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Balada șerpilor și a păsărilor cântătoare by Suzanne Collins

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alexijai98's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall an okay read. When compared to the original trilogy this falls short, but it’s hard to make anything better than the original. Some of the reverse foreshadowing (don’t know what else to call it) was a bit heavy handed but I don’t blame Collins too much since media literacy seems to be at an all time low. Interesting to see how things developed from the 10th Hunger Games and to compare it to the 74th.

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saaraah's review against another edition

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dark 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

4.25

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gothamballer39's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Overall, I really enjoyed this prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy and getting a better understanding of the rise of Snow.

I do think there were a bit too many pieces of foreshadowing that took me out of the story

the expression "it's not over until the mockingjay sings", the fact that it's "too early" for the katniss

, but I did enjoy a couple of the smaller character callouts

like realizing that Maude Ivory was Old Maude who helped Katniss and Gale at the Seam and seeing Cesar Flickerman's dad make his first attempt at commentating the games

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I thought the pacing of the first half of the book was really strong and it kept me engaged with the characters and where the plot was heading. Then in the second half of the book, though, things just moved by too quickly where it felt like the plot was rushed.

Especially when Snow was planning to runaway with Lucy Gray and then over the span of like 5 pages he changed his mind and tried to kill her

It was unnerving to see just how much of the Hunger Games' evolution Snow played a role in and it set up his villain arc for the Katniss' story nicely.

All in all, this doesn't quite live up to the excellent social commentary found in the trilogy, but is still a fascinating and enjoyable book for any Hunger Games fan.

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gabi_715's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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ashleygreene03's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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campbellsgrl1512's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

I enjoyed this book more than I was expecting. I looked forward to coming home and reading it everyday.
I enjoyed hunger games so much I was happy to have another perspective in the world of Panem.

The ending was a surprise to me - after getting over not knowing everything about the ending, I decided I enjoy a little mystery.

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