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Изгревът в деня на Жътвата by Suzanne Collins

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I wanted to hate it, but I think that is part of the point. At times I was so mad at Haymitch for being a coward, for not doing anything… until I realized Collins is calling all of us out for the same. Great read; heart crushing. 

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Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Loved it in the sense that it was great to learn Haymitch's origin story, to see how familiar characters entered the story and how it all ties in together

Hated it in the sense that it gave me emotional damage that I fear I might not recover from

Suzanne you didn't need to go that hard with the details of the Capitol's cruelty, I'm already fighting for my life out there I don't need fictional horrors seared into my brain on top of the regular ones 😭

I'm sure I missed some details in the story but i don't think I'll be strong enough mentally to re read for a good while 🫠

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This book really took the themes of implicit submission and propaganda and ran with them. I haven't read a book that truly encapsulates the feeling of rage, injustice, and how all of that together can make you feel absolutely hopeless by yourself and how important it is to find community. To lay the groundwork for the future. Maybe we don't see the change in our lifetime, but we fight regardless so that one day, the sun rises on something different.

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I'm still reeling. I gobbled this up in less than 72 hours. I loved Haymitch before but I have so much more appreciation for him now. This book is definitely the darkest out of the 5, but it fits with Haymitch's character so much more. For those who believe the
cameos are just fanservice, that is a massive disservice to Suzanne and her writing. Everything she does is intentional and it made the events in CF so much more poignant and raised the stakes much higher. Definitely will do a reread of the OG trilogy and Ballad so I can pick up more of the nuances that Suzanne left.
Have a box of tissues handy, but definitely worth the wait!

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⭐⭐⭐ 

"I love you like all-fire."

The 5th book release of the Hunger Game series is the second book out of five if reading them in chronological order.

If you read the hunger game trio you know what to expect and know exactly how Hamich's games end but there are a few new things in this one that the others don't have:

⚠️Spoilers ahead⚠️

What I found that was new was different kinds of mutts then the original series, how he was forced to join (not pulled from the bowl by name), and body snatching/hijacking for a tribute that was killed before the games began. 

Pretty much the rest was what you would know from the other books, arena , survival, death, murder, torture, political regimes and so on. 

I wasn't fond of the Raven/nevermore huge chunks of text being thrown in towards the end. And felt like the dove aspect was shoved down our throats a lot as well. 

I will give the book its dues. I did tear up when the events happened after Hamich was brought back home. I knew they were coming but damn...

I gave it 3 stars as it is a bit clunkier writing then the actual trio of original books and felt a bit more like big pieces could have been removed for a shorter story. However, she got me on nostalgia with the return of several characters we already know and love.

TW: Political terrorism, alcohol, guns, torture, families ripped apart, murder, hanging, hetero-normatives, gay insert for "flavor", drugs, body dismemberment, beheading, being eat alive, explosions, gore, medical abuse, and so on. 

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I am devastated. I have never been so emotional over a book where I KNOW from the beginning how it ends. This emotionally wrecked me, but in a way I loved. Bravo, Suzanne Collins, bravo. You’ve done it again

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I got my eyes on you Miss Collins 😭😭😭

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