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Coriolanus Snow's ambition serves to fuel him and competition drives him ever forward, but power always comes with a price . . .
Delivering a mesmerizing look into the life of Coriolanus Snow and the root causes of his villainous behavior, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes once again proves that Suzanne Collins is a master of fascinating world building set around complex characters who must grapple with the complications of chaos and control and their effects on human nature.
"It is a steep challenge to write a book whose hero is, everyone knows, destined to become deeply evil. Do we want to hear (now, after we know the endgame) that the young Voldemort was unfairly saddled with a demerit in class or that the adolescent Sauron fretted because he had to wear hand-me-down clothes? Yes, please." -- New York Times