Sunrise on the Reaping: Collector's Edition (A Hunger Games Novel)
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By Suzanne Collins
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A stunning collector’s edition of the #1 bestselling
fifth book in Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games series!
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The fifth installment in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games series still manages to surprise despite its familiar premise. Haymitch's games are vastly different to the games seen in other installments and particularly chilling is the rewriting of reality which is consistently utilised by President Snow's dictatorship throughout the book. Collins is not subtle with her warnings about real life issues, particularly fake news and AI. Unfortunately, I feel the most interesting elements of this book occur before the games begins. The actual games are entertaining but a little predictable with a parade of various deadly mutts attacking our heroes. There is little that is new and I don't think any Hunger Games death will ever be as impactful as Rue's in the first novel. After the games is a relentless parade of despair, which is exactly as should be expected given what we already know about Haymitch's character from the original trilogy, however at some point it does just feel obscene and perhaps a little unnecessary. Overall, I found myself surprised by how invested I became in this novel and did enjoy it more than Ballad of Songbirds. I am left excited to read whatever Collins decides to do next - First Quarter Quell perhaps?
