My Thoughts on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
My Thoughts on The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes A chaotic and disorganized review Pass me the posca because it is time to relive the obsession a select number of us experienced between 2012 and 2015 when The Hunger Games movies came out. With the release of The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, which I will be referring to as BOSBAS, and the trailer for its movie adaptation, I, like many other Hunger Games fans, felt the intense desire to get my hands on my nearest copy of the prequel. Lucky for me, a dear friend lent me hers. Shout-out to Moyra. I hunched over that book for hours as it slipped in and out of its black and green dust jacket. I hate dust jackets, but that’s not the point. I read, consumed, and digested each word. The internal monologue that echoed behind the reading voice in my head kept saying, “Brilliant! This is brilliant! Suzanne Collins is so smart! She’s a genius! Am I starting to like President Snow?” Now, I know what you’re th...