Jazmin’s Reviews > The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes > Status Update

BUT his inner psyche is very problematic nevertheless. although his experience as a child in the capitol is very interesting and shows the complexity of children in panem since he obviously is not living a promised lavish life, but that not does diminish his privilege. i think we see more about how careless the govt is in panem and how propaganda is ruinous to society. thank you!

even if he is capitol born, there is something different about him but ultimately we know his end fate as capitol snow. his empathetic portrayals are very powerful and poignant to the plot. when he shares his trauma and experiences from the war and thereafter poverty his humility resurfaces. those confessions make him the most human to me and i forget he’s a capitol citizen in those moments.

nevertheless, i of course love collin’s writing and after reading more about the grotesque theory i am sooo into THG. i have a love hate feeling for coriolanus: he’s likeable and empathetic, but his title and capitol status feeds into arrogance so much and it’s frustrating. his mind is infiltrated with capitol propaganda, and his need to one up everyone is exhausting. although he is very relatable and kind.

i am actually so bad at reading this book. i bought it august 2025 and i still have not finished. i started last summer but fell off because of school; then tried again in winter but stopped because of school; and NOW im in my summer semester and im trying to read it. it’s my goal to read this one and the new one before the new movie comes out in november.

i stopped reading for a week, but i’m picking up again and trying to finish before school. we really get to see inside the capitol more and how they traumatize and humiliate the youth which is interesting. i like lucy and coryo’s relationship but i don’t understand how it’ll go further. the more i empathize with snow i less and less understand him.