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on September 16, 2024

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Last week, I had nothing to do for my blogpost, so I decided to speedread The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes , which I'd started, but never finished. However, I liked the main Hunger Games series, so I had high expectations. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes met most of them, but had a few flaws. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to the Hunger Games series, set from the point of view of a much younger Coriolanus Snow, during the 10th Hunger Games. At this point in the Hunger Games, they choose mentors from the Capitol to mentor the tributes, and Coriolanus, desperate to raise his status, hopes for a tribute from the stronger districts. However, he is chosen to mentor the girl from District 12, the poorest district. Coriolanus decides to go and meet his tribute, Lucy Gray. When he arrives, he sees that she isn't as weak as she seems and is very smart. With her powerful singing voice, she is a very popular tribute, but she also is dangerous. To try and get more...

The Remarried Empress: A Not-So-Great Webtoon

The Remarried Empress : A Not-So-Great Webtoon Author: Sarah Bijoy The Remarried Empress, a webcomic, is about an empress, Navier, who was basically perfect: beautiful, intelligent, and amazing at running her kingdom alongside her perfect husband, whom she had been friends with since childhood, and had a great relationship with. Or so she thought. However, one day, when her husband brings home a mistress, everything changes. Her husband, Sovieshu, demands a divorce, and Navier obliges, but she also requests… a remarriage. Characters: Navier - Empress Sovieshu - Emperor Rashta - Mistress Heinrey - Emperor of a different kingdom who Navier wants to (WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD) This webtoon started out great. We got to see how Navier enacted her revenge against her cheating husband. When Navier finally got remarried, I was happy for her and how things turned out for her. However, I couldn’t hate Rashta. Rashta was a poor girl sold into slavery by her father. She eventually fell in love ...

Coriolanus Snow: My Favorite Villian

By Sarah Bijoy If you’ve read the Hunger Games trilogy, you know Coriolanus Snow, the President of Panem, the evil dictator who oversaw the Hunger Games. But Snow wasn’t just a villain, he was a good villain, and his backstory in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes makes him a more interesting character. (WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!) In The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Snow goes to District 12 to be a peacekeeper. While he’s in District 12, he meets the mockingbirds, which mimic voices exactly, and mockingjays, which can mimic tunes after hearing them almost perfectly. He ends up hating them, calling them an abomination. He petitions to kill them all, and his request is approved. At the end of book, mockingbirds carry the sound of his lover’s voice around him, causing him to absolutely detest them and their counterparts, mockingjays. In the Hunger Games, Katniss is known as the mockingjay, which is a nice element since Snow hates those birds. In The Ballad of Songbirds ...

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