The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) in Pick-a-Shelf

Aug 20, 2020 Carrie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, dystopia

So I finished this last night. I didn't hate it.

When I first started, I had to set it down for a moment because I was going into this novel with the wrong thoughts. I knew it had mixed reviews and that there are some who hated it. I kept myself free from the reviews because I didn't want another persons thoughts to cloud mine.

Also I had mixed thoughts going in because why Snow?
Why did this guy need a back story of all the characters that Suzanne Collins could have picked to have a back story ...more

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Mar 19, 2021 Joanna rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, audiobooks, fantasy-sci-fi, dystopia, lexile-800, pas-mm-2021, 2021-read, rws-2021-spring

Do you like your characters simple? Do you like them to have either stupid motivations or completely non-believable ones? Do you like completely ridiculous romance with no chemistry? If so, this is the book for you.

Collins is a talented writer with interesting things to say about how people respond to pressure. The original Hunger Games trilogy was somewhat lacking on believable world-building, but did such a great job of creating suspense and clever interactions that I was willing to forgive a ...more

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Apr 21, 2022 Catsalive rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2022

Ugh! So awful. There was a lot to be irritated with in the Hunger Games trilogy, but at least it was a good story. This mess is incredibly boring & so very long, it could easily have lost half & been a better book for it. I don't care about Snow's motivations, he was a villain then & a villain now. ...more

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Oct 26, 2020 Lorna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-romance, sci-fi, young-adult, dystopia

The backstory of President Snow and the Hunger Games is quite brilliant.

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Jun 09, 2020 Tara rated it it was amazing

To be honest, i was not sure how i was going to feel about this book. I was worried that i could not be drawn into snow’s story. Thankfully, i was surprised and happy to be wrong. I loved learning more about Snow’s history and the history behind the games. It made me remember the original stories and added background information that helped me understand his interest in Katniss and why he was so against her winning the games and also why he was so obsessed with her proving her love to Peeta. Wou ...more

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