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

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This one is so long and so slow. I also hate unlikable characters. Like, we know who President Snow is. This is his origin story and the story of the Hunger Games. It is truly awful (the concepts not the book/series) and so blood curdling that I didn't really want to read this. There are truly no redeeming qualities to Coriolanus Snow and it takes 517 pages to tell you that. The history, backstory, and call backs were great. I loved that and hate Snow