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Ballada ptaków i węży by Suzanne Collins

480 reviews

a_novi's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

We go into this story knowing Snow is morally corrupt and capable of great evil from the previous hunger games. Making him our protagonist is a twisted choice for collins and gives the reader a long struggle of battling between sympathizing with him and fearing what path leads him to evil tyranny. But it’s a very on-brand type of somehow enjoyable mental torture written by someone clever enough and sick enough to think of the hunger games to begin with. I was engaged during the whole book and the ending was just as interesting yet frustrating. The death (or lack there of) of Lucy Gray Baird perfectly parallel to the ghost story ballad by which she was named, Leaves the reader frustrated to not know what happened to her, but one cannot deny the sick clever use a foreshadowing in the song. Overall, this book felt like watching a very selfish young Snow grasp to any power and fortune he could; all while getting extremely lucky despite what many would see as him being deserving of bad karma. (Betraying him only friend of course) It makes me glad that his karma came baring the name Katniss, the very thing his lover left to retrieve before he betrayed her too. The reader of the audiobook was drab BUT he encapsulated the boring, morally sick, Snow boy whose only personality was clinging to a family legacy and stollen power. And since most of the story was from his perspective and within his personal thoughts, I found the way he read was fitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

celina246's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

Suzanne Collins was in her bag with this one. this was suchhh a great book I could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Death of parent, War, and Deportation

casualvamp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Slavery, and Classism

dcdc's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts

rmgiannino's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The world of The Hunger Games is so riveting and this book was no different than the trilogy. I really enjoyed learning all of the things that became a part of The Hunger Games because of Coriolanus. He was such an easy character to enjoy until the end. I really didn’t know what was going to happen but obviously knew he’d make his way to the dark side and back home. 

The only downside of this book was that the names drove me bonkers!!!! They were all just so silly and I know that’s just the way of the Capitol but it was a breath of fresh air when the storyline moved to the districts. It’s so obvious to see why President Snow hated Katniss so much because she must’ve reminded him so much of Lucy Gray.

I loved that the Covey was a bluegrass band. Bluegrass is some of our favorite music and I’m excited to listen to the music in the movie! I really loved all of the connections in this one and I can’t wait to watch the movie adaption soon to compare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and War

rsoule7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying

kaitidid's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Toxic friendship

spitzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism

wallywoahjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

You have no idea how many notes there are in my copy that literally say either “Jesus Christ”, “DUDE” or “my god”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

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

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Kidnapping