Reviews

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

blossomin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

emdashx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

alliesbookshelf13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

valentine_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

kkaschak's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

saoirseluvr's review against another edition

4.5

“snow lands on top.” 

i’m literally shaking, he’s really the most awful, vile person to ever exist

thegeekgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

amyapple's review against another edition

3.0

This book wasn’t what I thought it would be and as much as an origin story goes it’s not great.

The last 10% pulled it into the 3 star mark for me.

For the most part, I really did not like Snow and although it explains his position and backstory for The Hunger Games, this book made him very bland.

Would have been nice to get the other characters views and to have them properly fleshed out but Collins didn’t bother and I must say they book felt like a cash grab than actual thought about origin story.

I did enjoy understanding why the Mockingjay and District 12 had such significance to Snow.

robotnik's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My sweet, stupid son Sejanus deserved so much better.

Fuck you, Snow lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

ari4napasiva's review against another edition

4.0

"Pero los sinsajos tenían algo que le repelía. Desconfiaba de su creación espontánea. La naturaleza sin control. Lo mejor era que murieran, y pronto."

"Podía sobrevolar el Distrito 12 todo lo que quisiera, que ni ella ni sus sinsajos volverían a representar una amenaza para él."

ES LITERATURAAA