Reviews

Sunrise on the Reaping was such a great read! The story pulled me in from the very beginning, and I enjoyed it so much I already want to reread it. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone.

Really good story! I loved it. I do question its significance in context of the series. It didn’t reel me in as much as Songbirds, and it wasn’t as significant as the og series. Just sort of feels like a side story. After how much Songbirds struck me, I’m a little disappointed. Although, I did love it and would for sure recommend it.

♾️⭐️ I have never met a hunger games book I wasn’t obsessed with, but this one literally ripped me in half. I have such a new love and appreciation for Haymitch. I don’t think there was a single chapter in this book that didn’t either have me sobbing or have my jaw on the floor. This was an EXPERIENCE, and I can’t wait until there’s a movie! Gonna go stare at the wall for a while now

I adore all of the books in Panem, but this one was my least favorite of the five. As much as I was engaged with Haymitch's story in a way I didn't want to put the book down, I found there to be two things that genuinely bugged me that made me rate this lower than I would rate the other books in this world. One, an important plot point (Haymitch's quick and almost completely unexplained interest in joining a rebellion led by Plutarch)felt way too easy rather than a well-developed storyline. Two, the appearance of so many characters we knew from the original trilogy of Songbirds and Snakes started to get really heavy-handed and, honestly, felt more like lazy fan fiction than the creation of new and complex characters that I'm accustomed to getting from Collins. By the time she introduced Effie Trinket, I was genuinely frustrated and wanted to meet new and different characters.