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macklove184 's review for:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Suzanne Collins did a phenomenal job on this book! I’m a few years behind the trend of reading this one, but I loved and hated it!
As I got into the book, it was easy to lose that Coriolanus was President Snow. He was written so well! At no point did I feel the need to cheer for him or hope for a good outcome. Behind every good or nice thing he said was a thought or action that was awful or Capitol. I rolled my eyes when he claimed to love Lucy Gray and then put down the districts in the same breath.
I cheered for Lucy Gray through the whole book! That girl knew how to play the game and survive the things! I never felt like she was in love with Corio, but infatuated and hopeful.
The ending really got me. How could he just be so callous and only believe his own thoughts but not someone else’s actions or ideas? It truly made me despise the character more than Hunger Games (HG) did.
I loved all of the tie-in’s and explanations from HG to this one. At one point I rolled my eyes from a reference, but then it still felt that this was the history, and not just a “don’t forget, I wrote HG too!”
All in all, splendid! Can’t wait for SotR!
As I got into the book, it was easy to lose that Coriolanus was President Snow. He was written so well! At no point did I feel the need to cheer for him or hope for a good outcome. Behind every good or nice thing he said was a thought or action that was awful or Capitol. I rolled my eyes when he claimed to love Lucy Gray and then put down the districts in the same breath.
I cheered for Lucy Gray through the whole book! That girl knew how to play the game and survive the things! I never felt like she was in love with Corio, but infatuated and hopeful.
The ending really got me. How could he just be so callous and only believe his own thoughts but not someone else’s actions or ideas? It truly made me despise the character more than Hunger Games (HG) did.
I loved all of the tie-in’s and explanations from HG to this one. At one point I rolled my eyes from a reference, but then it still felt that this was the history, and not just a “don’t forget, I wrote HG too!”
All in all, splendid! Can’t wait for SotR!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism