*SUNRISE ON THE REAPING SPOILERS*
Reading through the SoTR tag and honestly, I fully disagree with a big criticism point, which is that the prequel is turning Katniss into some Chosen One.
I fully read it as the reverse! That Katniss’ life and role and victories are the sum of not only her parts, but every single person who has owed someone else, something that could not be repaid.
Haymitch being friends with Katniss’ dad is not some shoehorn??? District 12 has 10,000 people at the time of the 75th games! They had one school! Everybody knew everybody, so it’s not a surprise that two Seam boys knew each other or could be friends!
Beetee and Wiress and Mags being there wasn’t some “Avengers Assemble” moment, it was 3 Victors being punished like all Victors were (except Beetee had an even worse go of it, proving something Katniss observed in CF, which is that Victors’ children had a higher odds of being chosen or outright rigged).
Even younger Effie and Plutarch??? They were career Hunger Games staff canonically??? It made sense for them to be there??
Idk people have been talking about this book as a cash grab and not talking about the poignancy of how every action Katniss Everdeen took was influenced by the character and love of those before and around her.











