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Next weekend  The Hunger Games : The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes comes out in theaters. I loved The Hunger Games books/movies and wanted to read the newest book before the movie came out so I read it last summer. I really enjoyed it, in fact, I'd say, it’s probably the best one. Although, this one is even darker, and Katniss from the first series... the heroine that she is, is still my favorite character... this newest book surprised me at how much I liked it. While reading it, I couldn't help but think how the main character, Coriolanus (the young President Snow), showed pretty accurate signs of a narcissist. I think we all figured the adult President Snow in The Hunger Games is narcissistic, if not psychopathic, but it's not as obvious in the younger version of himself, which makes it even more interesting seeing how he turns into the villain that he is. Of any character I've ever read in a book, this younger version represented much of what I'