The Hunger Games
I wish we could get a profanity pass, so that you could curse on a thread like once a year or something, I would love on right now.
*Heavy Spoilers*
I really enjoyed the first two books, and the third was doing it for me too, but I literally felt like killing myself during the end of Mockingjay. First of all she (SUZANNE COLLINS!) killed Prim, and it all happened so fast, and I don't understand why she did half the things she did. It was amazing, but I hate it, and it was horribly unexplained at the same time. I literally had chest pain after reading the book.
I dislike how Katniss was all spunky, and powerful, and bent on survival, and then she turns into a suicidal wreck. I hate her for killing Prim. She was so amazing and she got killed, it was so unexpected. I'd rather Katniss have died, it would have had more of a sense of closure.
The transition into the capitol was also not played out great. It lacked a feeling of planning, and it became so jumbled so fast. I dislike how Gale is never to be heard of again, and I dislike how everything is left a splattery mess left to be fixed. I'm glad Coin died though. Does anyone else get Migraines from this ending.
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@PigIey:
I'm still glad you brought it up. I personally feel that the fact that he would set off bombs to kill innocent people just to win the war, when it was painfully obvious already that the war was going to be won by the rebels even without the bombs just makes it apparent that he wasn't right for Katniss.
@fraddBS Saw it yesterday. It was okay.
[quote=Isiwen]#1 Katniss did not kill Prim, as you've seen from the other comments. It was a double bomb that was most likely planted by Coin to gain supporters from teh Capitol. You evidently were not reading the book very well.
I feel like the reason most people feel the Hunger Games end was bad was because it was real.
We're used to seeing the strong Katniss who fights back.
But you're forgetting she's [i]17 years old[/i]. You're asking a 17 year old girl to shoulder a war, lead a people, and kill fellow humans, and come out of this as an emotionally stable girl? You've got to be kidding me.
[b]War is not pretty.[/b] That's the bottom line. That's why you hate it. That's why I hated it [b]at first[/b]. But then I thought over it, and it made sense. Maybe we all wish it was an Harry Potter ending where everything ends up happily ever after. But in reality, that's not what happens. Our veterans, they come back scarred, they live in pain, they have nightmares that will enver disappear. They are scarred.
But the beauty in all of that is that Katniss chose to continue living. Looking at the epilogue, she chose to see the good in the world. And doing that takes real courage. The same girl who saw a government pit human beings against each other, who saw countless friends and family die , who held all this in her hands, chose to see the good in the world. There are far more worse games to play: she could be hiding in a closet like in the beginning of the book, but she didn't.
Don't you think that's pretty admirable? That's why Mockingjay is such an amazing book. It went beyond "Peeta or Gale" like everyone thought it would be, and touched the pain of human life after scarring events.
Honestly, Mockingjay was my favorite book. It made Katniss all the more realistic, all the more inspiring. People died, died in terrible ways, but isn't that what happens in real life? But she found her dandelion, she found her happiness.
[b]There are far worse games to play.[/b]
Hopefully that changed your mind or got you thinking. Keep in mind, this book was also inspired by the lessons Suzanne Collins learned from her father, a Vietnam War Veteran.[/quote]
This. Very well said.
@linahanrocks Yea, I meant Collins (the author) made it so that Prim dies. You people need to relax.
I said there was spoilers!
@Isiwen I agree with you on the war, however, if Katniss was to be portrayed as a broken down 17 year old girl then it should have been gradual, starting since Peeta got hijacked. From that point it seemed to me like she gave up on Peeta, moved on, showed her strength and started trying to kill snow. The abrupt change is what a lot of people don't like. But you're right, I do like how real it is.
[quote=PigIey]Katniss didn't kill Prim the bomb Gale set off in Capitol killed her accidentally.[/quote]
It was hardly an accident- it was two bombs. First to cause casualties in general, second to take out the wave of help (Prim was a medic). Yes, Mockingjay sucked so hard. Gale got slighted, and Katniss was broken down in the end.
#1 Katniss did not kill Prim, as you've seen from the other comments. It was a double bomb that was most likely planted by Coin to gain supporters from teh Capitol. You evidently were not reading the book very well.
I feel like the reason most people feel the Hunger Games end was bad was because it was real.
We're used to seeing the strong Katniss who fights back.
But you're forgetting she's [i]17 years old[/i]. You're asking a 17 year old girl to shoulder a war, lead a people, and kill fellow humans, and come out of this as an emotionally stable girl? You've got to be kidding me.
[b]War is not pretty.[/b] That's the bottom line. That's why you hate it. That's why I hated it [b]at first[/b]. But then I thought over it, and it made sense. Maybe we all wish it was an Harry Potter ending where everything ends up happily ever after. But in reality, that's not what happens. Our veterans, they come back scarred, they live in pain, they have nightmares that will enver disappear. They are scarred.
But the beauty in all of that is that Katniss chose to continue living. Looking at the epilogue, she chose to see the good in the world. And doing that takes real courage. The same girl who saw a government pit human beings against each other, who saw countless friends and family die , who held all this in her hands, chose to see the good in the world. There are far more worse games to play: she could be hiding in a closet like in the beginning of the book, but she didn't.
Don't you think that's pretty admirable? That's why Mockingjay is such an amazing book. It went beyond "Peeta or Gale" like everyone thought it would be, and touched the pain of human life after scarring events.
Honestly, Mockingjay was my favorite book. It made Katniss all the more realistic, all the more inspiring. People died, died in terrible ways, but isn't that what happens in real life? But she found her dandelion, she found her happiness.
[b]There are far worse games to play.[/b]
Hopefully that changed your mind or got you thinking. Keep in mind, this book was also inspired by the lessons Suzanne Collins learned from her father, a Vietnam War Veteran.
Wow, are we really debating who killed Prim?
War killed Prim. That's the whole message of the series. War and it's effects on children specifically.
[quote=MapleFacez]the capital does..[/quote]
No, it is more or less revealed that Snow has always been honest with Katniss, showing that he did not order the attack on the children, but rather President Coin (hence why she kills Coin instead of Snow).
I think Mockingjay was the worst out of the series, but it wasn't that bad anyways.
[quote=NoobCake]Apparently the last two books were made just for the purpose of money.[/quote]
Yea. 2nd book was good though. Katniss was just crappy in the 3rd though. Wasn't very interesting. I did enjoy the District [12] of ashes though.
If you liked those books, you'll love "Escape from Furnace" It is SO much better.
katniss doesnt kill prim..the capital does..
[quote=shadow4son]so...katniss kills prim..?[/quote]
I'm pretty sure Gale's plan killed Prim.
Mockingjay seemed a bit rushed.
Not like the Deathly Hallows, which was so satisfying, but still had that feeling of wanting more.
Catching fire was the best mocking-jay was just . . . Confusing to me o.o
so...katniss kills prim..?
[quote=zzomgitzSEAN]OMGGG NUUU i read the first part of the spoiler AHHHH[/quote]
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Also, the dog dies.
Or was that marley and me.
I hate him because of never hearing of him again, what a jerk. I'm so glad that coin women died. I'm so sad Prim died.
no i liked the ending and i prefer the third book over the second
the deaths were crazy but HP pulled the same stuff every book and it worked. also i hated Gale so never hearing about him was a plus for me.
Apparently the last two books were made just for the purpose of money.