maggieprell 's review for:

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

5.0

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-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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This book gave me many actual stomach aches. No book has ever done that before. But wow, it’s all just genius and incredible and to all the people who say this was fan service— you hate fun.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Colonisation, War