A review by sam_gartley91
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this book and how it connects and explains things that lead to things happening in the original trilogy. Such wonderful descriptive writing! You both kind of feel for Snow but also really hate him. And you ultimately know where he ends up. But you still have that hope that he might change, that the circumstances might change him, that Lucy might change him!! He is such a narcissist but also blame the capital and his upbringing for making him this way. I’m glad he ultimately didn’t end up with Lucy because although he may have felt like he loved her, he just wanted control. Control so thus power over things was his main love and objective and motivator. And although we know he becomes the big bad you see him against the back drop of their poverty and the horrible adults in the school that make him look almost nice. There were definitely a lot of topics and discussion a that are brought up in this work of fiction that we as individuals and as a society really need to look in the mirror at and reflect on how they are similar to our current situations. This book at time reminds me 1984 with the constant war for the government to have control over the people. Definitely will ruminate on this one for a bit. I feel for Sajamus’s whole story line because he actively fought against it all and sadly believed Snow was his friend which contributed to his end… Felt for Tigeress too. Hoped she got a better life and learned beyond her situation. 
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