![]() ![]() ![]() Coriolanus and the remaining members of the family his grandmother, dubbed ‘The Grandma’am’, and crafty cousin Tigris, are facing starvation and bills for which they don’t have the money. ![]() At this time, the once mighty Snow family is swamped in poverty, while still desperately trying to remain on top. Snow’s story begins ten years after the higher class Capitol won the war against oppressed district rebels. In fact, the amount of empathy for him that is conjured, at least for the majority of the book, teaches that unfortunate circumstances can draw darker dominant traits in a rational personality in a bit over 500 pages. This new look on 18-year-old Coriolanus implores readers to see reasonable intentions and views going through his head. Readers of The Hunger Games will remember notorious ruler President Snow, bent on what feels like a personal vendetta against the lower class districts and their citizens. This flawlessly told ‘ballad’, as a prequel to bestselling series The Hunger Games by the same author, is heart wrenching to say the least, telling Coriolanus Snow’s history in a remarkable take on human nature, for new readers or fans of the original series. ![]() Suzanne Collins’s The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes is truly a tapestry of pain, ambition, competition and, ultimately, power. ![]()
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