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hannahsheil 's review for:
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
You just can’t beat a Hunger Games book, my middle school self is obsessed. I still think A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is the best, but this one was a nice complement.
So many little pieces of the puzzle come together and I’m proud of myself for picking up on the “sweetheart” nickname. And the amount of name drops !!! Mags! Beetie! Wiress! Effieeeee! (Side note: was I the only one who thought Beetie and Wiress were married?)
I also love the further insight into snow’s weapon of choice: poison.
My reason for a 4 instead of a 5 is because some parts felt too convenient or typical of this particular world?? Like it’s still depressing and horrible, but a lot of it was just to be expected kind of, and the parts that were really sad were over very quickly? If that makes sense. (I might also be unphased bc I’m in a weirdly non-emotional state of my life and have been unable to cry or be really emotional??? So take this with a grain of salt bc I have seen people sobbing on the timeline)
Still, overall it’s good and gave us a nice wake up call after everyone was simping over Snow in Ballad. As the NYT writes, books like this are able “to shine a light in tyranny’s greasiest corners and show how people — ordinary, determined human beings — might take it apart.”
So many little pieces of the puzzle come together and I’m proud of myself for picking up on
My reason for a 4 instead of a 5 is because some parts felt too convenient or typical of this particular world?? Like it’s still depressing and horrible, but a lot of it was just to be expected kind of, and the parts that were really sad were over very quickly? If that makes sense. (I might also be unphased bc I’m in a weirdly non-emotional state of my life and have been unable to cry or be really emotional??? So take this with a grain of salt bc I have seen people sobbing on the timeline)
Still, overall it’s good and gave us a nice wake up call after everyone was simping over Snow in Ballad. As the NYT writes, books like this are able “to shine a light in tyranny’s greasiest corners and show how people — ordinary, determined human beings — might take it apart.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Physical abuse
Minor: War