A review by jem_ko
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

4.0

(no spoilers dw) the ending is such a lovely, if cliche, discussion of love, vulnerability and a solidifying of the tyrants view on the core of human nature. I understand how people might have disliked it but I think it is equally befitting. My only issues are that resolutions came almost too quickly after the final twist and that the parting words of the epilogue were just foreshadowing for the trilogy rather than a serious and unique conclusion. Nevertheless the book as a whole was a great character study [would love to see more of these for other characters actually] and the philosophical explorations made were extremely interesting (though slightly base level but that is understandable for YA).