The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

A Hunger Games Novel

De: Suzanne Collins

Narrado por: Santino Fontana

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute...and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

©2020 Suzanne Collins (P)2020 Scholastic Inc.

Narration not good- turn up speed.

While the story is, as expected, good, the narrator is pretty disappointing. Up the speed to 1.1- it helps.

Riveting Prequel to the Hunger Games

If you’re anything like me, you’ve read the hunger games multiple times! This prequel focuses on how Snow became Snow. Taking a look at Coriolanus Snow’s youth as a mentor in the 10th Hunger Games to a girl from District 12. The entire time listening, I was making connections with the later books and interpreting a different dynamic between what will become President Snow and Katniss Everdeen’s relationship.
Both satisfying and tragic, this book left me only wanting more!

good book bad reading

the guy who reads this does the womens voices horribly and I feel like the cadence is off with his interpretation of the dialog.

Loved it..

I liked this book so much. The narrator is great for the POV he is portraying. I wish they had gotten a girl to play Lucy and sing her songs but that’s just my opinion. Otherwise, this book and the reading of it is great.

Very well done

I was hesitant to listen to this book, since I didn’t understand how a follow-up to the hunger games could be any good, especially a prequel. A family member really wanted it, though, so I got it for them and decided to listen to it too. I was pleasantly surprised about how much I liked it.

Narrators a bit dry

Speeding up to 1.1 helps a lot with the pacing and weirdly feels more natural for this narrators monotone reading, he does a fine job I think he’s just reading a bit slow ...maybe for accuracy?

Good story; bad narration

The narrator is terrible at character voices and the editing was weird. One sentence would sound like it was recorded at different times.

If you like The Hunger Games trilogy...

...then this is a no-brainer. I’m not sure why all the hate for Santino Fontana, the narration is just fine and he transparently blends himself into the story as a good narrator should. Very interesting getting to know some of the background behind President Snow’s character.

Dark but Compelling

Too much whining from the main character.
Gets pretty dark.
Definitely not one to finish right before bedtime.
It is well written and compelling though. I guess it was the type of story she wanted to write. But the other Hunger Games books left some slight feeling of human warmth and redemption. This one leaves you feeling empty and hopeless. Good thing there's hope in Jesus in real life! Shew. If they make it into a movie I'll have a hard time not watching it. But shew! I'll probably cry and have nightmares after.

so great

this was an amazing addition to the hunger games it adds some amazing background