Might seem like a children story but it's so well done with so many magical and fantastic elements that go so well with the fairytale-type of 3.75/5 ⭐
Might seem like a children story but it's so well done with so many magical and fantastic elements that go so well with the fairytale-type of story. Dare I say it was even a little bit dark? Yes. And I enjoyed it!...more
For someone whose first ever bought-with-her-own-money books were the Hunger Games, it was obvious that one way or another I would also read t3.45/5 ⭐
For someone whose first ever bought-with-her-own-money books were the Hunger Games, it was obvious that one way or another I would also read this prequel to the story that helped me get into reading. However, I cannot say I am entirely pleased with it.
In a way, it did feel like lore. The Hunger Games lore. Even though yeah, I know, it was happening before the story we all know with Katniss and Peeta. But it still showed you the legacy the main series represents because, during the 10th Hunger Games edition, so many rules have been installed—the culprit: Coriolanus Snow.
I despise Snow in the main series and I despise him in this book so this was from the beginning going to be tough for me to get through. I did enjoy the story and the atmosphere, I got mad at so many injustices, but Snow as a main character was still a big fat no. I did like some other characters, like the District 12 tribute, Lucy Gray, and Snow's cousin, Tigris. But no, not Snow, no way.
I also didn't like the fact that this was dragging the story unnecessarily. The whole thing could've been much more compact and at least 100 pages shorter, in my opinion. Some chapters simply elongated the agony that should've been much tenser in a cinematic way. Because, all in all, this is a very cinematic story. And that's one of the best parts of it, the ability to imagine it like a movie, simply playing before your mind's eye.
I wish I liked this one more. It was good and I was excited about it, I was even willing to go past my dislike for Snow. But it lacked something on one side and it was too full of something else on the other. Maybe I would've personally liked shorter chapters filled with build-up and more rapid-fire events, to not be able to catch my breath. Or more political schemes from behind the scenes.
This is definitely my favourite of the three, mostly because it had an ending I was expecting and, in a way, prayed for, i could actually see a b4/5 ⭐
This is definitely my favourite of the three, mostly because it had an ending I was expecting and, in a way, prayed for, i could actually see a bit of character development there and the action was far more enjoyable, but I still believe something is missing from the narrative that I cannot really pinpoint. Even so, an enjoyable read....more
This was definitely better than the first book. Somehow the construction of the characters was a little less messy, the whole action was more 3.75/5 ⭐
This was definitely better than the first book. Somehow the construction of the characters was a little less messy, the whole action was more composed and the mystery just kept deepening. I enjoyed this quite a lot, even though I am not Tella's biggest fan. And I feel like I will probably never be....more
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