katie_a_13 's review for:

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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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If you’ve read The Hunger Games trilogy, you’ll know where this story ends up. Even with that knowledge, I was hooked from the first page! I love the tie-ins between this book, the original trilogy, and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.  Poignant, pointed, and expertly done, in true dystopian fashion, that really adds to the Hunger Games universe, and at the same time provides the opportunity to reflect on the world and the roles you play in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War