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Изгревът в деня на Жътвата by Suzanne Collins

264 reviews

thriftedbookworm's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging 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

i knew this book was gonna hurt me and yet i still wasn’t ready

suzanne collins the writer that you are 😫

a book that shows rebellions don’t just start with one person and sometimes it takes years for those results. i could go on and on about my thoughts but i fear them being unintelligible screaming right now because i love this series so much ahh

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lillymarieundine's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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thesophieb's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective 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: Complicated

I really loved. It’s a great addition to The Hunger Games series. Haymitch has always been a favourite character of mine!

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ilutzer's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book moved me so deeply. It expanded on themes throughout the original trilogy and in Ballad, filling in gaps. It made the rebellion (I.e. of Catching Fire and Mockingjay) seem longer and more complex. I believe this theme of patience is very reflective of our society today. Haymitch experiences a lot of horrible events that contribute to his character development, and how he becomes the alcohol-dependent mentor that we meet in the original trilogy. It explains his story a lot, and how he is similar to both Katniss and Peeta

that they are ‘luckier’ than he was

. I see a lot of arguments that this book is just a repeat of the other books, that it explored similar themes, and that

the mentions of characters we already knew from the original series

were unnecessary and just fan service. But I think that repeating history, learning from the past, and not giving up on the future - even if you don’t know if you’ll live to see it - are important themes to explore and teach young readers. As for

seeing old characters we know and love

, I felt that I gained more understanding on the second rebellion in CF and Mockingjay, and

characters like Beetee, Wiress, Mags, Plutarch, and Haymitch had always been a part of wanting a better future, not just following Katniss, who was a 16 year old girl and had little knowledge about rebellion and plans to take down the Games, compared to Haymitch at 16. Additionally, Burdock being Haymitch’s best friend just makes sense. We know from THG that D12 only has about 8,000 people. If Haymitch and Burdock were in the same grade in school and both lived in the Seam, they already would have a lot of crossover. Aside from this, I find it quite poetic that Haymitch becomes Katniss’s father figure, after losing her own father, who happened to once be Haymitch’s best friend.

I could go on about the themes in this book and the characters and how much I love this story, but that would be too long of a review. I recommend this to all fans of The Hunger Games trilogy, and also recommend a reread of all of the four books prior to reading this one for greater understanding.

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