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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death
Moderate: Violence, War
Minor: Addiction
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked this one although I was carried a little again by seeing the movie. Snow's heartlessness is much more apparent in reading his thoughts though and that was super interesting to me. Horrifying though
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I've been meaning to read this for like forever, but kept putting it off because I absolutely love The Hunger Games and was worried it wouldn't be as strong, but despite not being a masterpiece, I really found myself enjoying this book. I feel like the balance between 'wow Snow is a shitty person and always has been' and 'he has the potential for goodness' really well. The spiral as you watch him be given chance after chance to change or escape the system that he didn't agree with is frustrating and sad in the best way. Obviously, we know where he ended up, but it's easy to get taken in by the story and hope he might turn it around. As other people have said the ending did feel a little rushed, but it didn't damper my overall enjoyment of the story and I'm glad I finally got around to reading it!
Ah yes, Coryo Snow. The man who made his situationship everyone else’s problem for the rest of his life.
I don’t know what I was expecting from this book because I had avoided it for so long. I love love love the Hunger Games but I just never had any interest in a prequel about Snow. I figured with the release of Sunrise on the Reaping, I should take the opportunity to catch up.
I was pleasantly surprised with how much I loved this book. It was so easy to slip back into Suzanne Collins world of Panem. She writes such an interesting, heart-wrenching world and you can definitely tell she only writes when she has something to say. It is especially relevant to today’s world. Everyone who ignores our political landscape and does nothing to help those who suffer under oppression do indeed land on top due to their own privilege. You could sub the identifier of “district” out for any number of groups, immigrant, undocumented, lgbt, etc. and you’d find that the plight of the district citizens isn’t too far off of what the far right right wants people to believe about your neighbors who are different from you.
Ignorance, interchangeable with a passive form of endorsement, does land you on top. Complacency being the most dangerous weapon of the far right (read: the Capitol).
Snow’s narcissistic tendencies, his lack of empathy is exactly how he lands himself back at the Capitol. A masterfully crafted story Ms. Collins and may we all strive to be a little more like Sejanus at heart.
I don’t know what I was expecting from this book because I had avoided it for so long. I love love love the Hunger Games but I just never had any interest in a prequel about Snow. I figured with the release of Sunrise on the Reaping, I should take the opportunity to catch up.
I was pleasantly surprised with how much I loved this book. It was so easy to slip back into Suzanne Collins world of Panem. She writes such an interesting, heart-wrenching world and you can definitely tell she only writes when she has something to say. It is especially relevant to today’s world. Everyone who ignores our political landscape and does nothing to help those who suffer under oppression do indeed land on top due to their own privilege. You could sub the identifier of “district” out for any number of groups, immigrant, undocumented, lgbt, etc. and you’d find that the plight of the district citizens isn’t too far off of what the far right right wants people to believe about your neighbors who are different from you.
Ignorance, interchangeable with a passive form of endorsement, does land you on top. Complacency being the most dangerous weapon of the far right (read: the Capitol).
Snow’s narcissistic tendencies, his lack of empathy is exactly how he lands himself back at the Capitol. A masterfully crafted story Ms. Collins and may we all strive to be a little more like Sejanus at heart.
challenging
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was an interesting prequel to The Hunger Games, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this, I knew it was about Snow so maybe a villain origin story? But that wasn't quite what we got here, Snow is a character that is at times sympathetic, with moments of likability, but he is constantly drawn back to the views of the Capitol and goes willingly. He has choices, and time and time again he makes the selfish, self-serving choices, believing he is better than those in the districts, more worthy and that the world owes him. It certainly explains how Snow became to be the character we know from the original trilogy.
I felt the last half of the book dragged though, the pacing felt slow and it lacked a bit of direction. I'm not too sure what this book adds to the Hunger Games universe apart from explaining the early development of the Hunger Games and that Snow was born that way and only got worse over time. Unlike the other books, I don't think I'll be re-reading this one.
I felt the last half of the book dragged though, the pacing felt slow and it lacked a bit of direction. I'm not too sure what this book adds to the Hunger Games universe apart from explaining the early development of the Hunger Games and that Snow was born that way and only got worse over time. Unlike the other books, I don't think I'll be re-reading this one.
dark
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
Okay entertaining for sure and loved the backstory of the development of the games, the Capitol, and Snow but damnnnn my overall feeling is F U CORIOLANUS SNOW. the fact that Suzanne could keep me so engaged in a story about a dude who absolutely sucks is such a testament to her abilities as an author.