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A review by phoenix2
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
2.0
'Sunrise on the Reaping' is the fifth 'Hunger Games' novel.
And even though I feared that the book wouldn't manage to surprise me, as the story was known from the second Hunger Games book already, the author manages yet again to make her magic!
However, there were some parts that weren't great, despite the strong first half and the many many many cameos of beloved characters from the other books. First of all, the second part of the story was dragging, being repetitive of themes like the 'paint your own poster', and even worse, Poe's Raven poem, which was inserted into the story every two paragraphs. I can see what the author wanted to deliver with it, but it was messy and felt partial, as, at some point, the narration started making time jumps between the poem's parts. It also started feeling tiring to read that much of the Raven as it interrupted the narration.
In addition, the second part had some eye-rolling moments when you just couldn't believe the characters didn't see the obvious. Finally, the ending was unrefined.
And yet, it was interesting to learn more about the characters and the original story.
And even though I feared that the book wouldn't manage to surprise me, as the story was known from the second Hunger Games book already, the author manages yet again to make her magic!
However, there were some parts that weren't great, despite the strong first half and the many many many cameos of beloved characters from the other books. First of all, the second part of the story was dragging, being repetitive of themes like the 'paint your own poster', and even worse, Poe's Raven poem, which was inserted into the story every two paragraphs. I can see what the author wanted to deliver with it, but it was messy and felt partial, as, at some point, the narration started making time jumps between the poem's parts. It also started feeling tiring to read that much of the Raven as it interrupted the narration.
In addition, the second part had some eye-rolling moments when you just couldn't believe the characters didn't see the obvious. Finally, the ending was unrefined.
And yet, it was interesting to learn more about the characters and the original story.