Simon W.

Slow Clapping in My Bedroom

Revisado: 04-20-25

I didn’t think any book could top The Hunger Games, then Suzanne Collins gave us Sunrise on the Reaping—and I wanted to stand and slow clap when I finished it. The final chapters and epilogue are among the most beautiful pieces of writing I’ve ever experienced. Not just because of what happens, but because of how deeply I felt it. How Collins makes silence feel like thunder. How she writes grief that doesn't just sit on the page—it sinks into you.

Suzanne Collins doesn’t just write books. She autopsies systems. She tears apart the machinery of power, war, and propaganda with precision. Her stories aren’t loud with moralizing—they’re quiet with truth, which is somehow even louder. She trusts her reader to follow the clues, to feel the weight without needing it spelled out. There’s respect in her restraint.

Sunrise on the Reaping is her masterpiece. It redefines what we thought we knew about Haymitch Abernathy—not as comic relief, not as the reluctant mentor, but as a tragic, razor-sharp survivor who has learned how to weaponize apathy as a shield. Collins doesn’t just explain his pain. She makes you live inside it. She drags you through the Capitol's rot, the Games’ cruelty, and the unbearable cost of being the one who walks out alive. This book is about trauma, yes—but it’s also about memory, resistance, and the unbearable silence of survival.

Collins writes with surgical precision. Her language is clean, almost sparse—but never empty. She doesn’t decorate sentences. She arms them. Every line is doing something, building tension, deepening character, or exposing another layer of the system we all live in, whether we want to or not.

What she’s created isn’t just a story—it’s a mirror, and a warning. She doesn’t let you look away from the consequences of complicity, or the realities of exploitation dressed up as entertainment. But somehow, she still leaves you with the whisper of hope—that change, real change, can happen if we’re brave enough to face the truth.

I’ll argue this anywhere, with anyone: Suzanne Collins is a genius. And Sunrise on the Reaping proves it beyond a doubt.

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Absolutely stunning

Revisado: 09-17-24

Beautifully written, beautifully read! If you are looking for a stunning, heartwarming romance written by an author with an honest & pure narrative form, pick this one

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🍂 A hauntingly beautiful autumn read 🍁

Revisado: 09-14-24

Joanne Froggatt beautifully brings to life this tragic tale, revealing what depths & heights mankind can come to by their treatment from & of others. One of my favorites!

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why do we choose narrators who can't pronounce the words correctly?

Revisado: 09-10-24

so many mispronounced words just immediately takes me out of what otherwise is an awesome story

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the worst celebrity narration I've heard since Benedict Cumberbatch's ping-wing doc 😂

Revisado: 08-09-24

who was sitting in the studio with Lily Collins and let her mispronounce so many words?!

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I am not really very crunchy but now that I know more, I will do more!

Revisado: 03-28-24

I am not really very crunchy. After reading Emily's book I can now say that I am probably 'scrunchy', but the world Emily is apart of is as far apart from mine as our millennial upbringings are close. I had terrific parents who were doing amazing things for the people and community around them but that meant my sister and I were on our own for play and entertainment, and our best friends were our VHS collection of Disney animated classics and second hand Barbie dolls. Now that I have children of my own, I've begun to see the cracks in my own childhood and how they affect how I interact with my own children. Emily's videos got me on the path to more outdoor and open ended play (which were strangers to me more than I knew) and now after finishing her beautiful book, I'm off on my journey to try and change our diet and surroundings a bite at a time. I will probably never be really very crunchy but thanks to Emily and Jason, I will do everything I can to do what's best for my family and knowing more, I will do more. Thank you both!

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