

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Dystopian
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Suzanne Collins
Ambition will fuel him. Competition will drive him. But power has its price.It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
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Author
Suzanne Collins
Pages
528
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published Date
2020-05-19
ISBN
1338635182 9781338635188
Ratings
Google: 5
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"How did I not know this book existed? I read it as soon as I could. The only thing I wasn't a fan of was the third-person narrative, especially since The Hunger Games trilogy was in first-person. Other than that, it was good. I loved reading about the antagonist's past, yet this time around as the protagonist."
"Way too long. Most of the story dragged. Coriolanus’s character gave me whiplash. Lucy Gray was boring most of time. In fact, most of the characters and the plot were boring. However, loved the origin story for the things we see in the series proper. Wish it was more of that and not Snow’s monologue about how jealous he was of Billy Taupe and Lucy Gray’s former relationship."
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Zariah Grant
"This really makes you think about the complexity of humankind, and gives empathy for villians because there is a reason they act the way they do. It doesn't justify their actions, but let's you pick their brains to see that humanity is not so black or white (good or bad) but a spectrum. I'm upset I didn't read this sooner. As with the whole series, it is a must read. "