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Amanecer en la cosecha by Suzanne Collins

227 reviews

kelseyr713's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Was hoping for more, honestly; I love the themes of the story (the power of propaganda and planting seeds for a change you may never see) but was hoping for a different structure. Songbirds and Snakes surprised me by having the games completed early on, but they take up most of the novel here. It’s fine but at this point I think Suzanne Collins should start a new series or write some standalones.

Will I be seated for the film adaptation??? Yes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

mmaniacle's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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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Great fan service that doesn’t force its way into the existing world. Works as a standalone story, an intro to the franchise, or a supplement to what you’ve already read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War

cgret's review against another edition

4.75

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: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Torture, Murder

ekgranstro's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage

flavery329'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: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved Sunrise on the Reaping. It’s a phenomenal prequel into Haymitch’s story that does a really good job discussing authoritarianism, trauma, grief and addiction and the intersections of these. Highly recommend if you’re in the mood for a narrative, quick read and don’t mind an incredibly sad, but poetic ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol

Minor: Bullying

juno_xo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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 book was the most gut wrenching of all the hunger games books. I could rate this either 5⭐️ or non at all because of how devastated this left me. 
Suzanne Collins better sleep with one eye open tonight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent

lostinstardust's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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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It was beautifully written and I loved the ties to the original books and it's characters, it was certainly much more brutal to read and I found myself crying with the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, War

This is a great book! But be warned

there are a lot of scenes in which it goes into extreme detail of gore and violence by both guns and other weapons, dismemberment/beheading of characters, mainly young teenagers (12-16), and there are some scenes towards the end of the book where rabbits are killed by a snake in a glass cage. There are also mentions of a character who is in prison being at risk of rape, and some mentions of miscarriage in the past for one character. Also lots of poison and murder and angst. And one instance where a sharp needle almost pokes a character in the eye in a maze. There is a lot of detail about blood and people being blown up or cut in half, and the after math that follows.

tatteredwings's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

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, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Torture

xlpurple18's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book genuinely hurt my soul—but I would give it 6 stars if I could. The tough thing about it was knowing that it would end tragically, what with knowing how Haymitch is at the beginning of the original trilogy. That being said, it was beautiful. It wouldn’t have touched me the way I did if not for Suzanne Collins’ beautiful, gripping storytelling. There is so much depth to every character, even the minor ones, and that makes the progression that much more impactful. The Games begin about halfway through the book, but I didn’t feel like it was necessary or appropriate to start them earlier—they weren’t necessarily the main focus of the book. The character and plot development that happened beforehand was necessary and perfect. The plot progression, the characters, the message—everything had me blown away, jaw on the floor. I may never be okay again after reading it, but it’s because it was so well-written and so good and I will just never forget it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Violence, Police brutality, Murder

leannanecdote's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism