A review by kdickerson38
Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

  • Tropes/themes:
    • Rebellion
    • Propaganda
    • Sacrifice
    • Implicit submission
  • The second prequel novel to the Hunger Games trilogy- this is Haymitch’s story during the 50th annual Hunger Games (second quarter quell).
  • Great writing and story telling.
  • Great narration.
  • Incredibly heartbreaking- President Snow is RUTHLESS! 
  • I love the way the reaping was handled- brilliantly unexpected.
  • Provides much more insight into why Haymitch is the way he is in The Hunger Games book, and what ACTUALLY happened in his games and a lot of backstory about other pre-known characters as well.
  • A lot of lore (and a lot of which I’m sure I didn’t catch on to) and references from the Hunger Games trilogy and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which was really cool.
  • Overall, extremely satisfied and sad it’s already over :( can’t wait for the movie adaptation!
  • Content warnings:
    • Death
    • Murder
    • Violence
    • Blood
    • Injury/injury detail
    • War
    • Child death
    • Death of a parent
    • Police brutality
    • Torture
    • Alcoholism 
    • Grief