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A review by elizlizabeth
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I'm a huge Hunger Games fan, and I really wanted to like this book but honestly it felt endless. The minute Corolianus hops on that train after the HG ended I literally sighed out loud, I thought it was going to timeskip to like when Corolianus was an adult. In my opnion, there was a lot of unnecesary hurdles in Corolianus path that seemed to be there only to make the reader empathize out of pity because he never came out of them wiser or better or even worse given that it's a villain story.
Lucy and Corolianus' love story was utterly disturbing and it would've been much better if those two were best friends or something. The paralells between Lucy and Katniss were nailed over and over and I thought them meaningless to be honest, since there was never any kind of love tension/estranged family bond between Katniss and Snow in the original trilogy.
If anything I think this book made me dislike Coriolanus not as a character, but as a villain which is a shame because President Snow is one the scarier antagonists YA books have.
Lucy and Corolianus' love story was utterly disturbing and it would've been much better if those two were best friends or something. The paralells between Lucy and Katniss were nailed over and over and I thought them meaningless to be honest, since there was never any kind of love tension/estranged family bond between Katniss and Snow in the original trilogy.
If anything I think this book made me dislike Coriolanus not as a character, but as a villain which is a shame because President Snow is one the scarier antagonists YA books have.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship