A review by aaambi17
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes creates an incredible situation in which to question the state of civilization vs nature; how we as humans war with that, and more subtly, a showcase of how war makes victims of everyone involved. How it influences different reactions — because to some extent we are products of our circumstance, and how despite all conditions, we remain the keepers of some form of agency via our choices even if they don’t bring out the better in us. 
All in all, an incredible prequel to an incredible series which only furthers the world building & the complicated structure of Panem’s society. 
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