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Изгревът в деня на Жътвата by Suzanne Collins

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Suzanne Collins does it again. In the most heart wrenching, devastating way. Like more so than all the other books my god. 

I had to put down the book and SOB three times towards the end. You know how it's going to end, and yet you have NO IDEA. No idea. It's so much worse than you could ever be thinking when you go into it.

Obviously you know Haymitch wins the Quarter Quell. You figure
his mom, brother, and girlfriend will die
because how could he end up the Haymitch we know and them not. But everything that happens to get there, especially the distortion and propaganda from the Capitol to twist his narrative and his humanity into something so cold and sad, is truly devastating.

The parallels between Haymitch and Katniss are so apparent, and I honestly am looking forward to rereading the series next so I can find even more. I cannot even fathom what his life was like those 23ish years being without
his loved ones
, trying desperately to forget while not moving on at all, feeling so helpless to stop the Capitol but having
pledged to his dead lover to never stop trying
, and watching pair of tributes after pair of tributes every single year die on his watch and be unable to stop it--AND ON HIS FUCKING BIRTHDAY. WTF. 

The emotional damage Haymitch experiences, and that I experienced along with him, is on a sociopathic level, Suzanne. Being
illegally reaped
, targeted so personally by Snow, watching
he bonds with during the games die, be tortured, or both
, being forced to kill other children, having so much responsibility thrust upon him while doing so, finding out that his narrative was twisted to the point of being unrecognizable in a way that strips him of his humanity and connections to other people which probably made it easier for people to not care as much when
his mom, brother, and lover die
after he gets home, THE WAY
HIS MOM AND. BROTHER AND LOVER DIE while he watches helplessly as he did during the games
. I just cannot with how bitterly cruel a hand Haymitch was dealt. It makes me look at the Haymitch we know from the OG trilogy in a completely different way and be so gutted for him. I cannot even imagine the emotions and thoughts he was experiencing with Peeta and Katniss as his tributes. As they were the first to not only not die but to eventually help the sun finally not rise on a reaping. DAMN. Suzanne Collins is on a completely different level, and I both love and hate her for it.

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Did I think we needed a book about Haymitch's games? Not reallyy. Did I enjoy it? Yes. 

This book is undeniably a major retcon, and there's quite a lot of fanservice, but I can't say it wasn't purpose-less. The games were entertaining (painful) to read about, although I was hoping for more of a focus on the aftermath of the media manipulation according to the promised exploration of propaganda tactics and of Hume's ideas. How is Haymitch as a victor received by District Twelve and the rest of Panem in light of the manipulated narrative created by the Capitol? Sadly, we don't get to find out, because we return to what we've already known since Catching Fire.

I would say the strongest aspect of this installment is its prose. Haymitch's story is rife with tragedy, and I think the author delivered on this aspect via the expressiveness of Haymitch's voice as a narrator. Perhaps more could have been done to flesh out his relationships (or rather more subtlety could have been exercised), but we all know what happens to the people he loves, and their unjust deaths hit me hard anyway.

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Suzzane Collins truly only writes when she has something to say. And she had a lot to say.

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Every new detail was like a stab in the heart. I wanted to hug Haymitch so bad…

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‘You were capable of imagining a different future’

I finished this book in two sittings and immediately had to get ready for work as if I wasn’t fundamentally changed as a person. I think I could’ve finished it in one if I didn’t have to put it down and process at minimum end of each chapter. 

Suzanne’s writing and storytelling ability is incredible. Learning more about Haymitch and other characters was so amazing and terribly heartbreaking. The hints and nods to even small things in her books is such an attention to detail I’m sure there are things I missed. I think I cried the last 30%. I can’t wait to do a re read of all the books again knowing what we know from this. 

The use of the poem ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe was so good and felt so powerful, it is one I have complicated feelings about that I will save for its own review if I decide one day, but that I also love and know best.

I have so many thoughts I cannot form anything cohesive. Going to have to reread the whole series and come back at a later date to process it all over again. 

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A story fans have been asking for now for like a decade at least, and while I still partly knew what the ending was going to be I was still teary while reading all the details that were hidden from us. I honestly can't really put into words right now what this book felt like and how nostalgic I felt being back into the world. All I know is that I'm happy to have read it, and should I ever re-read the Hunger Games it's going to hit DIFFERENT.

I wonder what he named each of his geese?

IS THAT REALLY LUCY'S END?

Haymitch finding purpose later in life from his best friend's daughter - prime heartbreak to me. He was never going to save Peeta over her

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