Sravanesh’s Reviews > Sunrise on the Reaping > Status Update

Two third of the way through, we hit an impending tragedy, with the main character acknowledging that he was a fool to think he can ever change the system. Things have been pretty smooth, considering the morbid nature of the games. I love the lore drop but we all know what's going to happen. I like this book a lot. But the author definitely "Gary Stu'd" her protagonist to make him a lot more competent and eloquent.

This is now a plot to blow up the arena and end the Capital's sadistic games. Haymitch seems to be a little too Gary Stu even though he's from the crappiest district. I'm on board with the plot though, but being a prequel, I know it'll end in a tragedy as the hunger games survived to see Katniss chosen for the games.

Was not impressed by the original hunger games trilogy. But this book shows promise after the author has matured. I don't often read teenage dystopian novels but this one was highly rated. And the quotes in the beginning of how the ones governed let a small group of assholes govern them rings true of the current state of affairs. Book starts with Haymitch Abernathy being chosen for the reaping.