Lucy is everything that haymitch wanted katniss to be in the games.
@kikifox71114 жыл бұрын
So true!! She is Kantniss’ complete opposite!
@debbielawrence20384 жыл бұрын
Absolutely true 😂
@luciavillan4 жыл бұрын
So truee
@mareeahmat66663 жыл бұрын
OMG UR RIGHT!! I never thought of it that way!!
@dckomiko13704 жыл бұрын
Before the book was released, many fans clinged to the possibility of "Snow is a real hero". I admired Suzzane Collins cleverness, Instead of making him a hero she showed us who he really was all along. It's "Coriolanus Snow".. don't expect a happy ending. Cunning, shrewd and ambitious.. a man who will choose power over love. For a villain's life, this book is a masterpiece.
@thenextwritedream15804 жыл бұрын
He’s the ultimate slytherin!
@iannetwork59244 жыл бұрын
That ending made me so sad 😭
@vickiolson30244 жыл бұрын
the little easter eggs in this book was more satisfying than those soap cutting videos
@janedelaney13914 жыл бұрын
Yass
@carolinemiller11194 жыл бұрын
best comment!! i so agree
@gabriellaroth23314 жыл бұрын
I got so freaking excited when they mentioned the lamb stew with plums. I don’t know why that particular one, but it just made me happy😂
@Greentealiesel4 жыл бұрын
@@gabriellaroth2331 YESSSSSSS
@shadowthehedgehog1814 жыл бұрын
Ballad of Birds and Snakes vs 1000 degree knife
@haileyrose54734 жыл бұрын
I wish the epilogue was Snow in the trilogy seeing Katniss for the first time and the actual epilogue thing be chapter 31.
@ashlyntaylor10654 жыл бұрын
ugh that would’ve been so good!!
@broadwaybound1214924 жыл бұрын
YES YES YES I really wanted some kind of connection to the original trilogy
@erwater184 жыл бұрын
I’m hoping she writes another book...she still has so much room to do so and end it exactly that way
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
Erin Kappel I’m pretty sure she will.
@dreamydonno4 жыл бұрын
At the end of the book, Snow still thinks 13 isn't around so I would love to see him learn about that in another book and then we can still have that opportunity 🤣
@kikifox71114 жыл бұрын
My two favorite theories that could actually be accurate: 1. Maude Ivory is Katniss Grandmother Reasons: Katniss knows these songs of the Covey, they live in the same area of the seam, Katniss dad was a wonderful singer, Katniss‘ dad showed her the exact same lake the covey liked to go to, Maude Ivory knew the Katniss Roots and Katniss‘ dad once told her about them 2. Lucy Gray made her way to district 13 Reasons: she is to good to be shot by Snow, could not live alone for a long time in the woods because she needs social contacts, is brave enough to make it till District 13, she is a mystery just as her song says, I don‘t believe in the theory that says Lucy Gray is president Coin for obvious reasons
@joshhart22054 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree with both of these. So glad to see that someone else shares my district 13 theory because Lucy is too strong to let snow win in the end
@lily-gm5ot4 жыл бұрын
wait you’re on to something
@annagarza86494 жыл бұрын
OMG! You just said exactly what I'm thinking!!! I really think Maude Ivory married a Everdeen and had Katniss's Father. They are the only ones who probably knew Deep in the Meadow and they are probably the only ones who remember the Hanging Tree. I'm iffy about the whole Lucy Gray being President Coin thing but I think I'm leaning towards she's not. She would never try and create another Hunger Games in my opinion.
@ninjaproskills00774 жыл бұрын
Anna oh dang that was my “theory”. It wasn’t really a theory but I hoped that was true. That Lucy Gray Baird became Alma Coin
@livmaddie81104 жыл бұрын
ninja proskills007 the age wouldn’t match up. Coin looked a lot younger then snow. He was like 82 when the first hunger games book came out, in the ballad of songbirds and snakes he is 18 and and she was 16 so she would be like 80. The age just wouldn’t match up. I thought it at first but then I realized the age doesn’t match up.
@haileyrose54734 жыл бұрын
Peyton: 35:41 “I love Sejanus!!” Me: oh gosh girl you got a big thing coming!
@krsvicamusvica4534 жыл бұрын
I cried for 30 minutes
@simpsundae4 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I was thinking
@aarya14674 жыл бұрын
😬
@elenathegreat4 жыл бұрын
21:50 there was a line that had "catching fire" in it and I SCREAMED. Suzanne's mind, her power
@novelsbymc34484 жыл бұрын
elenathegreat omg yes i caught that too!
@amyv93124 жыл бұрын
the dutch book is just called “flames” (vlammen in dutch but whatever) so I missed the line😭😭🥺
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
“That’s just the kind of story that catches fire.” -The Grandma’am! ARGH I FRICKIN LOVE IT
@sophishbowl4 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else notice that the capitol dragging the dead and battered tributes through the streets at the funerals was probably the origin of the tribute parade👀
@heidiroberts48214 жыл бұрын
a PREQUELL to their death
@jalencraig36834 жыл бұрын
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING TOO!!
@erinalysa864 жыл бұрын
Wooahh
@pepethefrog24 жыл бұрын
oh myyy
@carolinemiller11194 жыл бұрын
oh my god i don’t notice 💀
@CherryAngel954 жыл бұрын
Lucy Gray is definitely related to Katniss. Through Maude Ivory I’m guessing
@melyibarra8094 жыл бұрын
Yeaaah i think the same thing!
@unlikelyaspy234 жыл бұрын
I was expecting Lucy and snow to have a kid but that didn’t happen and snow still turned into the weasel that he is. At one point I was rooting for them then realized that he wasn’t good
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
@@unlikelyaspy23 I thought it was gonna be like star wars
@courtneycummins68884 жыл бұрын
I agree... I believe she married a man and had Katniss's dad passing the song along
@mareeahmat66663 жыл бұрын
Omg I think so too!!
@erjhon14 жыл бұрын
SEJANUS PLINTH IS EVERYTHING! 😭🕊🐍
@lelecouffaine994 жыл бұрын
RIP Sejanus 😢
@Olivia-xz1yr4 жыл бұрын
ma! ma! ma! ma! ma! I cried
@erjhon14 жыл бұрын
@@Olivia-xz1yr omg you didn't... tears everywhere! 💔
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
EJ De Joseph I HATE SEJANUS FOR TELLING SNOW! HOW THE ACTUAL FCK DID HE HOT REALISE CORIOLANUS GOING “HEY JABBERJAY FKN RECORD BRO!”
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
Lucy gray deserves someone like sejanus, maybe Mr. Everdeen had the luck to marry her
@novelsbymc34484 жыл бұрын
The hunger games = 3 Words. Catching fire = 2 Words. Mockingjay = 1 word. 3+2+1=6. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes= 6 Words.
@ninjaproskills00774 жыл бұрын
novels by mc bruhhhhhhhh 😮😮😮😯😵😵😵😵😵😲😲😲😲😲😲😬😬😬😬
@josie68744 жыл бұрын
or maybe it’s saying we’ll get 2 more books 🤔 (5 & 4)
@kikifox71114 жыл бұрын
Still wondering why we didn‘t get the story of Tigris and Snow and why she hates him so much in the original triology! I mean there must have been more than just her recognizing that Coriolanus is a bastard when she obviously hates him so much that she sympathized with the rebellion in Mockingjay!! Would love to know why!
@elizabethholly96254 жыл бұрын
Well guessing since Snow only really loved power, maybe he betrayed Tigris when he became president or maybe she found out about what happened back at district 12. But honestly tho really wish Collins explained that bit in the book.
@kikifox71114 жыл бұрын
xXSkyXx yeah but I think there must be more than that, she literally hates him and is more than only disappointed or a little mad! In the end of the book she still loves him, so it must have come later on, but wish the book would tell us more about it!!
@debbielawrence20384 жыл бұрын
I feel like Coriolanus chose a path where he doesn't want to feel weakened by emotions whatsoever that he chooses to marry Livia Cardew of all the people in the world. Maybe he detached himself from Tigris even turned on her (years after she became a stylist in the games) but I just wonder.. Hope Suzanne Collins tells us about that in some interview or something !!
@debbielawrence20384 жыл бұрын
He even throws down his mom's powder and the photographs of his family into the trash- like the soft sides of him are buried and he just takes his father's compass- like taking up his father's legacy- the unemotional parent with whom he never connected.
@Nashrah4224 жыл бұрын
That's what I was just wondering about. Wish that the reason was part of the book. * Whelp *
@thenextwritedream15804 жыл бұрын
I want a Haymitch book...because Haymitch (maybe with a tiny cameo appearance by Effie as a kid)
@graceeddleman5744 жыл бұрын
Also the Valley song that Peeta talks about hearing Katniss sing when she was like 6 was sung out by Lucy Gray and I just loved that reference.
@tacopanda21684 жыл бұрын
Grace Eddleman O.M.G your right!!!!!
@erin.mccahill4 жыл бұрын
🐍🐍🐍 There we’re so many details in this book like names of Crane, Heavensbee and Flickerman. I also 100% believe that Maude Ivory is Katnisses grandmother as there was so much of her included in the story as well as so many clues like the songs, the lake and the name. I also think it’s cool that Covey means a flock or small group of birds. Love your vids :)))
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
Also “Cardew”
@Whatever-de9jb2 жыл бұрын
@@lucygraybaird6752 Wait who was Cardew in the original trilogy?
@Summerstrider Жыл бұрын
@@Whatever-de9jb Fulvia Cardew
@asparagusisreading4 жыл бұрын
I think we both agree Suzanne is BRILLIANT at dropping hints and references to the trilogy. Those moments in the book I was like “👀did she just... oooooo is that there parent? WAIT I KNOW THAT NAME!” 🐍🐍🐍
@Le_re11024 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad that you really liked this book, I’ve seen a lot of negative stuff so it’s nice to find someone who really enjoyed it! One of the things that stood out to me and really angered me was Snow’s treatment of the Plinth family after Sejanus’ death. When he’s planning on sending Ma a letter of condolence his first thought is if she’ll still send him cookies. Also in the epilogue it says that the Plinths took him under their wing and helped him and his family financially which really highlights how he only does things for his own gain. These are the parents of the boy who Snow basically killed (a boy who called Snow his brother) and he shows very little remorse in the epilogue and focused on his financial gain from the situation. Loved the video 🐍🐍
@Nut_Meg1014 жыл бұрын
I loved the book!
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
This book is the best because I’m in the book!
@hannahnoel30354 жыл бұрын
Honestly it made me sick, but I did realize that Ma and Tigris would have each other. Tigris needs a mom, and Ma needs someone to care for.
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
Hannah Noel nah. Ma and Strabo needed someone to LIVE for as stated in the Epilogue
@celina-xz4pt4 жыл бұрын
I can also definitely see why people don’t like this book. There is no romance to root for, like we had with Peeta and Katniss, nor is there the familiarity of the games that we knew. But to see Snow’s mindset and how he morphed into who he is today, was SO interesting and, I think, important to read about. The little easter eggs that Collins dropped, like the katniss roots and the origin of the songs we know and love, were so clever and satisfying to read about! So while I can understand why people may not like this, I certainly loved it for what it was meant to be!
@slothahontas4 жыл бұрын
I think in the Catching Fire book Katniss is watching recordings of the old Hunger Games, including Haymitch’s game, but realizes there is a space missing for a game. No doubt that game would be the 10th Hunger Games and that is an amazing detail that we see when the 10th Hunger Games footage is all destroyed. Does anyone else remember this?
@celina-xz4pt4 жыл бұрын
I do remember this! Did collins write that with plans for this book in the future? Or did she play on what she wrote in the past🧐🤔
@AidenGoode0044 жыл бұрын
@@celina-xz4pt It's been 10 years so I'd say the latter. Still a cool detail though!
@RegencyLady-ho2ik4 жыл бұрын
@@AidenGoode004 it could be but I do write my own books, not yet published but I have extra details in mind that never make it to the page. So it could be either.
@nathangomatos78124 жыл бұрын
I thought like they were unable to save the records for the first games
@ashlyntaylor10654 жыл бұрын
whoah i didn’t even realize this!!!
@daniellenitkewicz40654 жыл бұрын
Sejanus literally has to be Peeta's like cousin or something. they are both so selfless
@mafer54784 жыл бұрын
YEAH!!!!!!! I thought that,too
@kikifox71114 жыл бұрын
Veery unlikely because he is from 2 but it‘s kinda true but am I really the only one who doesn’t like Sejanus that much? Don‘t even know why he is just somehow a little dumb and naive idk
@aarya14674 жыл бұрын
I just completed the book and even a mention of his name almost makes me cry
@heatherL48344 жыл бұрын
@@kikifox7111 You aren't the only one. I wanted him to be slicker or something. He had a good heart but not a lot of common sense.
@islamclintock46344 жыл бұрын
I would love it if Suzanne Collins wrote a book from Finnicks perspective focusing on his Hunger Games.
@islamclintock46344 жыл бұрын
or from Johannas perspective
@viragpapp28094 жыл бұрын
I would love a Finnick book as well, but maybe rather his backstory as a Capitol darling already, or his story with Annie. A book about his Games would be kinda repetitive imo
@thenextwritedream15804 жыл бұрын
I want a Haymitch book...because Haymitch (maybe with a tiny cameo appearance by Effie as a kid)
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
Virág Papp yeah I would like a book from Finnick’s perspective AFTER he won the Games during the years where the Capitol fawned over him
@vibecheck52414 жыл бұрын
I loved how each of the tributes had a name
@reina47704 жыл бұрын
katniss was so bad at names lmao
@chahdmachkour82584 жыл бұрын
I feel like suzanne tried to redeem herself after those "the boy form district...." and "the girl from dostrict...."
@ihavelemonade56403 жыл бұрын
Snow: *literally spills out the names of 24 mentors and 24 kids* Katniss: the male tribute from 8. The girl that looks like a fox. That guy.
@theodoraepiskiazo16453 жыл бұрын
@@ihavelemonade5640 omg yes but that makes sense because katniss was a stressed tribute and surviving was more important to her than remembering fox faces name but snow wasnt in danger and could remember all of their names 😳😳
@williamnissen50834 жыл бұрын
So District 12 gave Snow the tributes he hated the most: All Four of its victors pissed him off in some way. 🤣 Can’t wait to read this book.
@AndrieReads4 жыл бұрын
The doctor is a literal psycho I wonder if snow killed her eventually and just made the games his own and took control!! I liked seeing Snows arc from a semi-normal person at the beginning to a total power hungry, evil person at the end. I thought the pacing was a little too slow at part 3 but I still enjoyed the read sooo much!! Loved this vid Peyton!! 🐍💛
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
Andrie Reads I doubt he would’ve killed her but maybe just kinda ya know... pushed her to the side and was like “Piss off mate”
@ameur41314 жыл бұрын
it's hinted at the end that snow has a gamemaker internship at the citadel but is basically part of the team. it's also mentioned somewhere in the beginning of the book that being a head gamemnaker is a very important position to be in, in the government hierarchy, the head gamemnaker having a lot of interactions with the president. my theory is that after having finished university, snow became a prominent game maker and later on was supposed to replace dr.gaul. maybe he poisoned her or not but he likely became a head gamer before becoming president of Panem. he may very well have used its close proximity with president ravenstill to poison him and some of his cabinet to take over the presidency.
@lucygraybaird67524 жыл бұрын
am eur that is exactly what Suzanne says happens in the book.
@natalieroberts4734 жыл бұрын
Was anyone else waiting for this video after the book came out? I was like "I wonder what Peyton will say about this" lol
@briannamcclung79024 жыл бұрын
i was too!! 😂
@Cdun4 жыл бұрын
I kept checking every once in awhile loll
@booksalicia17634 жыл бұрын
That was me too!!
@madisongracedeluise4 жыл бұрын
SAME
@kanwarghuman77204 жыл бұрын
Ok but Maude Ivory is probably Katniss and Prims grandma
@pedrocarvalho47734 жыл бұрын
YES! omg
@Mackenziie34 жыл бұрын
Okay YES IM THINKING SOMETHING SIMILAR!!!! Everdeen sounds like evergreen (a color), katniss’s dad taught them those songs, was known for being an incredible singer, knew about the lake, Katniss tubers themselves
@kikifox71114 жыл бұрын
Mackenziie3 omg yes that would be so cool, pretty sure it must have been like that!🥰
@kanwarghuman77204 жыл бұрын
Mackenziie3 plus the fact that Maude Ivory can hear any tune once and memorize it, just like a mockingjay
@heidiroberts48214 жыл бұрын
has to be! Hoff asks the Covey not to sing the Hanging Tree song publicly again as it's too rebellious, so the only way it could have made it through the Katniss (via her father) is if it was passed down through family
@Mackenziie34 жыл бұрын
Okay I love your interpretation of the ending with Lucy Gray, I literally couldn’t figure out a thought for what happened to her. I loved how we saw Snow as a complete narcissist & calculating, it made so much sense and definitely made readers keep their distance from rooting for him. Sejanus drove me nuts a bit, especially when he went into the arena bc for why???? But it confused me, like Snow seemed to hate him in his head but once they were peacekeepers together he decided they were like brothers??? Seeing Lucy gray make those songs, it made me wonder if Katniss’s dad was the son of someone in the covey. Think about it, he was known for singing, taught Katniss those songs, knew about the lake, etc. “everdeen” sounds like “evergreen”, a color??? I absolutely LOVED Maude Ivory, she was so cute!!! She was probably my favorite in this book. I also loved when Snow got bread at the bakery in town, I’m guessing that must have been Peeta’s parents/grandparents
@Mackenziie34 жыл бұрын
I feel like also, how at the end he was commended for turning Sejanus in, cemented his lack of guilt for murder. We could totally see him struggling with it & maybe that made him always able to justify his killings?? But like what a jerk, kills sejanus and then is able to feel comfortable basically becoming the Plinth’s family and heir, replacing Sejanus no problem, them not knowing he turned Sejanus in??
@mandiconnell33114 жыл бұрын
The Hanging Tree scene was my favorite 😭 I haven’t seen anyone talk about that part yet so I’m glad you did!
@theegreatkatsby4 жыл бұрын
So this might be a little far-reaching, but I think it's possible that Maude Ivory is Katniss' grandmother. Lucy Gray left her the trunk of dresses (which Katniss mentions her mother having in the first book while Katniss is getting ready for the reaping). Also, Katinss knows the songs "The Hanging Tree" and "Deep in the Meadow" which all the characters in District 12 don't seem to know until after Katniss makes it famous in Mockingjay. ALSO, Prim and Mrs. Everdeen notably don't look like people of the Seam - which could mean that they are not really descendants of District 12, but rather a fairly new family to the area, which would make sense if they were descendants of the Covey. (Also, the whole thing with Maude Ivory and the goat seemed a really strong parallel to Prim and her goat.)
@ltfringr4 жыл бұрын
I would think that Katniss is related to the Covey on her father's side, since he is the one who knew the songs and the lake. Prim and her mother don't look like the Seam people because her mother is from the town.
@theegreatkatsby4 жыл бұрын
@@ltfringr Ohhh you're right, I totally forgot about that! Ugh theory busted hahaha.
@secretlyamalfoy4 жыл бұрын
I can't cope with the fact that Sejanus parallels Peeta, Lucy parallels Katniss and SNOW PARALLELS GALE in a way more extreme way as the way he slowly became crazy and less and less humane with the tiniest bit of power reminded me of the way Gale became by the end of Mockingjay with the bombs and everything and the contrasts between snow and Sejanus clearly match the contrasts between gale and Peeta's mindsets and no hate to Gale but that really fucked my head. I may be reaching here but honestly its the only thing I can think about.
@reina47704 жыл бұрын
omg, I knew Lucy paralleled Katniss and Sejanus paralleled Peeta but I never thought about snow and gale!!! oml it makes so much sense though...
@tacopanda21684 жыл бұрын
secretlyamalfoy AAAAAAAAA now I’m dying!!!
@sarahopie50574 жыл бұрын
This has probably already been said but i think that maybe Lucy grays story is similar to the ballad... like they both lost themselves to snow and were never seen again
@eleanor42724 жыл бұрын
love that you mentioned how much Dr.Gual actually influenced everything!! I feel like no one is talking about it but you can see how she is the one egging snow on. loved this vlog and I'm glad you appreciated it cause I thought it was a great addition to THG world too 🐍
@ryanhannigan66194 жыл бұрын
SPOILERS!!! Okay but does anyone else think that Lucy grey made it north to district 13 and grew up there, changed her name so no one would ever know who she was... alma coin ?? They are both about the same age in the original trilogy and it makes sense as coin had a hatred for snow and wanted to kill him herself, and it was her idea for the symbolic hunger game’s at the end of mockingjay and Lucy grey would have wanted the capitol to pay for what happened to her all the way back ?? Just a theory but my mind went straight to coin
@annelitterarum4 жыл бұрын
Omg i thought about it too i was like omg i am soooo clever but everyone thought about it ahah😂😂 agree 100000% tho omg😳😳😳
@anikafrank1824 жыл бұрын
I also thought that
@aric14164 жыл бұрын
so coin is 81 yrs old lol nice
@erinalysa864 жыл бұрын
Yes, and her name could still be considered Covey: alma for alma mater and coin for silver for coriolanus' materialistic ways and his hair was silver (kind of a stretch but it's fun to think about)
@ryanhannigan66194 жыл бұрын
To me it makes perfect sense but I guess we will never know 😭
@claudiacarmona2644 жыл бұрын
I been obsessing over the book since i finished it the other day. I really love the darker elements to the story. I do agree that the pacing in part 3 was slow since it came from a high energy ending of part 2. I do have a theory that Lucy Grey ended up in distract 13 and becomes friends with Coin or Is Coin. This book would give a good reason why she wanted the hunger games with capital kids. Also Ma Ivory is totally Katniss' grandma.
@claudiacarmona2644 жыл бұрын
Also I love that Mags is the first victor to ever get to live in Victor Village.
@kikifox71114 жыл бұрын
Yes also thought about that, but don‘t think she has something to do with coin and it isn‘t very likely that she still lived there at Katniss times because District 13 is so gray and Lucy Gray is so colourful and loves music, but maybe she lives there for some time!! I also don‘t think she is dead I think she lives in the woods or district 13 or whatever she is to clever to end shot by Snow after all she had to go through!!
@claudiacarmona2644 жыл бұрын
@@kikifox7111 i really don't think she is dead at all. She would have to be somewhere, I hope. I didn't want to lose her like we lost Sejanus.
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
@@kikifox7111 exactly, she is so smart and so charming and so talented that she couldn just died by the hands of snow, she definitely escaped and made a life
@MrRorosuri4 жыл бұрын
I gave it a 4/5 🐍. Looking forward who will portray sejanus in the future
@erjhon14 жыл бұрын
SAME! FAVE CHARACTER IN THE PREQUEL ASIDE FROM LUCY GRAY 😭
@maddiebrennan60514 жыл бұрын
I just finished the book. Absolutely LOVED IT. The whole way through. The world building of both Panem and the games. Seeing snow’s “development”. The ABSOLUTELY, INSANELY CLEVER REFERENCES TO THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY??? And that ending though 👀👀👀 Suzanne knew what she was doing.
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
i think the sequel will be about lucy gray and district 13 or the society in the north
@addieoliviah73804 жыл бұрын
THE BOOK IS SOOOO FRIKIN GOOOOOOODD! I am so happy Suzanne blessed us with another HG book!!! ❤️ And the sticker is rly cute it’s already on my laptop lolllll ( AND I LEGIT CRIED WHEN I GOT IT I WAS SO HAPPPPYYY)
@lelecouffaine994 жыл бұрын
IKR I was not expecting a stickerrrr
@sarahhall51284 жыл бұрын
🐍 I think that Lucy Gray survives and is the beginning of Katniss’s family line through her father. Katniss was from the seam, She grows up with both the song “under the willow” and “the hanging tree”. + the unique naming conventions of both Katniss and Prim Rose after flowers feel true the Covey/Lucy influence.
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
exactly, lucy really escaped, she is too smart to be shot by snow, so she came back to 12 and married everdeen, she disappeared for a moment, maybe "LUCY GRAY" vanished, but she, the human being did live there
@louisacoote23374 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t even find it on French Amazon as a Kindle version, so I signed up to Audible and got it as my free audio book. I listened to it over two-three days and quite enjoyed it. I was shocked by the treatment of the tributes and how basic the arena was. Sejanus was my favourite character, he reminded me a little of Peeta ( kind, loyal, pacifist).
@elenathegreat4 жыл бұрын
Sejanus is so reminiscent of Peeta yes I 100% agree...also yes I agree Lucy had more Johanna vibes than Katniss vibes even if there are some similarities from her and Katniss
@ninjaproskills00774 жыл бұрын
I really loved Lucy Gray Baird’s character so much. I really think this is the best book in the series. I also got way more attached to Lucy Gray Baird than I did to Katniss and Peeta. I honestly wish she said something about leaving instead of just running away because I actually cried when she just disappeared and Snow lost all affection for her. And like something that surprised me was how they said the tributes weren’t fed, lived in the zoo, that the arena was horrible and that someone placed bombs AND ESPECIALLY HOW MENTORS AND TRIBUTES DIED BEFORE THE GAMES AND BILLY TAUPE’S STUPID ASS CHARACTER! Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
yes, lucy gray got my heart even more than katniss did, she is super smart so she managed to survive, i think she evetually returned to 12
@itsmaidah4 жыл бұрын
Ok I agree with you soo much on all your points! I enjoyed the book just as you did and I freaking lost it when the hanging tree scene came in. I thought the same about how much Snow must have hated it when that song became part of the revolution! And can we talk about how much Snow despises these Mockingjays? It was hilarious to me! He hates those birds. And cannot wait to kill them and I'm just sitting here like, I get why you hated Katniss soo much.
@mindajane4 жыл бұрын
I really liked the book! I hope she writes a second one about the rest of his rise to power. I'd love to know exactly what happened between him and Tigris(or maybe I wouldn't because I know it was bad and after reading this book, I like her even more!) because they were so close in this book and we know by the time of original series, they have nothing to do with each other. We didn't even know until this book that she was his cousin! I found it very interesting and telling how she changed how she was referring to him in the Epilogue. The whole book she referred to him as Coriolanus but in the epilogue she called him Snow. To me that was like summed up the whole book. When the book started he was a teenage boy who still had a chance to become someone good and do good things. He was kind of riding the middle between good and bad. But when he did the stuff he did District 12 and left, he'd made the choice and there was not going back! He became the Snow we know from the other books through that process. I'm not not saying he was all good before that because he wasn't and his motives were all super questionable. But he could've still seen the light and turned it around. The most disgusting thing to me about the whole thing is he gets Sejanus killed and then goes back to the Capital and gets his family to help him and take him in as their own! He's just such a narcissistic person!
@anonymous-dc8og4 жыл бұрын
There are so many interesting things about this book, especially the names of the characters. For example: Arachne Crane - in Greek/Roman mythology, Arachne was a proud weaver who in her arrogance declared that she was better than Athena/Minerva, the goddess of weaving at it. Due to her hubris, she was, in some versions killed, and then turned into a spider in front her entire village. Arachne in the book provokes Brandy for a show because of her arrogance and is then killed by her. Apollo and Diana Ring: named after the twin archers in Greek/Roman mythology Satyria Click: possibly named after satyrs, half-goat and half-human creatures who were followers of the god Dionysus in Greek mythology and were notorious drunks, like Satyria in the books Iphigenia Moss: in Greek mythology, Iphigenia was a princess whose father, Agammemnon had to sacrifice her because he displeased a goddess. Iphigenia in this book has a strained and problematic relationship with her father.
@Mirrori4 жыл бұрын
I have couple thing's to say. I loved this book so much and i was so sad when it ended. Sad about it ended and about book. At some point while reading i knew that this song isn't going to end high note but still i literally cried multiple times while reading. This book had me sitting edge of my seat whole time while reading. In my opinion this was more complex that original books and i loved that. I started to like Snow but at the end this book remind me what he is and what he will be. I like how Dean Highbottom was pictured as evil character but at the end i think that main evil characters in this story was dr. Gaul and Snow himself. I think that Katniss is somehow related to Covey's and Lucy Gray. I loved Lucy Gray's character very much and her character development was amazing. I loved that musical approach in this book and how those songs were included. I'm waiting movie about this so much but i also realised that we only have heard story about 3 hunger games now. Still 72 games that we have only heard some little bits. I personally would love to hear more about Haymich and his story. Maybe some other things too.
@marvelgirl20014 жыл бұрын
I almost cried when Sejanus died, definitely the most emotional part for me. I really loved the book and I think Snow's character was done really well. The 3rd part was pretty slow in my opinion especially since the first 2 parts had a lot more action. Also, I'm sad that we didn't get an explanation as to how or why Tigris wanted Snow dead in the original trilogy, it seems like she loved him more than anything else in this book. I definitely think one of the Covey members, probably Maude Ivory, is Katniss's grandparent. Lastly, I'm kinda mad we didn't get closure on what happened to Lucy Gray, but I get it, it's a suppose to be a mystery like her ballad and Snow definitely never loved her even though he claimed to🐍🐍🐍
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
i think it was all planed for a sequel, and its about lucy gray future
@socrates82514 жыл бұрын
47 whole minutes of vlogging!! Peyton is treating us well
@meepmeep46654 жыл бұрын
Snow is the definition of an evil Slytherin. I love it so much, especially bc I think Katniss is also a Slytherin but the good kind. And Lucy is just a full out mystery 🐍🐍🐍
@mareeahmat66663 жыл бұрын
I think Lucy would be a Slytherin too tbh
@meepmeep46653 жыл бұрын
@@mareeahmat6666 Yeah I think so too. I hope she is because I love the Slytherin house 😊
@patfuss89984 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else while reading the third act of this book low key hope for a duel on a lava river in District 12 between Coriolanus and Sejanus where Sejanus says “the capitol is evil” and Coriolanus says “from my point of view the rebels are evil!” And then have it end with Sejanus saying “it’s over Coryo, I have the high ground!” but Coriolanus does a front flip to attack but falls to the ground and burns in the lava, and is left for dead by Sejanus, then found by Dr. Gaul who takes him in at the end? No? Just me? Ok Also I had the Chancellor Palpatine theme playing in my head every scene that had Dr. Gaul in it Also 🐍
@maevalopez81074 жыл бұрын
This comment don't get the love it deserve
@maevalopez81074 жыл бұрын
I laughed so hard reading it, never though of this parallel before!
@islamclintock46344 жыл бұрын
I loved this book and really enjoyed reading from Snows perspective as he was always a character who I loved to hate. I also really enjoyed seeing the Hunger Games in an early stage. (how the arena was much more basic and how so many tributes died before the arena) I loved all of the hints to the original series (the hob, the hanging tree song etc.).
@zed46434 жыл бұрын
🐍 I freaking loved your review. And yes, Sejanus was my favorite character. He was so sweet. I can’t wait for the film adaptation of this book 😭
@samanthachacon72504 жыл бұрын
this was the best book in the series. i said what i said.
@joycel.98494 жыл бұрын
Lmao take a shot (or a grain of rat poison) every time Peyton says "like"
@PeytonReads4 жыл бұрын
I do have a problem lmao
@adinbok4 жыл бұрын
i’m only on page 250 so i’ll be back on Wednesday probably :) update: well... i didn’t last till wednesday i finished it today (sunday) and I LOVED the book. 9.5/10
@madisonseggebruch8664 жыл бұрын
Just so you know I finally finished the book at like 1 am and I went straight to watch this vlog 😂
@annagarza86494 жыл бұрын
Dude, my last day of reading it I had 100 pages left and that day was just screaming, crying, yelling, and confusion.🐍
@isabellao184 жыл бұрын
🐍 loved the book... honestly feel like you have to have a certain philosophical context to get the most out of this book, which not everyone has.
@matildefiorini72844 жыл бұрын
Reading all this comments I saw a lot of people saying that Lucy Gray can be Alma Coin. At firts I didn't believe it for a second, but then I searched in the book the description of president coin, just for fun. Katniss said that she was amazed by how perfect president coin's hair was and we all know how Lucy always take care of her look. It's just a little detail, but it was just so... perfect. It also says that president coin's eyes were gray, but not that seam kinda of gray, more like melted *snow*. I took it as a sign😂
@crw13674 жыл бұрын
Snow is the most realistic character in this series. He's interesting, im a fan. He wanted to university thing to help his family who were in poverty! Thats not a selfish thing to do at all.
@madelynhalberg46294 жыл бұрын
Girl I literally read this book along with you. I would pause the video until we got until the same point. The story was so interesting and the references made me want to scream because they just meant so much. Thank you for doing this video and I enjoyed the book even more because of you. Can’t wait for the new content surrounding this book! 🐍🐍
@allylocks61614 жыл бұрын
glad I'm not the only one who did this lol
@ninimeggie47714 жыл бұрын
🐍 I really loved President Snow in the original series so i was so happy with this book. The ending left me wondering if she's going to continue it. I kinda hope it stays a stand alone prequel but I think she left enough unanswered to do more if she wanted
@justinemarin164 жыл бұрын
I was so curious as to what exactly happened between Snow and Tigris that turned them into enemies, but in a way I think leaving it up to inference was also powerful suggesting the extent that Snow reached into evilness
@Mackenziie34 жыл бұрын
I feel like that was it for this specific book but maybe more prequels focused on other aspects of time? I noted, at the end of this book she wrote “the end” but the hunger games ends with “end of book one”, catching fire “end of book two” & mockingjay was “the end”
@Nut_Meg1014 жыл бұрын
I preordered my copy from Wal Mart and I got a cool bookmark! The Target one comes with a poster, and barnes and nobles comes with a sticker.
@LilyEleanorReads4 жыл бұрын
yesss 🐍🐍🐍 this video was so fun to watch!! i feel like we've talked about most things but the ending was so wild but it was pretty satisfying and everything with Highbottom and the games was sO interesting like ... wild can't wait to chat about this more in depth in the liveshow!! 💖💖💖
@alexirving94044 жыл бұрын
I finished it last night! I dint get how anyone could hate such a good juicy book. I also freaked when I realized that Tigres is the creepy tiger lady from Mockingjay!
@xxpiperxxthomsonxx86504 жыл бұрын
I know this is late, but I wanted to say that my favourite line in this book was on page 516 (in the epilogue) when Snow says: 'She could fly around District 12 all she liked, but she and her mockingjays could never harm him again.' Well look just look how wrong that little slime ball was!
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
thats the phrase that confirmed (for me) that lucy is alive and returned to 12, but she didnt have any influence or fame anymore, snow took care of that, thats why he said that she could go around 12 without harming him
@anavirginiabanuta25713 жыл бұрын
The fact you thought I would not watch the whole thing is mindblowing
@briannamcclung79024 жыл бұрын
i got the audio book at 12:01am and didn’t go to sleep till i was finished! it was so good... my copy came in yesterday
@juanitagarciagreca16684 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to watch this vid but i don't have the book yet :(
@allofuspilgrims3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely enjoyed this new book. There is something special about Suzanne Collins' books: either the characters, the events, the circumstances, the language, the stories - I don't know what else, but she is a real master of telling the stories. I like the way she describes the evolution of the characters, the sense of drama, the importance of the ideas her books tell us about. And I liked your video :-) I watched it only now (after more than a year since the publication of the book), but I still had watery eyes throughout the video, even though I know the story and turnarounds. Coriolanus Snow is a very interesting character. You know who he is going to become in the end, and yet you see his good sides, you hope as you read, you hope... but look just how he becomes a blueprint of The President Coriolanus Snow! As everyone, he has good sides and bad sides, but a couple of triggers are enough to break the balance. Again, this is a very interesting depiction of evolution of a character. As for the Hanging Tree song.... Even remembering the moment when I realized I was reading about the events the song tells us about gives me goosebumps!
@laceywiththebooks4 жыл бұрын
I chose not to watch this until after I had finished it myself, but 🐍! I’m so glad you loved it! I loved watching your talk about it!
@izzyishere11110 ай бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! Everyone I talked to about this book didn’t understand how AMAZING it was and they all said it was boring. But you DEFINITELY understood!
@bellamia88674 жыл бұрын
I just finished the book, I loved it. Especially the parallel between the girl in the song Lucy Gray is named for and Lucy Gray herself. The girl in the song disappeared in a snow storm, Lucy Gray also disappeared because of Snow. Leaving nothing behind but her songs
@booknerd_life4 жыл бұрын
🐍🐍🐍 oh my gosh I LOVED this video! Your reactions were 100% the same as mine while reading it 😂 I was freaking out and screaming the whole time. The only thing that I am trying to determine is if Lucy Gray sent the snake to Snow, or if he was just paranoid and thought she did. Because the doctor said it wasn’t poisonous and wouldn’t kill him. And we definitely know that Lucy Gray knows how to kill haha I think she did in fact realize what was happening, but I don’t know if she would try to kill him? 🤔 I think it was just to show how quickly the switch flipped on Snow. He went from “loving” her to hating her in 2 seconds. How paranoid he was at the end. Idk I haven’t decided yet lol. Would love to hear your thoughts!
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
lucy gray discovered snow was a bad person since he killed mayfair, if he solved his problems by killing without talking or bargaining, she knew he was bad. lucy said she originally planned to go alone to the woods, and then she went to the lake instead of the north, thats why lucy already knew, she planned it all, so she escaped and lived
@csengesandor8324 жыл бұрын
i finished the book this afternoon, and all i can say is that susan collins is brilliant, i really enjoyed the book, as well as your video. one of my favorite things about the book that gives me goosebumps is the fact that the title of the book is literally the ballad of lucy gray. i also loved the easter eggs that collins gave us, its mindblowing how she paid attention to little details that later made sense.❤️🐍
@csengesandor8324 жыл бұрын
the snake in the title also could mean snow, but i like the idea of both songbirds and snakes refering to lucy better
@faureamour4 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your channel. I've listened to this review twice already. I really enjoyed this book! I thought it was intense! Honestly, the only part I didn't love was the chapter where Snow is chasing Lucy Gray down in the woods with the gun. I would've liked a little more dialogue between them, but I suppose her just singing the song was fitting. In a different way, I hate how he takes advantage of the Plinths in the end and still feels superior to them as a Capital resident, but it makes so much sense into showing him as the burgeoning monster we all grew to hate.
@mars_girl4 жыл бұрын
Covey is also a word that means "flock of birds". Collins is insinuating that it's in their nature to migrate and seek freedom through the name. It's also interesting the Lucy is connected to birds, which Snow later insists a deep hatred for but Lucy feels a kinship to.
@ivannat14 жыл бұрын
🐍I’m so happy you liked it. I loved it and thought I was going crazy when all I was seeing was 1 and 2 star reviews. Also great vlog, it felt more like a 20 min video
@Springtuckyking4 жыл бұрын
My favorite part was her talking about how awkward it would be to meet the other tributes, like I never thought about that but I love the idea that the biggest problem for the tributes is social anxiety 😂🐍
@jasonhauser6414 жыл бұрын
There is no way any of us have finished the video when I commenting
@Lo0serx33 жыл бұрын
this vlog is a breath of fresh air, and i'm gonna check out your book review too, because so many other reviews i've seen have all been like "i liked Snow until part 3" or "i was back and forth on liking him" and i felt like the only person who hated him throughout lol Suzanne Collins did such a great job with how she handled this book, it was fantastic.
@meaghan58504 жыл бұрын
I am really excited, I should be getting this book in a couple days
@gmed23 жыл бұрын
I loved the book! Thought Suzanne was brilliant and made me understand Snows way of thinking and I can understand how he became the man he was. ❤️ I couldn’t help but like him and his loyalty and self preservation!
@emsalarslan20984 жыл бұрын
Exactly agree with you on the idea that Suzanne sprinkles a lot in here that you won’t get if you’re not reading closely and critically.
@alliewithbooks4 жыл бұрын
🐍🐍 I loved this video!! All of the dots the book connects are so satisfying!!
@_zelleeeeee6024 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this so fast!!! I absolutely love your channel...and I’ve finally found someone with the same love for The Hunger Games!!
@creativereadersetc.45244 жыл бұрын
Just finished the book today! Love your energy over this book 😄🐍
@sarahdewitt63854 жыл бұрын
I just finished this book and I ADORED it! Lucy grays end KILLED ME! Sejanus is such an AMAZING character. I had so many feelings
@lacasadehonor94084 жыл бұрын
but lucy never died, i think she went back to 12 but her life was ruined ( she was nobody and she wasnt allowed to sing) so she was technically dead for society
@Silyah2464 жыл бұрын
🐍 Loved the book! Now I kinda want an Effie Trinket or a Cinna novel 🤔
@dearestemma4 жыл бұрын
ahhh this vlog was everything. I'm glad you liked Sejanus! i feel like so many people did, but i just could NOT connect with him at all. i feel like maybe if i reread it i would like him more. i really loved lucy though. she was so interesting and all of the hunger games easter eggs in this book were so amazing.
@mars_girl4 жыл бұрын
Important thing about Gaul! Her first name is Volumnia, which is the same name of the title character's mom in Shakespeare's play 'Coriolanus'. Collins has a track record for putting a lot of thought into names, and she definitely knows her Shakespeare. This is important because Volumnia is constantly pushing Corionlanus towards violence, the same way Gaul does to Snow! Ugh, Suzanne, your mind!
@jjirish814 жыл бұрын
I love the hunger games series! It's actually the series that got me into reading since I got out of college in '02. I didn't even read it till after the first movie. I couldn't be more uninterested in reading about snow!!! None the less, if you enjoy it good for you, I'm glad some people are excited 🤪
@evedesgroseilliers32054 жыл бұрын
The hagging tree part made me really emotionnal lmao
@clodaniruairc87304 жыл бұрын
Snow acted as if he was better than everyone and he was saying oh they aren’t my friends etc yet he is poor and has barely any possessions
@lovegood21884 жыл бұрын
🐍 this book is life! as well as Lucy Grey. And rereading Mokingjay in the 'lake-moment' when Katniss start to sing Hunging Tree and identifies it on her own. Its just masterclass!
@lauradenadai89154 жыл бұрын
My copy arrives today!!!!!! I’m so excited😆
@BrandonLandrum4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t mind playing young snow on the movie because he so... deceiving
@awafflefry71264 жыл бұрын
These are a few things isuspected would happen also it’s a mess and if you read all of it props to you From the start I knew Snow was going to kill Sejanus, the whole time he had such a disdain for his district heritage. I was also hoping the song Katniss sings to Rue and Prim would be there (the in the meadow under the willow song) Also I loved the mention of the katniss plant, and correct me if I’m wrong but I thing the lake and the run down shack that they visit is the same one that Katniss and her father visited I knew that Sejanus was going to be hanged because earlier in the book Lucy Gray was singing the Hanging Tree song and I looked up all of the lyrics and there was one line about someone getting hanged for the murder of three people, I didn’t know why or who Sejanus was going to kill (but I guess I was right for the wrong reason)
@v6llainy4 жыл бұрын
The parcel just came and I’m freaking out
@vibecheck52414 жыл бұрын
9/10 really good book but there are some really slooooooooooooowwww parts
@jackhare74854 жыл бұрын
wait i have a serious question, is Suzanne Collins going to do a prequel trilogy or is this just a standalone book?!!!