Review by chaosstrolling - Sunrise on the Reaping

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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

4.75

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved that this was basically a big bowl of explanation for the first three books and gave the origins to phrases, trauma, and character’s relationships to each other. The epilogue was wonderful.

The only knowledge/expectation I had going in was the final kill in the games and the fact that Haymitch was going to lose everyone he cared about. Knowing he was going to lose everyone surprisingly made reading it a little easier, but not much. I expected them all to be already gone by the time he got back to 12, but what he experienced was much worse. The same goes for the tributes, I started getting on edge the more I had to wait for Maysilee’s death. She was a fantastic character, I loved her the way I loved Johanna. Wellies slow end was very sad, and Ampert’s made my jaw drop.
The final fight in the games was great. I’m sadly one of those people that enjoys the games themselves from an entertainment standpoint and that fight was tense and exciting. I enjoyed the new creatures we got, although nothing topped the wolf mutts from the first book.

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