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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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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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Coriolanus release the fistful of cabbage into the pot of boiling water and swore that one day it would never pass his lips again.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

June 1, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The book begins with Coriolanus Snow, 18 year old son of a somewhat fallen house, in secondary academy 11 or so years after the big war. They are soon coming up to the tenth annual Hunger Games, which are not yet the Hunger Games we all know, but barely more than a joyless, punitive bloodbath. For the first time, members of the academy will be selected to act as mentors to the tributes (yes like Haymitch would become) to both promote and care for tributes. […]

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

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:303 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Suzanne Collins, the ballad of songbirds and snakes ·
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