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

Suzanne Collins I can never forgive you for the trauma all of my faves go through but I acknowledge that is the point

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

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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How are all my Maryland girlies who closely studied The Raven in school doing bc I am NOT doing well

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Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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This book is absolutely brutal. Not that the Hunger Games trilogy wasn't, but this one tore me up. 

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
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9/10. Short review: very good but I did get a lot spoiled for me beforehand which took the punch out of some of the major events. Loved all the references to Ballad and Lucy Gray.

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Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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I adore the way that Haymitch describes Lenore Dove with colors. Collins has done it again, and she keeps the narrative compelling even as we know the ending.

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was this a necessary addition to the series? no. was it still good/entertaining? yes.
haymitch is one of my favorite characters (along with johanna) so it was nice to get a fuller picture of his hunger games and his life/experience pre and post games. I really enjoyed his fellow district 12 allies and I really enjoyed ampert as well (ampert's death made me mad tho because one it was gruesome imagining it and two because I felt it was too quick/sudden). I enjoyed seeing more of beetee, mags, and wiress as well.
this was much much better than a ballad of songbirds and snakes but not as good as the main books in the series for me.

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