“Sunrise On The Reaping” Satisfyingly Expanding The World Of The “Hunger Games”
In March, Suzanne Collins released her newest installment to the “Hunger Games” franchise, this time focusing on Haymitch Abernathy, the drunken mentor of Katniss and Peeta from the original book.
Beginning on the reaping day of the 50th anniversary of the Hunger Games, also being the second quarter-quell, the rules are out the window when double the number of tributes find themselves facing the torture of the games.
Similar to “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” that centralized around a young Coriolanus Snow, the story is more self-contained and not dependent on the other installments in the series, yet for a fan, the nods and easter eggs that expand the lore and meaning of characters in the series is entirely satisfying.
Personally, it is interesting to see how the cogs slowly piece themselves together throughout the story to build up to the circumstances of the 74th and 75th Hunger Games. Appearances, mentions, and events that directly involve future characters are noticeable but not distracting to the story, allowing it to serve new and old readers to the franchise. If you are new to the stories of Panem and the Hunger Games, this is a perfect introduction to get you wanting more.
If you read “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” and worry that you might end up liking President Snow, never fear, he is disgusting and despicable and has no redeeming qualities, anything that was appealing before is lost now. What Snow does to Haymitch in this story makes his state in the original trilogy completely justified.
Hurry and read this book as soon as possible so you can be ready for the motion picture adaptation that is already in the works!
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