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Stop trying to make known villains into troubled protagonists

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

January 27, 2021 by Caitlin_D 1 Comment

I don’t know why I read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes other than the fact I am a completionist and it is officially part of The Hunger Games trilogy because it is a pet peeve of mine when authors play revisionist history within their canon. Our protagonist is Coriolanus Snow, a Capital resident who is finishing up high school and tapped to mentor in the 10th annual Hunger Games. On the line as a mentor is the opportunity to attend the University on a scholarship and while […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, The Hunger Games

Caitlin_D's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, The Hunger Games ·
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Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

December 29, 2020 by Caitycat Leave a Comment

When I heard that Suzanne Collins was writing a prequel to the Hunger Games, I was excited. What would we get to see? Haymitch’s times in the arena? A view into another district? The times before the war? There were so many exciting possibilities to choose from. When I found out it would be about a young President Snow, I was disappointed. We don’t really need to know more about him because we know he is the worst, and we don’t really need to hear […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: cbr12, Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, YA, Young Adult

Caitycat's CBR12 Review No:13 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: cbr12, Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, YA, Young Adult ·
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Hard to really make a successful prequel, and this book doesn’t change my opinion of that.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) by Suzanne Collins

October 14, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

I gave in to my curiosity despite knowing this probably would not be a satisfying read, and it went about as well as I expected it to. A misfire for me. (I was going to round up to three stars, but one thing annoyed me a great deal even beyond what I expected, so rounding down to two.) I really wasn’t going to read this*, but then I read in several reviews that part of it was about how the Hunger Games itself evolved and […]

Filed Under: Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Dystopian, narfna, Prequels, Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, The Hunger Games, Young Adult

narfna's CBR12 Review No:142 · Genres: Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Dystopian, narfna, Prequels, Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, The Hunger Games, Young Adult ·
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How to wrestle some success from a dress, a snake and a song.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

August 22, 2020 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR12 BINGO: Green Square A book about the making of a narcissistic, ruthless and calculating leader is either the most perfect book to be reading right now or the worst. I really can’t decide. In Collins’ prequel to her Hunger Games series, the games are pretty primal. The district tributes aren’t all dolled up, given a backstory, housed in elaborate apartments or fed extravagant buffets. They are kept in a cage at the zoo until they are dumped into a war torn arena to duke it out. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Fiction, Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

Leedock's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr12, cbr12bingo, Fiction, Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins ·
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Snow Dice

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

July 23, 2020 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

For my first CBR Bingo read, I choose the ‘UnCannon’ card (a book not written by an old white man) and eagerly started Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games prequel: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. The book follows the final teenage years of the future President Snow’s life. Remember him? The evil villain who taunted and terrorised young Katniss Everdeen in the original Hunger Games trilogy? This book attempts to answer the question that nobody asked: what was Coriolanus Snow like as a young man? Well, for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #YAFiction, cbr12bingo, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, UnCannon, YA

Caesar's Wife's CBR12 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #YAFiction, cbr12bingo, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, UnCannon, YA ·
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