It was an interesting change up because, with Katniss Everdeen, we’re in her head during the games, while with Coriolanus, we remain outsiders. The novel is told in the third person, limited to Coriolanus’ thoughts, as opposed to the first-person narrative of the original trilogy. “Songbirds and Snakes” is set 10 years after the war between the districts and the Capitol, highlighting the horrors many had to endure on both sides as the power struggle wreaked havoc. The novel was released on to mixed reviews. Rather than showing sympathy for Coriolanus, Collins gives fans a look into his twisted thoughts and his dark foundation in “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” Fans did not want a novel that made him seem like a good person or excused any of his later terrible actions. There was a lot of speculation around what the book would be about, and many were unpleased when it was later announced that the book would follow a young Coriolanus Snow, the evil president ruling Panem in the trilogy people know and love. Suzanne Collins, author of “The Hunger Games.”/Courtesy of ScholasticĪfter “The Hunger Games” films concluded in 2015, fans assumed the world of “Hunger Games” was complete, until a summer 2019 announce ment by author Suzanne Collins revealed there would be a prequel novel situated in fictional Panem.
