Kayla Brodersen’s Reviews > Sunrise on the Reaping > Status Update

These last few chapters got me fucked up 😭😭😭

On screen, a girl in rainbow ruffles sings a familiar tune with unfamiliar words.
What did she do to be erased so completely?
Someone here remembers the Covey. Someone who knows how they name their babies and their love of birds. Intimate, personal knowledge.

The fact that now Snow is pumping footage of Lucy Grey to Haymitch is wild. Love that he is finally putting it together.

“These games will have no victor.”
Oh, there will be a victor…
Killing you both looks bad on them…

As he’s imagining what Snow might say, I can *hear* Donald Sutherland‘s voice

I become intensely aware of the three of us, huddled around this tree, the last trio of human heartbeats in the arena. Sad, desperate, but also a rare moment of district unity in the games.

I just love Mags so much 😭😭😭

“One of us has to be the worst Victor in history. Tear up their scripts, tear down their celebrations, set fire to the victor’s Village. Refuse to play their game.”

“Something unnatural about a bird that’s half mutt.”
Never thought of it that way. “Some people think that’s a victory in itself. Way they escaped the Capitol and survived.”
“Do they?” Says Maysilee. “Well, if I escape the Capitol and survive, maybe I’ll give that pin a second chance.”

That’s exactly what Katniss did

Snow just out here projecting on poor Haymitch. His familiarity with the Covey must be freaking him out like crazy.

This book is starting to feel like the Wizard of Oz. And you were there, and you were there, and you were there!