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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There's a reason why The Hunger Games is one of my all time favourite book series. 
Give them a go and see what you think about the world we live in when you're done.

TOOK ME SO LONG TO FINISHHHH.

tbh i only read it bc the movie’s coming out soon. otherwise i’d probably never read it. it’s quite boring. but i’d read anything the hunger games related no matter how boring they are.
dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Nothing in this book went how I anticipated, and it was such a perfect and dark origin.
adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

decent backstory for Snow. still doesn’t top the original trilogy, but I don’t think anything ever will. I would love to see prequels for other characters, but I think this was a well-written prequel for Snow. It was interesting to see this world from his viewpoint.

I’ve been avoiding the movie as long as possible until I had time to read this. Overall it is a great addition to the hunger games series and it wholly explains Snow’s journey. I think the ending was both expected and unexpected, causing me to have mixed feelings about it. I feel like the internal turmoil Snow experiences should have more background and reasoning since it leads to the ultimate demise of his love and the rise of the capitol, but maybe it all just comes down to manipulation by his teachers and the capitol itself. He really did only ever care about himself.
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated