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Lever de soleil sur la moisson by Suzanne Collins

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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

I kept seeing everyone talk about this one. I love Haymitch, and I needed an audiobook to listen to while I drove home, so it was like all the pieces aligned here for me, and it was so good. I will say Haymitch's story is so sad, and it's no wonder he is who we see in Katniss's story. It kind of makes me wonder where he went after her story ended because I'm struggling to remember. It's been over a decade since I read the original trilogy. It was again a nice step away from the romance world, and I can't wait to read another book in this world. I really loved learning about the other games, too, but I need Effie's book. I'm just curious about the capital, and it seems like she's capital, but also not fully into that world, and I think it would be interesting to see how she got to that point. Plus, just to see more of the capital life because everything has been through the district's eyes pretty much. Anyway, I can't wait to see the movie. 


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This book broke my heart into a million tiny pieces. Easily the most depressing thing I have ever read

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I enjoyed this as much as the others. This book ties together some loose ends, some of which I didn't even realize needed tying. I'm only rating it less than a 5 because I think Suanne Collins maybe tried a bit too hard with how many familiar characters there were. 

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

The prequel Hunger Games book that feels like it belongs. I'm still in awe of all the ways this book connects to the main trilogy and how well it fits with it. I flew through this book!

Haymitch is an easy character to like and get behind, and differs from Katniss in his way of observing the world. Because of this, you will inevitably be devastated by what occurs in the book and how he became the character we know in the Hunger Games book. Despite knowing it, the plot is engaging and reveals more information about the 50th Hunger Games to twist the knife later on. If I could sue an author for emotional damage, I'd come after you Suzanne!

Main flaws of this book are that the character writing is not evenly distributed well. For example, Haymitch's girlfriend has little character, yet one of the tributes he works with (Maysilee) had plenty of it to go around. You can tell some characters only exist to callback to the main cast or to explain their later actions. Additionally, I could tell there were times Collins had to give Haymitch plot armor during the Games to avoid writing herself into a corner. What you'd expect from a prequel written well after the main series. 

There's so much meat to this book that I'm not getting at. You really have to have read the other books to fully enjoy this one. At any rate, reading all the theories and references online has brought me back to 2013 me. And in these times, I appreciate that. 

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Beautiful and tragic, just like the arena.

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