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aftereliza 's review for:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.5 *
I thought it was an interesting take into the youth of President Snow and his ties to the Hunger Games, the beginnings of all the features that made the Hunger Games brutal and a never-ending cycle in the first book were very well executed and prepared and hinted towards.
I did find the "romance" between Lucy Gray and Snow a bit juvenile, unrealistic and their ending was rather sudden and unresolved. It may have echoed the Wordsworth poem but it seemed trite.
Other than that, I couldn't put it down, got invested in the relationships with the characters and the development of the Hunger Games.
I thought it was an interesting take into the youth of President Snow and his ties to the Hunger Games, the beginnings of all the features that made the Hunger Games brutal and a never-ending cycle in the first book were very well executed and prepared and hinted towards.
I did find the "romance" between Lucy Gray and Snow a bit juvenile, unrealistic and their ending was rather sudden and unresolved. It may have echoed the Wordsworth poem but it seemed trite.
Other than that, I couldn't put it down, got invested in the relationships with the characters and the development of the Hunger Games.