Beauty's Punishment by A.N. Roquelare
I was even less impressed with this one than the first one in the trilogy. Why would Beauty deliberately choose to be punished more severely than she was in the palace? I don't think that question is ever satisfactorily answered. What we do know is the first thing she does when she gets in the cart to go to the village for punishment, the first thing she does is screw another slave, one she is seeing for the first time ever. Who does that?
So, they go to the village where they are auctioned off and get new masters. Yea.
This disturbs me because gang rapes are almost celebrated. At one point, Beauty is servicing several men at once and enjoying it, even though it wasn't her choice. Somehow, I have my doubts that, if Beauty were real, this would be something she enjoyed. Worse, Tristan, the slave Beauty screws in the cart, falls in love with his "master" who literally treats him like a pony.
Yes, I am going to read the final book. I spent the money, and it would be a waste to do otherwise. I am not sure what I expected, but what I got wasn't it.
Sunday, June 14, 2020
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Snow Always Lands On Top
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
I liked The Hunger Games trilogy when I read it eight and a half years ago, some better than others. So, when I heard this was coming out, I pre-ordered it. It's a prequel and about President Snow.
I had hoped that, as a prequel, we'd find out what happened that caused the districts to go to war with the Capitol, but as details were released, it increasingly became clear that this would not be the case. Instead, we were going to learn why President Snow was the way he was. For the most part, that's just what we got, though I feel the ending was rushed and didn't answer the pertinent whys.
As previously indicated, this was about Coriolanus Snow before he became President Snow. For the first two thirds, he is in his last year at the Academy, which is the equivalent of his senior year of high school. He is poor, and both of his parents are dead. He lives with his cousin, Tigris, and his Grandma'am. His only hope for greatness is to be awarded a scholarship to attend University, and in order for that to happen, the tribute he is mentoring in the Hunger Games needs to win.
And, poor Snow, his tribute is a small girl from District 12. What chance could she possibly have to win? What conspires is the tenth Hunger Games.
This wasn't a terrible read, but I don't think it was nearly as good as the original trilogy. Still, it was worth the time put in.
I liked The Hunger Games trilogy when I read it eight and a half years ago, some better than others. So, when I heard this was coming out, I pre-ordered it. It's a prequel and about President Snow.
I had hoped that, as a prequel, we'd find out what happened that caused the districts to go to war with the Capitol, but as details were released, it increasingly became clear that this would not be the case. Instead, we were going to learn why President Snow was the way he was. For the most part, that's just what we got, though I feel the ending was rushed and didn't answer the pertinent whys.
As previously indicated, this was about Coriolanus Snow before he became President Snow. For the first two thirds, he is in his last year at the Academy, which is the equivalent of his senior year of high school. He is poor, and both of his parents are dead. He lives with his cousin, Tigris, and his Grandma'am. His only hope for greatness is to be awarded a scholarship to attend University, and in order for that to happen, the tribute he is mentoring in the Hunger Games needs to win.
And, poor Snow, his tribute is a small girl from District 12. What chance could she possibly have to win? What conspires is the tenth Hunger Games.
This wasn't a terrible read, but I don't think it was nearly as good as the original trilogy. Still, it was worth the time put in.
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