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Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Alcohol, War
Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, War
Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
President Snow is back in control and just as terrifying. There’s plenty of fan service, but it’s handled well, with nods to both the original trilogy and the Ballad. It made me want to reread the whole series. Like Ballad, this book weaves in folk songs. It’s also fascinating to see how the Capitol’s propaganda and technology keep evolving.
The ending is brutal, and the epilogue is bittersweet. I appreciated that the story chose a sad ending over a neat, happy one.
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Vomit
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Classism
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Slavery, Suicide
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Classism
Minor: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, War
This is Lenore Dove’s work. Her sign. Her message to me now. Her reminder that I must prevent another sunrise on the reaping. And it says “You promised me.” With that, she condemns me to life.
Sunrise on the Reaping is a fluent read that expertly develops Haymitch’s character. Something that particularly impressed me about this book is how frequently and cleverly Collins subverts expectations and assumptions I had about its plot and that of the whole series. SotR shows us the true extent of collective trauma between many of the characters, adding much more depth to previous installments. Some of the character appearances did feel a bit fan service-y/gimmicky, but they definitely made me want to return to the original trilogy.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide