agatha_hopkins 's review for:

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Wow was this book a doozy! Like many others, I couldn't help the tears that came to my eyes during the latter half of this book.

There were so many characters in this book (Beetee, Mags, Wiress, Effie) from the others, which explained a lot of the connections Haymitch has.

I have a new empathy for Effie because it almost feels like she's been forced to join The Hunger Games now.

So much grief. It was not a lie about how much propaganda was going to be in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, War, Pandemic/Epidemic