1800jay 's review for:

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

4.5

challenging dark reflective tense medium-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

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Reading all of Snow's thoughts is anything but pleasant and regularly left me feeling so uncomfortable and disgusted. 
I'm more than ever concerned about anyone shipping Snow with Lucy Gray or Sejanus.
Sejanus deserved better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Grief