marvelouslestrange 's review for:

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Suzanne has done it again. However bad I thought Haymitch’s story could be, oh how it was so much worse. Haymitch was such a loverboy, just like his boy Peeta. And Katniss was exactly like him, but luckier. Haymitch and his continuous flock, his promises, his family. Oh how he kept them all. Even when he lost them. After all, the snow may fall, but the sun also rises. 

“She’s not an easy person; she’s like me, Peeta always says. But she was smarter than me, or luckier. She’s the one who finally kept the sun from rising.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting