Julia reviewed The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
My review of this bird and snake book
1 star
Was not necessary to be written. No one needs to develop empathy for someone as horrible as Snow.
Suzanne Collins: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel) (2021, Scholastic)
528 pages
English language
Published Nov. 27, 2021 by Scholastic.
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.
Was not necessary to be written. No one needs to develop empathy for someone as horrible as Snow.