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

dark slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

first things first: f*ck snow! Lucy Gray and Sejanus deserved so much better and Snow deserved so much worse. I'm comforted by the fact that any good memories Snow had were tainted with Katniss's games. I know people hate that it tells Snow's story, BUT notice that Suzanne wrote this in THIRD person instead of the FIRST person of the trilogy. We're meant to get context through Snow but not sympathize or relate to him. This book really hit on the inherently good vs inherently evil debate of humanity and Suzanne did a beautiful job. Still mad at how good Snow ended up tho but it makes me root for Katniss more in the trilogy