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lexcrv 's review for:
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
challenging
dark
emotional
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
I'll be returning to the book, soon. For now, I'm aching to re-read the whole saga (the main trilogy, along with Ballad and then this book once more).
I don't know if I have enough literary knowledge to know what would make a book perfect, but to me, in my heart, this is a five star read because it enthralled me in a way few things have done these last years. Ballad managed to do so for the most part, but this just brought me back to my voracious reader days, back to reading the original books for the first time, blazing through them one after the other, cooped up in my grandma's room, or my bed, or wherever I could sit down and read.
I think the overall message is pretty explicitly stated, and the reminder at the end of maybe not seeing the change yourself but /being/ part of it is very important. Specially right now.
I really felt for haymitch, and all along I just remembered the last things said by Hermes in hadestown, about returning to a story even when you know the way it ends. I don't know, it doesn't have that much to do with anything guess, but it just was in my head a lot.
I literally just finished the book and need time to really gather my thoughts. I love the explanations we got for some things, and the epilogue devastated me.
Anyway, great book, I read it on my kobo but will be definitely buying it in hardcover, if possible. Maybe in Spanish... Maybe I'll re-read it translated.
I don't know if I have enough literary knowledge to know what would make a book perfect, but to me, in my heart, this is a five star read because it enthralled me in a way few things have done these last years. Ballad managed to do so for the most part, but this just brought me back to my voracious reader days, back to reading the original books for the first time, blazing through them one after the other, cooped up in my grandma's room, or my bed, or wherever I could sit down and read.
I think the overall message is pretty explicitly stated, and the reminder at the end of maybe not seeing the change yourself but /being/ part of it is very important. Specially right now.
I really felt for haymitch, and all along I just remembered the last things said by Hermes in hadestown, about returning to a story even when you know the way it ends. I don't know, it doesn't have that much to do with anything guess, but it just was in my head a lot.
I literally just finished the book and need time to really gather my thoughts. I love the explanations we got for some things, and the epilogue devastated me.
Anyway, great book, I read it on my kobo but will be definitely buying it in hardcover, if possible. Maybe in Spanish... Maybe I'll re-read it translated.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Police brutality, War
Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury