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Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death, Violence, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture, Vomit
This felt like a Hunger Games book again. I'm sure that sounds ridiculous to say, but for me, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes felt far removed from this series. Truthfully, I didn't really enjoy Songbirds and Snakes and it made me a bit worried to read this one. Thankfully, Sunrise on the Reaping was a major redemption.
Sunrise on the Reaping followed a more traditional Hunger Games as opposed to Songbirds and Snakes with the change of the tributes being doubled. This book left me feeling and experiencing the same things that I did when reading the original trilogy.
Although we already knew that Haymitch was a victor, it didn't detract from the excitement of the story. Sometimes I feel as though knowing the "ending" makes the rest of the story less intriguing, but that didn't happen here. It was curious to see why Haymitch took such a liking to Katniss as well. I felt like a bunch of dots were connected by reading this book. I also devoured this book. It ended up being a binge-read on release day.
Not to say that Haymitch was ever unloveable to me in Hunger Games, but his story really helped the readers understand what exactly led to him becoming drunken and despaired Haymitch. If you didn't feel sympathy for him before reading this, I can guarantee that you will afterwards. Not to mention that his character shares many similarities (in my opinion) to Katniss.
I don't know that I really have anything bad to say about this book. If you're like me and didn't enjoy Songbirds and Snakes and are cautious to read this one, I would say you have nothing to worry about.
This honestly made me have a desire to reread the original trilogy too. I'm highly considering a revisit.
Goodreads Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7010669454
Fable Review: https://fable.co/review/7ce1990f-edc3-44ee-804d-46c5752373b2/share
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury
Im so broken and in love with this book, it's everything I could've hoped. I wish there was some more clarification on some lore that's written in there but that's basically my only gripe other than how emotional I am.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, War
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Cannibalism, Pregnancy
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide, Torture
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Medical trauma, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism