur la moisson by Suzanne Collins

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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

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

Wow, Suzanne Collins does it again. Her storytelling is incredibly compelling. In the current environment, this book (while excruciatingly tragic) is well needed. Sunrise on the Reaping demonstrates the power and pain of resistance, and it focuses in on the fact that revolution can take decades of action- big and small. This one will stay with me. 

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
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This was so devastating. Beyond middle grade. Suzanne stuck the tip of a knife in the reader at the beginning, slowly pushing it in further, until the last several chapters, when she twists it over and over. 
This book does a fantastic job bridging the gap between aBoSaS prequel and the Hunger Games series, showing how we got from point A to point B without over explaining. Miss Collins delivers information so beautifully without spoonfeeding the reader. 

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

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another strong addition to the Hunger Games universe. Compared to the last installment, this one feels more like the original trilogy, especially with its focus on the Games. (Not that I disliked the last book. It just didn’t quite feel like a Hunger Games story.) The pacing is tighter, the stakes are higher, and the tone is darker. Romance takes a backseat.

President Snow is back in control and just as terrifying. There’s plenty of fan service, but it’s handled well, with nods to both the original trilogy and the Ballad. It made me want to reread the whole series. Like Ballad, this book weaves in folk songs. It’s also fascinating to see how the Capitol’s propaganda and technology keep evolving.

The ending is brutal, and the epilogue is bittersweet. I appreciated that the story chose a sad ending over a neat, happy one.

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

This is Lenore Dove’s work. Her sign. Her message to me now. Her reminder that I must prevent another sunrise on the reaping. And it says “You promised me.” With that, she condemns me to life.

Sunrise on the Reaping is a fluent read that expertly develops Haymitch’s character. Something that particularly impressed me about this book is how frequently and cleverly Collins subverts expectations and assumptions I had about its plot and that of the whole series. SotR shows us the true extent of collective trauma between many of the characters, adding much more depth to previous installments. Some of the character appearances did feel a bit fan service-y/gimmicky, but they definitely made me want to return to the original trilogy.

While on the other books, I will say that I don’t think the political message hit as hard in this one. Based on how it was advertised, I was hoping for a more explicitly philosophical novel, but I think The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was more original in this regard. There is also a lack of subtlety - I understand why, but in my opinion, it’s not always to good effect. I did however love all the
Haymitch/Katniss
and
Haymitch/Snow
parallels and the reveal of
Haymitch being the spark to Katniss’ fire
. The musings on
the longevity of rebellion and the value of small acts of resistance
are probably my favourite theme of the book.

Overall, I‘m glad to say that this book does add something to the series and that I “enjoyed“ reading it (but oh, the pain!).

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

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

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