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A review by authoralexashay
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I didn't love this book as much as all the others in the series (I read Sunrise on the Reaping first) and I don't think I was supposed to. I loved how much more depth it added to the rest of the books, but I found Snow so unlikeable that it was hard to read sometimes. But again, you weren't supposed to like him.
I've heard other people say this book humanizes him and I respectfully disagree. It shows, to me, how entitled and selfish he was even as a youth. He was a monster waiting to be unleashed.
The writing was, as always, superb.
I've heard other people say this book humanizes him and I respectfully disagree. It shows, to me, how entitled and selfish he was even as a youth. He was a monster waiting to be unleashed.
The writing was, as always, superb.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism