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Изгревът в деня на Жътвата by Suzanne Collins

1588 reviews

erin_esq's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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It’s hard to recapture the magic of the original. But this certainly adds nuance and is engaging the way through. There are a number surprises, and clever tie-ins to the original series.

It was impressive how Collins twisted elements around, like the reaping. And that Haymitch was in on the rebel cause since the jump. text

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

jeremybearimy1's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol

hstcrow's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad tense

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God that was so brutal. Probably the saddest of all the books. Really had the same tone and energy of the first two books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Gun violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Medical content

razaria's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

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 Suzanne Collins is once again back at it to tear my heart into pieces. Haymitch's slow decent from a boy who was rather content in his life to the shell of a man we meet in The Hunger Games is as soul crushing as it is impossible to turn away from, proving to us if you thought you knew what happened, maybe you too had fallen for Panem's propaganda. The author had something and she slams you in the face with it, and I loved every second of it. Bring tissues with you, you're going to need them 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

quirkynatalie's review against another edition

5.0

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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism

quaking_aspen's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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I have been emotionally destroyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent

jesssenpai's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Made me cry twice, and had great poetry (as always with Suzanne Collins).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Classism

katie0528'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

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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And I thought the first four Hunger Games books were devestating. They absolutely have nothing on this. I fear for the movie, as I doubt it can truly capture the horror and heartbreak Haymitch endures. There is no teenage love story in this arena, just a boy trying to survive as literal children are slaughtered. That is a fact the earlier books and movies let slide a little, with the older protagonists who keep to themselves. But Haymitch's attachment to the younger competetors refuses to let you look away or romanticize the slaughter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Police brutality, Grief, Alcohol, War

mmmmkay's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism

stormbetts's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thank God for the epilogue because the other 380 pages very thoroughly answer the question ‘how come Haymitch drinks so much’ and it’s like getting punched in the teeth repeatedly

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Violence, Grief