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Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
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
Haymitch is one of my favourite characters in the hunger games universe, so I was super excited when I heard the book was going to be about him, but also slightly worried it wasn’t going to live up to my expectations. But oh man. This book really does him justice. I don’t know what I expected really, but this is everything I could have ever hoped for. It is both satisfying and heartbreaking. This book is more reminiscent of the original trilogy than a ballad of songbirds and snakes was, in my opinion, and for that reason, I also like it way more. Suzanne Collins really hit the nail on the head with this one. This just adds more depth and more heartbreaking backstory to so many of the characters we know and love. I love the hunger games, I love Haymitch and I love this book. Will take me a while to get over this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Torture, War
Minor: Suicidal thoughts