Reviews tagging 'Death'

Amanecer en la cosecha by Suzanne Collins

2162 reviews

lucialockleymorante's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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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Sunrise on the Reaping is set during the 50th Hunger Games - Haymitch Abernathy's games. This book dives into that brutal arena, exploring not just the games themselves, but the crumbling moral fabric of a society built on spectacle and control. Honestly? This book was traumatising -but in that kind of way that you can't put it down. I'd go so far as to say it's Collins' most emotionally intense and well-written book yet. It connects so cleverly to the original trilogy and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, but not in a heavy-handed or obvious way. Instead, it weaves everything together into a fuller, darker picture of Panem's evolution. One of the best parts was getting to know Haymitch on a deeper level. His relationship with Louella was heartbreaking and beautiful - it mirrored the dynamic he later has with Katniss, but you could feel how much more raw and unfiltered this version of him was.

That scene when Haymitch places Louella's dead body in front of Snow and CLAPS, absolutely gut-wrenching. It wasn't just powerful; it was poetic and deeply unsettling. That moment alone gives this book 5 stars.

Would I recommend this book? Abso-f***ing-lutely... if you want to be traumatised and emotionally wrecked in the best, most Suzanne Collins way possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Alcoholism

moonitious's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

erin22's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

xmusicxobsessed'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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I was close to tears constantly. Two chapters in and I was already devastated. Haymitch's story is a sad but important one that shows the power of propaganda and media manipulation. I loved Maysilee as well. We lost a queen too soon.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death

Moderate: Police brutality, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism

abreads18's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Classism

aprilb_reads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

mrs_hanna_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

rosseviolette's review against another edition

5.0

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: No

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Suzzane really said stop with the Snow's edits on TikTok! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder

claireandreese's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad 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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"I love you like all-fire."

Suzanne...wtf. How will I recover? I

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War

Moderate: Genocide, Grief

Minor: Torture

fabigz0308's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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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burning and drowning in loving you—like all-fire.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts