RIP Peeta Mellark, he would have finessed the “cake or not”challenge

I just finished reading The ballad of songbirds and snakes. IM NOT OKAY.

Anyways here is a little revieuw or whatever

⚠️SPOILERS AHEAD⚠️

This book was so good. In the beginning I had some trouble to get into the story, but soon I was in love with the story. I loved Lucy Gray’s character immidiatly. I loved the story. It was such an emotional rollercoaster. I was sure Lucy Gray was gonna die, and so I was very happy to see her win the Hunger Games.

After the Hunger Games, I was very confused. There where so many pages left?? What could possibly be on those pages?? Well, it was a giant plottwist. I did not expect Coriolanus to have to go to District 12, and I was very confused. When Sejanus showed up at the peacekeeper base I got very happy, cuz I love his character. And then, the reunion between Lucy Gray and Coriolanus. I love their relationship (or at least what it was at that moment) and I was very happy to see them reunited.

THEN.

I WAS SO HEARTBROKEN WHEN SEJANUS DIED. IT WAS NOT FAIR. AND THE FACT THAT HIS LAST WORDS WERE “MA!” IS EVEN SADDER. AND THAT LUCY GRAY AND CORIOLANUS WERE WATCHING AND EVERYTHING AND- AAAH.

Then it became very confusing (again). I have no idea who was good and who was bad in the end. Did Lucy Gray betray Coriolanus? Or did she flee, scared of what he had done? I have no idea.

Also the true meaning of the hanging tree song is so sad aaaah

ANYWAYSSSS I REALLY ENJOYED IT OT WAS AN AWESOME BOOK AMD I REALLY RECOMMEND IT !

Tom Blyth (27) as Coriolanus Snow (18)

Rachel Zegler(21)as Lucy Gray Baird (16)

Josh Andrés Rivera (27) as Sejanus Plinth (18)

Ashley Liao (20) as Clemensia Dovecote (18)

Aamer Husain (24) as Felix Ravinstill (18)

Jerome Lance (21) as Marcus (18)

Knox Gibson (14) as Bobbin (12-18)

Mackenzie Lansing (23) as Coral (12-18)

may-grant:

okay the ballad of songbirds and snakes spoilers:

1. i just KNEW sejanus wasnt gonna make it from the minute we met him based on how we already know what the capitol does to people it deems are rebels which he clearly was… but it still hurted tho

2. the whole time that dr. gaul was trying to “teach” snow why they do the hunger games i was waiting for him to talk about providing “hope” to the districts since that was what he talked to katniss about and i thought is what he used to justify the games

3. i ~like the theory that maude ivory is katniss’s grandma but i feel like if she was she def would have known who lucy gray baird was and that she was the victor of the 10th hunger games but maybe thats just me

overall 13/10 book and while not a super action based read it was still one of the best books ive ever read

okay but maude ivory could’ve decided to never utter lucy gray’s name to her descendants because she remembered lucy gray and the peacemaker who followed her to district 12. she could’ve connected lucy gray’s disappearance to snow’s gradual rise in power. she remembered how lucy gray’s name was called at the reaping because the mayor held a grudge against her. imagine if her children ran around talking about a girl the capitol swore to forget about. it would’ve been considered an act of rebellion and a sure way to get her family killed. if she is katniss’ grandmother she could’ve made sure nobody remembered lucy gray but allowed her music to live on as her legacy

Some ballad of songbirds and snakes hot takes;

So uh… Lucy Gray Baird. She was VeryManic pixie dream girl™️. I get this portrayal of her was from Snow’s POV, and the sort of twisted way he sees her, but it still irked me. I am tired of female characters w this trope.

I didn’t see a lot of depth to her and all of the characters really fell flat for me tbh. None of the characters were really memorable, like so many of the supporting characters in THG had been.

There’s a lot i didnt enjoy in this novel and lord did it drag on. There was too much unnecessary singing too imo. I felt like i was watching a musical lol. (there was a lot of unnecessary things in this novel, period)

I hate to say this, but I feel like the quality of her writing in this prolouge is a step down from the original trilogy. I don’t think she did herself much of a favour having written it in the third person, either.

THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES FILM UPDATE:

Tom Blyth has been cast as Coriolanus Snow!!