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Изгревът в деня на Жътвата by Suzanne Collins

860 reviews

laurelnbloom's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit

jve's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark 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: Yes

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No matter how many years it has been, Suzanne has an uncanny ability to draw you right back into the world of Panem! As well as build loveable characters just to destroy them in a sentence or two :(

Anyone who has read the original trilogy will know how this one ends, but it provided a lot of great insight into why Haymitch is the way that he is and how much he suffered. It was also a nice surprise to see so many familiar faces among the mentors and watch as they lay the foundations for the rebellion later on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide, War

sincerelyj's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Yikes! Sure did destroy me! There is so much to process from this book I feel the need to go back through it and stop every sentence and connect it back to the entire overarching plot of the series. And reread them in chronological order rather than release order even though release order should always be the go to for the first read through with a new book/series. Holy shit. The characters had so much depth, more so than in the first book in my opinion. Seeing the connections between the characters throughout the series was really satisfying and devastating all at once.

I’m grateful for the epilogue because connecting Haymitch back to Katniss really drove it all home for me. It gave me some closure but also hurt even more knowing for so long he never had that depth to Katniss and Peeta. Somehow Plutarch knew him best for the most of his life, and somewhat Effie given she realized the full extent of everything and saw past the propaganda. How quickly Haymitch went from a part of his community (which was in much better shape in his youth than in Katniss’s) to being so alone and a drunk is a punch to the gut. And that’s only how Katniss knew him. He was never Uncle Haymitch. The anger and injustice I feel knowing how much of the Games were cut up and the Capitol and Districts didn’t see the truth of Haymitch’s actions is insurmountable.

But I guess that’s what keeps the books so powerful; Suzanne Collins doesn’t give us that happy ending. It stays grim and full of trauma and despair.  She gives us a future but she doesn’t pretend that the characters aren’t permanently broken from what they’ve been through. I just want the truth to have been plastered across all of Panem so everyone knew what really happened and who Haymitch really is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment

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

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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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol

natekka's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

hayleyvem's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Torture

Minor: War

lucyelizzxo_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous 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: No

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I loved this book so much, but I’m pretty sure it almost tore me to pieces, especially in relation to the other books in this series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

averydandydayifyouaskme's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The best book I've read in a long time. I cried so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism

mjones14's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was alright but not as good as the original. There were too many songs, many parts were poorly written and read like fanfic, however I am glad some light has been shed into haymitch's story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Medical content

sarahmeshille's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail