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Loveable characters: Yes
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Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Screaming, crying, throwing up 

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

This book is devastating in the best possible way. I already had some empathy for Haymitch, and have even more now. 

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the best book from the series. absolutely gutted. beautifully written.

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Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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Devastating, enthralling, and beautifully-written. Another home run. I finished the last half in 24 hours and was left crying in a creperie. Wouldn’t have it any other way. 

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

This book is predictable, but with a full series & a prequel it makes sense it's written to connect an insane amount of plotlines & themes. And it's heartbreaking & beautiful (especially given our current political situation) an easy but impactful read! 

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

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

I somehow managed to not cry until the last chapters, and now I can't stop. What have you done to me, Suzanne Collins. I'm never going to recover

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I think for the whole book, I had one complaint (
I didn't love that one of the last chapters was essentially song fiction, even if I understand why it was put in there
). On the whole, this was an absolutely devastating addition to the canon of THG and Panem. We get to see the history of the rebellion even more than was present in TBOSAS (from what I hear, I haven't read it yet); we get to revisit characters and expand on their backstories; we get to see the impacts of Capitol propaganda. I liked Haymitch before reading this but now I love him. In a situation where so many others might turn bitter (understandably so), he was gentle and kind. He was a good brother (I'm tearing up again lmao) and a good friend. There was so much suffering in this book, and yet the moments of humanity shone through again and again. People are joking that Suzanne Collins wrote this book to show the snowbaird shippers how evil Snow can be, but I don't care about that. To me it felt like she was saying, again, that kindness and compassion may not be rewarded but it's always the right thing to do. I can't think about the other D12 tributes (
and the other Newcomers, and Lou Lou, and Woodbine
) without crying lmao.

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