I read The Hunger Games prequel knowing nothing about the original trilogy 

"Turns out Lucy Gray had a life outside of him, and he couldn't handle that" yeah that sounds like Snow all right.

Snow being hot in the movie was ON PURPOSE. Be honest, there’s no way he could have done what he did, and lived for as long as he did if he was ugly. Even in the books, he KNOWS he’s pretty. Him and his stupid blonde curls😒

I was worried about reading it because when it first came out people were saying it was a redemption arc and it's just a boring rehash of the original. But when I read it I was like DID WE READ THE SAME BOOK?! Like at no point did I feel like snow was a good person, he'd say something nice then twist it at the end or only be saying it for people to like him. HOW WAS HE A GOOD PERSON?! HE'S A SNAKE. Overall I'd say it was a really good book and I'm so excited for the movie.

I think Lucy was genuinely always into Snow. She seems like a very realistic 16 year old outcast to me. The minute a boy is nice to her she falls head over heals for him. She obviously has bad taste in men, her only two boyfriends having tried to kill her. She even goes on the forgive her first one, and defend Mayfair saying that she was probably just "lonely". Shes a kid with bad judgement in a bad situation with bad people.

He was in love with the idea that she belonged to him. If he could've gotten away with cheating in the games and been able to fulfill his goal of having Lucy be a singer in that guy's nightclub while he got his education and the high life he wanted at best she'd have been his mistress while he married someone 'appropriate' to keep his family name clean.

I would like to give this book to young girls and say, "these are the dudes you gotta watch out for." He's a walking red flag. And in the beginning--before he murders people and becomes a dictator--he's just kind of like a regular douchebag. I could see him becoming a finance bro. Girls will say, "I can fix him." And it's like oh baby, no. Run like Lucy Gray. Though I think it's okay to say the actor is attractive (though I hate his hair in the Capitol scenes). Or Cornelius Snow is hot. Because he's Coriolanus' good twin, right?

Definitely read the trilogy! It's awesome to see how the games have changed because of Snow and what exactly triggers him when you've read his back story. One of the most fascinating changes to the games is how the victors are treated afterwards, particularly how they are kept in the public eye in various ways. He ensured no victor would ever just disappear like Lucy Grey did.

I’d be really interested to hear what the experience is for someone to read the trilogy after the prequel.

you need to read the original trilogy!! katniss reminds him so much of lucy that he immediately hates her and everything she does lol. also his annoyance with mockingjays ties in so nicely with how the rebellion pans out

I’ve been made aware that I kept saying Snow’s first name wrong most of the video. I’m sorry girlypops 😭🙏🏻

He didint love Lucy. He may be infatuated for a little bit but it wasn't love... He was hormonal teenager. Even after the games he still considered her more like possesion than actual love interest. And even when he decided to run away with her it was more because of posible arrest and execution... He regreted this when he was told that he has passed the exam for Officer candidate school and the secod he realized he can destroy last evidence of the murder he just ditched her entirely... In the end he cared only for himself and his own benefit...

I think his thought about him being merry to someon he hates so his wife wouldn't be able to "manipulate" him shows that he loved (or at least cared) about Lucy at some point But he loved more the fact that in the capitol she depended of him and he was in control of her.

Yeah i really never felt like he loved her in the book. It always came across as very possessive, obsessive and controlling. Overall abusive and just using her for power/control.

So glad you enjoyed Ballad! You should definitely read the trilogy whenever you get the chance (or in the meantime, watch the movies), all the knowledge from Ballad will hit harder once you know about the events later on in Katniss's time. Also, I completely agree with you about Lucy Gray's intentions. It seemed to me, even after reading the book 3 times, that LG was flirting with Coryo for fun and to have a better chance at him helping her get through the games. Then, along the way she started to genuinely like him, and her feelings were solitified when she saw in District 12.

Ok so now imagine reading this book knowing all the horrible details of the stuff this man has done in the other three books. Also 😂😂 I first saw the trailer at the theater with my bestie and she be like "who's that? he's cute" And I'm like nah girl he's the devil!!

im so sorry but i can't stop laughing over CORNELIUS snow. could you imagine if that was his actual name in the books, like maybe i wouldn't have understood lucy if he really was some guy named cornelius

Ok, you’ve just earned a follower because I’ve never laughed so hard as I did watching this video. Your humor is everything. 😂

Imma make this short. (I re-wrote this to be shorter lol) I think Coryo did love Lucy, but he got so caught up in protecting himself, he got blinded by that. I also think he got completely sucked into what it was like to have power and be in control; because after everyone telling him he was either his father or not, he kind of felt like it was in his genes. And for Lucy, I think she did love him, but she said earlier in the book/movie that she valued trust over love; and finding out he lied about Sejanus, and also didn't fully trust her, she couldn't live her rest of her life with him. So its really sad he let that evil side in him come out and ruin the rest of his life, and the lives of others. THANK YOU..,for your consideration 😉

The thing I liked about this book is that it demonstrates just how deep rooted Snow’s twisted ideal were. I personally believe his moral character was compromised the minute he was born into and raised in a family where he was the only child - and male at that - who had come from a wealthy and prestigious family. War or not, this position made him believe he was superior and born for greatness in the Capitol. However, after the war had taken so much from him he desired what “belonged” to him even more. Not just power but the control that he always thought about throughout the book. He had lost that control during the war and refused to ever lose it again. I guess that was his own PTSD. I think Snow did fall in love with Lucy Gray but his need for power overshadowed that very quickly (the story took place over the course of 2 or 3 months max?). He mentioned that he would marry only someone he could never love because he disliked that falling in love with Lucy Gray made him act stupid and lose control. So yes, I think he did love her but very briefly and not as deeply as he thought he did. Also, every time he called Lucy “His girl” you could tell how possessive he was. Definitely a walking red flag if I’ve ever seen one.

I mean villains can be good, that is why saying "wolf in a sheeps fur" exists

For anyone curious the movie is EXCELLANT! I saw it today and I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was so unique!!!

Young Snow looks like Young Eminem.

Same energy. I couldn't simp more for snow, read the book in 2021 and too flustered to see the actor who played snow, waaaaay better than what I imagined.

The main thing the victors of the Hunger Games get is they get to survive)

He believed he did love her, but he considered love a weakness, so he preferred to stay away from that idea and find someone he hated to marry. Can f-d up entitled people who kill love? I really don't know.

i would absolutely watch a video of you reading the first book! its amazing that its not spoiled for you!

Okokok-SO TO ME- snow's character is just very selfish, he has HIS interest first and foremost. SO when snow decides to run away it was a selfish thing to do even if it was "to be with lucy" because we know it isnt- he runs away due to the fear that the guns he used to kill people would be found and it was just conveniant that he had an out with Lucy. BUT when he finds the guns in the abandoned shack he realizes that things could be fixed, he's just a few loose ends from everything he wants. I mean he has a chance to move up the ranks, AND we KNOW that what snow wants most is power, control. He states it in the first few chapters on how it may someday be his downfall. Tbh i think this book is really well done, and reading it first in the series feels a lot better because it makes this whole over-arching story a bit more of a dramatic piece on how a girl of 12 with nothing much to her name but skill and a song be wronged by asystem and then 64 years later a girl (thpugh definently not the same) but of similar nature can do what was needed done yo ruin said system. Love yhis book, LOVE THE HYPE FOR THE MOVIE, and i cant wait to see it!!!

"that he was u know...HOT" idk man but this is so valid

Giiiiiiiiirl how are you underrated. Like honestly I was just browsing through the HG youtube when I saw your video and I was like "okay sounds interesting". Halfway through the intro, I was laughing so hard, you're hilarious lmaooooo. Loved that, please do more of these

LMAO I’m in the exact same boat as you! I started reading the books because of the new prequel movie. Lucy looks like such a fun character & she’s the opposite of Katniss which is interesting.

This guy was hot, sacrificed a lot to live as president and have power. Just to get killed by a mob. Yes, I used him being hot as an excuse.

You should honestly review everything. This is funny and amazing and perfect

this is the first video i saw of yours an i already love you

Girl I can’t believe you read the prequel before the trilogy LMAOO that’s so funny to me. I was wondering if there was someone out there who would do that. The way you talked about it was so hilarious too. Will you read the first 3?

The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes book shows that Coriolanus wasn’t always evil, he once had a heart, but something in him snapped putting him on a dark path forever.

Your review is sooo funny😂😂😂

I'm 46 and even I can't get over how hot he is.

I like the way u talk just got another follower :) Keep it up!!

now i need to see your opinion of the og trilogy

So underrated 😭❤️

Okay, you made me want to go read the book now.

Coriolanus more like Cornelius

Cornelius? omg I think you also forgot the protagonist's name!

when i first saw the trailer i fell in love with the movie (ive never seen any of the others) and i finally saw it yesterday and it was really good as a standalone

In the nation of Panem, established in the remains of North America after an apocalyptic event, the wealthy Capitol, which is west of the Rocky Mountains, exploits the twelve surrounding districts for their natural resources and labor.[5] As punishment for a past failed rebellion against the Capitol, which resulted in the obliteration of District 13, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the remaining districts are selected by an annual lottery to participate in the Hunger Games, a contest in which the "tributes" must fight to the death in an outdoor arena until only one remains. 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen from District 12, in the coal-rich region that was once Appalachia, volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games in place of her 12-year-old sister, Primrose. The male tribute is Peeta Mellark, a former schoolmate of Katniss who once gave her bread from his family's bakery when her family was starving. In the days leading up to the Games in the Capitol, they are advised by their drunken mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, the sole living District 12 victor of the Hunger Games; chaperone Effie Trinket; and various stylists to enhance their public perception to get potential sponsors, who will send potentially life-saving gifts during the Games. Katniss's stylist, Cinna, designs costumes for Katniss and Peeta that set them apart from the tributes when introduced to the public. Due to Katniss's fire-themed dress, she becomes known as the “Girl on Fire”. During their evaluation by the Gamemakers, Katniss gets the highest score among the tributes. Meanwhile, Rue, the petite 12-year-old girl tribute from District 11, follows Katniss and Peeta around during the training sessions. On the day before the games, in the televised interview with Caesar Flickerman, Peeta reveals his long-unrequited love for Katniss; she is initially shocked by this and believes this is a ploy to gain sponsors, but later accepts this as sincere. Haymitch promotes their image as "star-crossed lovers". The Games begin, and nearly half the tributes are killed at the start whilst fighting over the weapons and supplies throughout the arena. Katniss disregards Haymitch's earlier advice to flee immediately and nearly dies but uses her well-practiced hunting and survival skills to hide in the woods. After a few days, an artificial fire drives Katniss toward the others. She is spotted and chased up a tree by the "Career tributes" from Districts 1, 2, and 4, and Peeta, who seems to have allied with them. Rue, hiding in a nearby tree, silently alerts Katniss to a “tracker jacker” nest. Katniss cuts it down, releasing the flying insects, which are genetically modified to track whoever disturbs their nest and have venom that targets the section of their victims’ minds that houses fear. Their venom kills two of the Careers and drives the others away, but Katniss is stung and begins hallucinating. Peeta returns, but instead of killing her, tells her to run away. Katniss later allies with Rue, who is fatally wounded by a tribute from District 1 while Katniss destroys the careers' supplies. Katniss kills Rue's killer with an arrow and accompanies Rue as she dies. She spreads flowers over Rue's body to show her defiance against the Capitol. In gratitude, Rue's district sends Katniss a loaf of bread. A rule change is announced, allowing the tributes from the same district to win as a pair. Katniss finds Peeta (who only allied with the Careers to protect Katniss) camouflaged into a river bank, having been injured by Cato, one of the Careers. She nurses Peeta back to health as best she can, but he is still gravely injured. Katniss pretends to be madly in love with Peeta in an attempt to gain gifts from sponsors. When the Gamemakers send a delivery of what each contestant needs most, Katniss risks her life to obtain medicine for Peeta. She is intercepted by Career Tribute Clove, who gloats over Rue's death and tries to kill Katniss, but is killed by Thresh, the male District 11 tribute, who spares Katniss for Rue's sake. The medicine saves Peeta's life. Once Katniss and Peeta become the last two survivors, the Gamemakers revoke the rule change to force one to kill the other for a dramatic finale. In defiance, Katniss prepares to consume poisonous "nightlock" berries with Peeta. Realizing they intend to commit suicide so that there will not be a victor for the games, the Gamemakers declare Katniss and Peeta the victors. Although both of them receive a hero's welcome as a couple, Katniss is warned by Haymitch that the Capitol may take action against her for her defiance. Along the way back to District 12, Peeta is heartbroken to learn that Katniss's actions were part of a calculated ploy to gain sympathy. Katniss, however, is unsure of her own feelings and her future.

i read them all but I would read the prequel first if I had it to do over. So it is ok to read the 4th book first😊

So he went crazy? And is somehow in charge of all of this crap whatttttttttttttt he is insane.

how do u have less then 100 subs? Your editing is pretty good

Cornelius honestly sounds better and love ur meme catalogue

Welcome 🥰🕊️🐍

Triology is amazing!!!!

This trailer had the same effect on me except i straight up went and listened to the entire hunger games trilogy on audible and then followed ut up with the prequel.

I got into hunger games like a couple of hours ago lol this movie looks soooo interesting

Will you read other Hunger games books? I would love to watch your reviews on them after knowing prequel

I hope the movie will be a 10/10 as well *-* I also wonder how the prequel would affect your reading of the actual HG trilogy if you ever feel likendoing a video on that. I think most people read it obviously the other way around so it could be interesting to be introduced to the capitol the other way around and to see how much changes from the prequel to the main story. The comments you're getting under this video are so unhinged and weird tho lmfao

Honestly a petition to change his name to Cornelius because Coriolanus does not roll off the tongue as easily

Also, it can’t just be me who kept pronouncing all the names wrong, and only realised when watching the trailers…

I love how you read the whole book and yet you keep calling him cornelius instead of coriolanus HAHAGSJSVEJHSBS

Cornelius 😭

Can someone recommend me in which order it is better to read books? The ballad first and then the trilogy or vice versa?

I finished reading the book like 2ish months ago and seen the trailers - I can confirm; he is hot and there’s no denying it (and I have read the other books and I don’t care). Also, did that scene in the trailer actually happen?? I swear Lucy Gray never got in the water, she just sat by it (not that I’m complaining, it looks really cool, I’m just wondering if I’m making that up)

Six months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have returned home to District 12, the poorest sector of Panem. Prior to Katniss and Peeta's "Victory Tour" of the country, President Snow visits Katniss and tells her that her televised acts of defiance in the previous Games have inspired rebellion among the districts. Snow demands that Katniss convince the country that she was acting out of love for Peeta, not against the Capitol, or her entire family and best friend Gale Hawthorne will be executed. Katniss reveals this threat to her mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, but not to Peeta. The tour’s first stop is District 11, home of Katniss's Hunger Games ally Rue. Peeta announces that he will give part of his winnings to the families of Rue and fellow tribute Thresh, and Katniss delivers an impromptu, heartfelt speech expressing her gratitude to the fallen tributes. An old man salutes Katniss, joined by the crowd; to her horror, the old man is immediately executed. Katniss tells Peeta of Snow’s threat, and they continue the tour as normal. Hoping to placate Snow, Peeta proposes to Katniss during a televised interview in the Capitol. Katniss accepts, but Snow is dissatisfied with her performance, leaving her afraid for her loved ones. Returning to District 12, now overrun with harsher Peacekeepers to enforce the Capitol's rule, Katniss discovers an uprising has broken out in District 8. Gale is caught poaching and is whipped in the town square until Haymitch intervenes. Gale is taken to Katniss's mother to be healed. While hunting in the woods, Katniss meets Bonnie and Twill, refugees from District 8, whose uprising has failed. They plan to reach District 13 - believed to be destroyed in the first rebellion against the Capitol - in the hope that the residents are actually underground. Katniss is injured climbing back over District 12’s now live electric fence. Preparing for her upcoming wedding, Katniss learns that Districts 3 and 4 have also risen up against the Capitol. The Capitol announces the 75th Hunger Games, with a twist - tributes will be selected from the surviving victors of the previous Games. As District 12's sole female victor, Katniss realizes she must compete alongside either Haymitch or Peeta. Haymitch is chosen and is unable to stop Peeta volunteering in his place. At the Capitol, Haymitch urges Katniss to find allies, but she bonds with the weakest tributes. Katniss and Peeta do their best to taunt the Capitol in their private training sessions: Katniss presenting a hanging dummy of Seneca Crane and Peeta with a portrait of Rue. In the televised interview, Katniss's stylist Cinna transforms the white wedding gown Snow insisted she wear into a black dress of feathers resembling a mockingjay, a symbol of the rebellion. Peeta decides to try anything he can to halt the games by creating a lie that Katniss is pregnant. To the dismay of everyone, the games still go on. Before Katniss is sent into the arena, she watches helplessly as Cinna is beaten and dragged out by Peacekeepers. Katniss and Peeta ally themselves with Finnick Odair from District 4 and Mags, his 80-year-old mentor. Peeta is knocked out by the jungle arena’s force field, and the party later has to flee from a poisonous fog. Mags sacrifices herself to allow Finnick to save the weakened Peeta. Katniss and Peeta ally with Johanna Mason from District 7 and “exceptionally smart” Beetee and Wiress from District 3. Wiress reveals that the arena is arranged like a clock, with each danger occurring at a fixed time and place for one hour. Wiress is killed, and in retaliation Katniss and Johanna kill the District 1 tributes. The remaining members of Katniss's group work on Beetee's plan to harness lightning to electrocute the District 2 tributes, who later interfere and disrupt the plan. Katniss uses her bow and arrow to direct the lightning into the force field, destroying it and knocking her unconscious. Katniss wakes up en route to District 13 with Finnick, Beetee, and Haymitch. She learns from Haymitch and Plutarch Heavensbee, the Head Gamemaker, that there had been a secret plan to rescue Katniss, now the living symbol of the rebellion. Peeta, along with Johanna and District 2 tribute Enobaria, have been captured by the Capitol. She later learns from Gale that, though her family and some other residents have escaped, District 12 has been destroyed.

You should definitely read the original trilogy. Compared to the rest of these YA dystopias, it's truly in the S tier

To tell you. Katniss didn’t kill Snow. She killed Coin which the other President who oust Snow. The latter was killed by a mob.

CoRnelius SnOw

Thanks for this input! I'm someone who only took down Catching Fire posters in their room like last month and since reading the prequel I've been debating whether I should take my non-hunger-games-knowing brother to see the film. The book REVOLVES around the future of the universe, the story is built around references and explanations for fans of the original series which creates issues when it's meant to stand on its own and in a way, I don't think the storyline was objectively very good. If we didn't know what happens 63 years later, it would have been written very differently. But the evolution of Snow into a sociopath, or rather his coming out as one, could still make for an interesting film

lol its not Cornelius it Coriolanus. That's why they call him Corio. Just so you know :)

You grew up as a Gen Z and not a Millennial, its fine i was the same way.

I never read any of the books. Haven’t read the prequel. BUT THE TRAILER HAD ME FEELIN SHIT. SO I READ THE QUICK LIL WIKI PAGE AND OW- AND THEN THE OLIVIA RODRIGO SONG? WELL DAMN. I THOUGHT ID BE SOBBING IN THE THEATER. But your overview had me laughing my ass off thanks💀

That means you'll be gaged by the original trilogy..

Suddenly I want to be your friend 😂

WHY do you keep pronouncing Coriolanus as Cornelius 😭

pls read the trilogy and give us your thoughts of it :)

im sorry but i have to correct u, his name is Coriolanus, not Cornelius

Omg what lol

"Cornelius" 🤓

I think the book left him underdeveloped even though its his backstory! Honestly the last two chapters are a mess. The book is so good in building his character as a manipulative and ruthless leader in the first two thirds but the last third is just him in distric 12 then he trys to kill LG goes back home and gets everthing he wants/needs to get into power. The trilogy had all these GoT level references to his tactics and manipulations and I was really disappointed that it didn't show him evolve besides "I like girl now I hate girl because power is better" 😅

HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN THE MOVIES

So you did know things about the original trilogy

You knew about the original trilogy, you absolute clickbaiter. Facts.

It’s not Cornelius it’s Coriolanus

The way you’re saying his name wrong 💀

i have a feeling the fnaf movie will be really bad

It is not Cornelius it is Coriolanus it is not the prime minister it is the president!!! It is not fudge falling it is snow falling.