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

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This surpassed all my expectations. I'm always a little skeptical when an author goes back to a series after so many years but I heard everywhere that this prequel was worth it. The character development especially was SO well-done, and tied into the complex plot, the cause-and-effect got so complicated that all I could do was appreciate the completely insane but realistic reaction to so much trauma. I now need to reread The Hunger Games because I don't how I could forget if all of Collins' books are this phenomenal.

(I apologize if this review kind of doesn't make sense, I am quite sleep-deprived because of school but also I could not put this book down tonight until I finished it.)
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