La Ballade du serpent et de l'oiseau chanteur (Hunger Games, #0)
Suzanne Collins
Dévoré d'ambition Poussé par la compétition Il va découvrir que la soif de pouvoir a un prix C'est le matin de la Moisson qui doit ouvrir la dixième édition annuelle des Hunger Games. Au Capitole, Coriolanus Snow, dix-huit ans, se prépare à devenir pour la première fois mentor aux Jeux. L'avenir de la maison Snow, qui a connu des jours meilleurs, est désormais suspendu aux maigres chances de Coriolanus. Il devra faire preuve de charme, d'astuce et d'inventivité pour faire gagner sa candidate. Mais le sort s'acharne. Honte suprême, on lui a confié le plus misérable des tributs : une fille du district Douze. Leurs destins sont désormais liés. Chaque décision peut les conduire à la réussite ou à l'échec, au triomphe ou à la ruine. Dans l'arène, ce sera un combat à mort. Pour assouvir son ambition, Coriolanus parviendra-t-il à réprimer l'affection grandissante qu'il ressent pour sa candidate, condamnée d'avance ?
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0The Hunger Games is one of these sagas that will always hold a special place in my heart. I read them pretty much when they came out in my language, and I remember binge-reading all of them and being so excited when they decided to make a movie out of it. So I don't really know why it took me so long to read this one (other than the fact I literally got the book 6 months ago...).
It was great. I was a bit scared before reading it. Scared that it wouldn't live up to the original trilogy, scared that it wouldn't be as good as I hoped it would be. Well, there were no reasons for me to worry in the end.
I don't know if I liked Snow in this book or not. For most of the book, I thought I did, until the last part or so of the book. I think Collins managed wonderfully to make us understand Snow's backstory, without making us love him or hate his past self (well, until the end of the book at least). I think it explained a lot of things, and I wonder how he would've turned out if he didn't meet Lucy Gray of if she didn't basically betray him . It actually explained so much about the main trilogy events that I might re-read them to see how it changes my perspective on the events.
I also liked how it shows the beginnings of what the Hunger Games would later be. It's like if this season shaped the Hunger Games, and all thanks to Coriolanus which was only a high schooler at the time. Even the tiniest things you never thought about before get a new meaning. It was really interesting !
The only thing I'm not sure to like is the ending. It honestly felt rush and I had to check online because I wasn't sure that I understood properly what happened with Lucy Gray. But it was unexpected for sure I was so convinced that Coriolanus was going to kill her that I actually felt relieved when I saw that she set up a trap and basically left him. Or maybe he actually killed her ? I don't know. See ? This ending is confusing. For me, she's alive and somewhere in the nature. But I don't think it's enough to make me remove 1 star.
The pacing was great, like the other books. I had a hard time putting it down.
It was a great prequel, if Suzanne Collins wants to write some more... please do !!
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