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The Man in the Arena

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

June 19, 2025 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

The problems with Suzanne Collins’s latest attempt to wring more money out of The Hunger Games franchise start right from the get-go. Sunrise on the Reaping is a prequel to the original trilogy, and somewhat a sequel to the series’ fourth entry, The Battle of Songbirds and Snakes. It tells the story of Haymitch Abernathy, later Katniss Everdeen’s drunken, curmudgeonly mentor, as he attempts to survive the 50th Annual Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. I should say, Haymitch tells the story, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Suzanne Collins

jeverett15's CBR17 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Suzanne Collins ·
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Heartbreak and the Perils of Propaganda

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

June 11, 2025 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

What can I say about Sunrise on the Reaping that hasn’t already been said more eloquently by the other reviewers of Cannonball Read? I’ll start by quoting a joke I’ve heard repeated on TikTok: Suzanne Collins saw everyone thirsting over Coriolanus Snow after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes movie came out, and decided to remind us all what a monster he truly is. If she had to do that by torturing our favorite grizzled old alcoholic mentor and breaking all our hearts in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Dystopian, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Dystopian, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games ·
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Sunrise of the Weeping

Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins

May 26, 2025 by Caesar's Wife 1 Comment

I took a much-needed break from my brief—yet frustrating—foray into the romantasy genre to return to my comfort zone: dystopia. And Sunrise on the Reaping did not disappoint. The book begins back in the bleak, coal-dust-covered District 12, as Haymitch Abernathy prepares for the reaping of the Quarter Quell. It’s been 25 years since the Dark Days, and what better way to mark the anniversary of the end of slaughter than we MORE slaughter? Specifically, by sending double the number of children to their deaths […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, sunrise on the reaping, Suzanne Collins

Caesar's Wife's CBR17 Review No:8 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, sunrise on the reaping, Suzanne Collins ·
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Like All-Fire | SOTR

Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins

May 25, 2025 by lastmidtownshow Leave a Comment

The Hunger Games was a huge part of my youth. Dystopian YA was my lifeblood; series like THG and The Maze Runner kept my heart beating from the ages of nine to fourteen. When The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes came out, I felt myself immediately drawn back into the universe I had lived inside for years, and I could not wait for more. The promise of a new book, from Haymitch’s perspective, became almost too exciting to bear. Sunrise On The Reaping was absolutely […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: sunrise on the reaping, Suzanne Collins

lastmidtownshow's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: sunrise on the reaping, Suzanne Collins ·
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A Week for Pop Culture Exploration of Fascist Themes

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

May 20, 2025 by llp 3 Comments

My library reservation for Suzanne Collins’ Sunrise on the Reaping, the lastest book in her Hunger Games collection, finally came in two days after I finished watching the remarkable second season of Andor. I have really enjoyed and thought about Collins’ novels over the years, so I knew what I was getting into, but that was a weighty few days of pop culture consumption. Sunrise on the Reaping takes the reader back to the 50th Hunger Games, the Quarter Quell we first heard about in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Fiction, sunrise on the reaping, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

llp's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Fiction, sunrise on the reaping, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games ·
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Heartbreaking

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

April 19, 2025 by ASKReviews Leave a Comment

Best for: Fans of the Hunger Games series. In a nutshell: This is the story of Haymitch Abernathy’s Hunger Games. The 50th one, the second quarter quell. Worth quoting: N/A Why I chose it: I heard good things about it. Review: I didn’t read the last prequel, and couldn’t get through the movie – I just didn’t find it to be a good film. Maybe the book was better? But When I saw that this was getting good word of mouth, I knew I wanted […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Young Adult Tagged With: sunrise on the reaping, Suzanne Collins

ASKReviews's CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Young Adult · Tags: sunrise on the reaping, Suzanne Collins ·
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