The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Wow, this book was SO hard to get into! I had to FORCE myself just to read 10 pages every night and, I can't lie, I finally just gave up and read some spoilers. And I'm pretty happy I did because the ending was altogether disappointing as well.

There were some things I liked about the book, like having it told from Coriolanus' point o fview. When we were first introduced to him, I was generally surprised that he seemed like such a “nice” guy and I was intrigued to see his fall from grace into villainy. However, all of this just seemed to get lost in his generally muddled thoughts and just left me confused. He is presented as this super smart, logical-to-the-point-of-cold guy (as we see him later in the Hunger games series) yet, his thoughts come across as meandering and pointless.

I wish I could have loved this, but I couldn't even finish it.