ericasbookshelves 's review for:

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

3.0

emotional 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

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I truly think that we just did not need this book at all, I’ll also be the first to say that I wasn’t anticipating this book and originally had no plans on reading it. My initial thoughts pre release were that I didn’t want to read a book about Snow and I wasn’t interested in a book where we were supposed to empathize with him. And my feelings post book are the same. I thought his back story was semi interesting but it’s really hard to get into or feel for the characters when you go in already hating one of them, and it gets even harder when your other lead isn’t one you love either. At points the writing was really engaging but at others I found it very hard to pay attention and felt things lagged. Overall, I think there were some really cool references and thoughts proposed in the story and I’m not mad I read it but I also don’t think it’s one that I’ll find myself thinking of like the original trilogy