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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

69 reviews

kylasmv15's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I’ve got many thoughts and *many* opinions about this book, but I'm going to sit on them for a bit. All I will say at this time is that after managing to finish this book, there had better be a Finnick book in the works as my compensation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Classism, and Addiction

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Dementia, Bullying, Cannibalism, War, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

trashcanmoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Confinement, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Death, Classism, Emotional abuse, War, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Child death, and Police brutality

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

luna_is_superior's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Coryo is a HUGE unreliable narrator, how'd he make me love him until like the last chapter????

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Gore, Torture, Toxic friendship, Blood, Confinement, Police brutality, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, and Vomit

emercedesrich's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book's prequel status is aided by reading the original trilogy first, for anyone who is just getting into this story for the first time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Classism, Death, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, and Vomit

keelirae113's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Child death, Blood, Animal death, War, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Drug use, Torture, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

kdailyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Torture, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Violence, Child death, Blood, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, Classism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cannibalism, and Addiction

calamityin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Toxic friendship, War, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Grief, Medical content, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Medical trauma, Bullying, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Blood, and Vomit

nausicaa_teto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Death, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Alcohol

aurora_something's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, War, Torture, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Death, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Child death, and Classism

stephanieluxton's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I loved the beginning and the end of this book. The unfortunate part was the middle which felt more drawn out than it needed to be.

The characters were great. The main characters were nicely fleshed out. They felt complex and interesting. I loved their introductions and watching their relationships grow and change. I enjoyed seeing how they reacted to the dire situations they found themselves in. 

The actual hunger games part was pretty dull. This is a prequel so the games are significantly more primitive and less wild than in the main series, but I didn't feel immersed. I suppose that's largely because we are seeing the games from Snows perspective, and he is a spectator. 

Then there's a good chunk of story after the games that I just felt was dry and slow. It didn't pick up again until the very end where some major changes happen.

I can see why some people wouldn't like the ending but I thought it was satisfying enough, although it felt quite rushed compared to so much that comes before it.

As far as prequels go, this was decent. It's not better than the hunger games or catching fire but. I think I enjoyed it more than mockingjay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Cannibalism, and Sexual content