LaDaryn Lockett’s Reviews > Sunrise on the Reaping > Status Update

Okay! We’re getting somewhere! Familiarity before seemed tired but at this point of the book some (younger) familiar faces brought a wave of nostalgia to me. It feels like saying hello again to old friends. I’m locked in now and am eager to see what’s ahead during the 50th Hunger Games.

The start of this book is familiar in that it reminds me of both The Hunger Games and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in ways that I find tired. The Covey were an interesting group in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, but here, with Lenore Dove, I can’t help but feel she’s a retread of Lucy Gray. This may be on purpose. I’m sure Suzanne Collins has a surprise or two in the coming chapters.