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Amanecer en la cosecha by Suzanne Collins

248 reviews

spellbindingtomes's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

sarahsbooklife's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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: Yes

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Did this book leave me emotionally devastated and wanting to curl up into a ball and cry? yes. Did I love this book? yes 100%

Even though I knew how Haymitch's games ended it was so sad to read his story. 
There's so many interesting parts of his story. It's sad, inspiring, rebellious, and somehow still tinged with hope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Gore, Vomit, Classism

the_bookish_owl's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Vomit

charmingnotsincere'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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

rinwhitty's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous 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 really enjoyed the way this book seems to tie together A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes to the Katniss era Hunger Games Books. Any of the holes I thought were there after reading the first epilogue have now been filled for the most part.
Although this one was one of the sadder books and had a couple death scenes that made my stomach upset, (and I’m not squeamish!)
it’s an important read for anyone as a Hunger Games fan.
Haymitch has so much character development and there are many, “oh so that’s why” moments.
This book kept me at the edge of my seat and I appreciated the Epilogue ending on a note that wasn’t so depressing since Haymitch’s story is quite dark. (I know, I know… it’s a hunger games book so it will be dark. But even then it surpassed what I expected)
Finishing this book makes me want to go read the Mockingjay books again!
May the odds be ever in your favor…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

lia_lee25's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative 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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Before I start giant spoiler warning I'm going to try to use the spoiler feature but I'm new to using it so I might use it wrong. 

this book has both broken my heart and also healed a tiny bit of it with the ending. Suzzane is really so good at writing it's insane. The simliarites between katniss and haymitch became even more obvious reading this book. Both of them escape their pain in similar ways (haymitch and her both trying to knock themselves out. And louella was haymitches prim). It broke my heart how he drove everybody away but that is also literally how katniss was in mockingjay. Haymitch saying he wasnt a drinker at the beginningof the book broke my heart. Another thought i had this whole time is how they both so desperately tried to end their own lives but stayed alive for the person they loved. Mags is such a beautiful soul and im so glad we got to see her talk. Her and haymitchs relationship through the sponsor gifts reminds me so much of how haymitch tried to comminucate with katniss in the areana. This book really expanded on all the characters we already knew and i loved it. The main point was obviously propaganda and i think it came out at just the right time. Suzzane collins never misses.

Anyways, those were my raw chaotic thoughts right after finishing the books and I hope I used the spoiler feature right!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, War

jxrr_y's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Felt a little too similar to The Hunger Games, but I guess what can you really do when the book is about a previous Hunger Games? It was nice to get into Haymitch’s character more (along with a few other familiar faces), and I think this has much better pacing than The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes did. I hope she writes about more past games (like Finnick’s, please!). I will read every book she writes in this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape

matarte's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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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A very important read, specially these days. Beautifully written, with so many references and parallels to the rest of the series, very sad but also cathartic... just a masterpiece.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

tellyoumyshelf's review against another edition

4.75

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Wow. What a sad book! I gave all the other books (minus Ballad - that was 3.75⭐️) 5 stars. This one…maybe it was too sad, or maybe I was a bit Hunger Games-ed out after reading them all back to back, but I don’t know…something about it made it not as much as a favorite of mine. 

Still! What a wonderful, devastating book! I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone who has read the original trilogy. Haymitch is such a better character than Coriolanus. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Please note, the content warnings here are not all “graphic.”

2busyreading's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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After The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (which admittedly I wasn't a huge fan of) I was hesitant about this, but my hesitation was completely unwarranted. Collins does not hold back from the obvious political message she had to make and I'm glad for it. The book is both brutal, beautiful, hopeful, and heartbreaking all at the same time. Given it's a prequel you know what will happen, but still you find yourself hoping against hope for a different outcome. Originally I had thought we didn't need a book about Haymitch's game, I mean, didn't we get told what happened and how he won in the original trilogy? But I was proven wrong, there was much more to his story and I'm so glad Collin's told it. 

This book shows that a revolution does not happen overnight, and while certain plans within the book do not succeed, they do start a spark for a larger fire to burn in the future. We do not have to accept the way things are and things are worth fighting for even if we don't get the end results we hope for right away, A message I think we all need right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gore, Alcohol

Minor: Suicide