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Изгревът в деня на Жътвата by Suzanne Collins

256 reviews

baby_zeus's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Every time Suzanne Collins saw a thirst trap of Coriolanus Snow, she opened her word doc and made Haymitch suffer a little bit more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

Minor: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Rape, Slavery, Medical content

marthadude'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

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Suzanne Collins does it again

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Slavery

kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit

reading_iz's review against another edition

4.5

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture

Minor: Gaslighting

tarahific's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

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I thought I knew what to expect going into Haymitch’s Games, considering I’ve already bared witness to 3 other iterations of the Games, and I knew how his ended... boy was I unprepared for everything that unfolded. There were dark details and twists that I did not see coming but that fit perfectly in place (i.e., Haymitch’s reaping, Louella/Lou Lou, Beetee & Ampert). Without giving any spoilers, we as readers have been victims of the Capitol’s propaganda ourselves in several ways. Haymitch’s Games reveal much about the characters we’ve grown to love (or loathe) over the rest of the series, color in backstories further, link what may have previously seemed like unrelated events & characters, and uncover the truth about pieces of Panem’s past we never thought to question.

I saw someone on TikTok discuss how ingenious it was that Collins didn’t use this prequel to expand the world she created, but to fill in missing pieces and connect the dots she already laid throughout the original trilogy and Songbirds & Snakes. I could not agree more with this analysis.

Collins does not pull punches with this book. It is forwardly dark and tragic in ways the previous 4 books were not. If you were somehow able to deny the series’ parallels to our own world, you simply cannot do that with this most recent (final?) installment. She metaphorically shakes you while screaming “pay attention and question everything”.

The original trilogy will always have a leg up on the prequels for me, but this book is excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, War

mijoutside's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, War

Minor: Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical trauma

karapillar'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: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, War

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Pregnancy

tiredqueerwizard's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

rnbhargava's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is a fantastic prequel to the original Hunger Games Trilogy. Given its protagonist is Haymitch, the connections to the original books are very explicit. It’s basically the generation of Katniss’ parents with a few that are slightly older. This book even makes the other prequel “A Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” a better book in retrospect. FANTASTIC 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

and_theplotthickens's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was an incredible addition to the world of the hunger games giving depth to a District 12 tribute who is more than meet the eye at first glance when we met him in his drunken state in the Hunger Games.

Haymitch story is full of horror and tragedy but also love, family, and defiance.

Our boy lit the spark with his striker so our girl on fire could one day burn the capital down.

While he was not luck he was essential to the rebellion.

This hunger games was more gruesome in my mind then the other I still can't get the image of one of my favorite tributes' pearly white bones!

Suzanne once again only writing when she has something to say that is relevant to our own explores the dangers of propaganda, and the sinister tool it is for the powerful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Blood

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Torture, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail