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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

Suzanne Collins

Start date: April 1, 2025

Finish date: April 30, 2025

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Apr 22, 2025 Jenn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2025, books-i-own, 5-star-reads, young-adult, dystopian

I've seen people criticize this as fan service, and you know what? It just might be, but I'm not mad at it. I loved this book. I'm going to be honest. Back in around 2019 when we heard we were getting another Hunger Games book, we all wanted it to be Haymitch's story. And I was a little disappointed that it was Snow's. I didn't care about him. So I was ecstatic when this was finally announced. I knew it was going to break me, but I just didn't know how much.

The one main difference with Haymitch ...more

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Sep 09, 2025 Toshita rated it it was amazing

Spoiler alert: I was absolutely not ready for the emotional damage that I was going to take with this book.

Wow. This book was really good. It definitely gave me a new perspective on Haymitch as a character and cleared up some of his actions in regards to how he acted with Katniss. I do have a very clear memory of not being a fan of Haymitch/being annoyed with Haymitch's attitude while reading the first book and this book really redeemed him for me. Not to say that I hated Haymitch, I found his ...more

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Apr 14, 2025 Megan rated it really liked it

Pretty much the same formula as all the other books in the series (not a bad thing, they're hugely successful for a reason!).
I really enjoyed getting more of a backstory for Haymitch and was pleasantly surprised to also get to see a few more familiar faces from Catching Fire.
Unfortunately the nature of a prequel means that you already know the ending which does mean that it packs a bit less of a punch.
Overall a very enjoyable book and a pleasure to revisit Panem. ...more

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Apr 13, 2025 Tbirdplanstoread rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own-hard-back, rec-d-in-2025

Loved this!!! 4.5/5!!

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Apr 13, 2025 Shelley rated it really liked it

Another fantastic installment of the Hunger Games. This one featuring Haymitch when he was in the games. I really enjoyed this because many of the connections are being made in this book to the original Hunger Games. I wanted to love this as much as Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, but it didn't get there for me. I think I may have just really been invested in the human element of Snow being revealed.

That being said, this was still a fantastic book and a great addition to the series. ...more

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Apr 14, 2025 Shan ~A~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio, adapted-for-screen, sci-fi, family, in-series-or-trilogy, animals, siblings, 2025-april, borrowed-hoopla, fantasy

Haymitch Abernathy

I didn't read the prequel with Snow's story. I just wasted interested, and I'm still not. However, this book fits seamlessly into the world that Suzanne Collins built, and it ties all the books together effortlessly, even the one I didn't read according to the info I got from my daughter.

Not only did this give us more into Haymitch's past, but it rounded out a lot of the characters that we've come to know, love, and even maybe despise a little. And my burning question of (view ...more

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Jul 10, 2025 Keri rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, cover-purple, longer-series, sci-fi-dystopia, ya, series-caught-up-with-released, anticipated

Devastating and wonderful ay the same time. I love Haymitch as a character and I am so happy we got to read about his Games. Even knowing how things are for him starting the original trilogy, there were things in this book still took me by surprise and it was such an emotional read. I also loved all the little connections to the original trilogy and the prequel before this one.

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