Sorry for the delay my lovely readers! I planned to read the entire book in one or two readings, but life had other plans for me this last week. Between yesterday and today I did read about 6 hours worth (with distractions) while playing catch up! As promised though I have provided a lovely, fairly short review.
The backstory of Coriolanuns Snow was intriguing. I think everyone that loved "The Hunger Games" will enjoy reading "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." There are a lot of Easter eggs for the later books that were super fun to look for. My favorite part was spotting all the different surnames that come up later in the series. Suzanne Collins does a wonderful job of building upon the character of Snow that we all love and hate. Without giving details or large spoilers I'll share a few more minor things we learn. We learn how the Hunger Games actually started then evolved and where Snow's affinity for using poison comes from. I'm afraid there isn't a lot more I can say without providing a lot of plot spoilers, but the read is well worth it for the backstory. Especially when you start seeing all the possible connections between Snow and Katniss.
I found the latter half of the novel a harder read. When we reached Part II the story picked up, but then it slowed down a lot. The plot at times became a little more predictable. I was able to binge all of Part II in two day, but I really struggled tonight finishing it. The first half of the book was an excellent read. Collins built the world pf Panem and the Capital a lot in that section.
"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" will make you want to re-read all of "The Hunger Games" to see what new discoveries you make. I know I will be. Who know? Maybe that will be an entirely different post if I can find additional Easter eggs.
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