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Sunrise on the Reaping

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I have now finished Sunrise on the Reaping. And I have lots of feelings. All of them I think at once. What beautiful torturous sadness this story was... I love it.

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And here I was, foolish enough to think this book couldn't possibly get more heartbreaking...

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I'm not crying, you're crying... (I am in fact crying)

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It's like fate really looked at Haymitch and said "let's try that again but just slightly different" with Katniss huh

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sunrise on the reaping raises an incredibly important ethical question: how many generations does it take to erase history, to the point of blind, unquestioning acceptance?

i fear the answer is far fewer than any of us are comfortable with.

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i love you like all-fire

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Hmmm I'm gonna say it seems very sketchy that the Sunrise on the Reaping film adaptation in the works decided to cast a young Black man as Panache, a character whose role in the book is just that he's dumb, aggressive, and physically intimidating…

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The doubling of tribute numbers. The miscarried Abernathy twins. The Donner sisters who Haymitch carries a fascination for as consequence. Louella being replaced by Lou Lou, a name that only mimics the first half of her name, and a girl who matches her in appearance only. Tam Amber’s set of pins, one dropped down a well, the other discarded. The two versions of the games: the one that Haymitch remembers and the edited, falsified version of them without the real content. The two bags of gumdrops. The fraternal affection he feels for Louella and Lou Lou, the artificial twins, and Maysilee’s offer to be his sister—the second one she gives in the book. A bond with a real twin, both pairs healing the sisters he never did know. The split between what is natural and what is manufactured or forged, bonds that that grow on their own, or are forced into existance. And if the distinction makes any difference to the person it impacts.

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Is Lou Lou supposed to be Afro-Indigenous or did they just think that “all brownskinned people look the same”

I personally pictured Louella and Lou Lou as being Black.

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I fucking love repetitive lines that change meaning over a piece of writing yes slay

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"There's no good ending to Lou Lou's story."

Well, that just about sums up the tragedy of this entire book, doesn't it. There's no good ending for any of them. There's no good ending. Not yet, at least.

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reread reared reread 🫶

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The mockingbird, the jabberjay and the mockingjay 🕊️ inspired by this post by @fromevertonow

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I'm about 50% through Sunrise on the Reaping now. I really do enjoy young Haymitch even more than I thought I would, to be honest.

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I will never get tired of the way Collins drops foreshadowing...

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Beetee is gonna have to coach his 13-yo kid to death. Holy shit that is fucked up!