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cherlihy23 's review for:
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Suffers from prequelitis. I couldn’t tell if known characters were meaningfully placed or just used as fan service call-backs to tug at heart strings.
I know Haymitch is only 16, but I was often left wondering what he was doing, bumbling from one plot to the next seemingly at random, feeling more like a MacGuffin himself rather than the curt and shrewd mentor we knew him as in the original trilogy. Honestly, Maysilee seemed to be the better protagonist.
The game itself felt like a rushed after thought that was far too convenient and Lenore Dove’s namesake was very on-the-nose. Who would name their daughter after Poe’s The Raven? The foreshadowing was so thick, it didn’t even need to be a prequel for you to know what was going to happen.
However, the end result is devastating nonetheless. If anything, this series is always a way to sit in gratitude and reflect on what you have. We could always use a reminder of that.
I know Haymitch is only 16, but I was often left wondering what he was doing, bumbling from one plot to the next seemingly at random, feeling more like a MacGuffin himself rather than the curt and shrewd mentor we knew him as in the original trilogy. Honestly, Maysilee seemed to be the better protagonist.
The game itself felt like a rushed after thought that was far too convenient and Lenore Dove’s namesake was very on-the-nose. Who would name their daughter after Poe’s The Raven? The foreshadowing was so thick, it didn’t even need to be a prequel for you to know what was going to happen.
However, the end result is devastating nonetheless. If anything, this series is always a way to sit in gratitude and reflect on what you have. We could always use a reminder of that.