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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
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
adventurous
challenging
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
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
Truth be told I never really had a desire to read this. I read The Hunger Games so many years ago that the idea of a prequel didn't really appeal to me. That is until my daughter picked up the first book in the original trilogy and got hooked. Then I had to have this one and Sunrise on the Reaping to read them alongside her.
The once mighty Snow family has fallen on hard times when 18 year old Coriolanus is preparing to be a mentor for the tenth annual Hunger Games. Winning the Games would get him a full ride to university and he needs it now more than ever. The odds are stacked heavily against him with the female tribute from District 12, Lucy Gray. With their fates intertwined, he sets out to make her the champion and himself in the process, throwing everything he has into her, even his heart. But will he follow his heart if it leads him to a life of ruin? Or will he fight to survive without her.
This was good. I wasn't ever expecting to feel for Coriolanus, but I did... For a while. Towards the end, his true colors showed up in Technicolor. And Lucy? WTH happened there?! I feel like I might actually have to watch this movie too.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Maybe a 4.5 ⭐️! Being back in this world took me back to high school and I had forgotten how much I love the way Suzanne crafts a story! Snow’s POV is truly something else. Love the way she weaves in his subtle selfishness that becomes more apparent and narcissistic as the book goes on. The last 20% of the book was a little slow, but overall I had a really great time with this!
((via audiobook)) (((2.5 rounded down)))
as far as hunger games books go, you get what you get. honestly, i expected far too much from this book. having read the original trilogy later in life and loved them, this was just... meh! it would be interesting to hear the opinion of someone who STARTS with this book, then reads the other 3...
tbh, i think the huge issue is knowing whom the main character comes to be and that makes it hard to care. also, you know what is gonna happen. the primitive pre-technologically advance hunger games scenes were surprisingly boring, which is where the other books excel.
also, too many "anus" names. enough. we get it!
as far as hunger games books go, you get what you get. honestly, i expected far too much from this book. having read the original trilogy later in life and loved them, this was just... meh! it would be interesting to hear the opinion of someone who STARTS with this book, then reads the other 3...
tbh, i think the huge issue is knowing whom the main character comes to be and that makes it hard to care. also, you know what is gonna happen. the primitive pre-technologically advance hunger games scenes were surprisingly boring, which is where the other books excel.
also, too many "anus" names. enough. we get it!