8.28.2010

i finished that book.

i mostly loved it. yes, i loved it. but i hated it, i really hated it.

anyway, don't read on if you don't want spoilers.



i hated how the Capitol hijacked Peeta, ahh i hated that.
it almost ruined the book for me.
he should've been there with Katniss being his normal self, leading the rebellion.
the whole book i couldn't get over that.
but for those few moments when he would remember how much he cared about Katniss i was happy.
like when he remembered her favorite soup.
at least they end up together and he slowly becomes normal again.
Gale slowly became more and more annoying to me, him and his lust for spilling blood.
when Finnick died i cried. and Boggs, i liked him.
did a lot of the book seem confusing to anyone else?
and i really hated how Katniss went into such hardcore depression after Prim died and after shooting President Coin.
when she turned her bow and shot Coin...WHOOA!
Prim dying was the worst though, she was so innocent.
it's like when Fred dies in The Deathly Hallows.
all in all i was dissapointed at a lot of things, but it all goes together in the end. mostly.
i still liked it though, it's one of those things you just have to like.



my mind will continue to be consumed with that book and fictional characters for the rest of the day. trying to clear up any of the confusion, most likely start reading the whole series over again. the first two were so dang good, but Mockingjay was pretty good. very intense.

on a scale of one to ten.
The Hunger Games: 10
Catching Fire: 8.5
Mockingjay: 5 or 6

k see ya.

5 comments:

kassie said...

Alright, I completely agree to all of this. And when everyone's done reading it, I want to have a mighty deep discussion about it. You're invited.

jenna said...

yesss.
i really need to talk to someone about it, badly.

Mallory said...

I AM SO GLAD SOMEONE IS DONE SO I CAN FINALLY TALK ABOUT IT. ok. ok. so there were three things that reallllllly made me mad.
1. how katniss just sat back and relaxed while everyone else went on a rescue mission for peeta. and it didn't give any details about it. that was the part that i was super looking forward to in that book. it was supposed to be INSANELY intense and heartwrenching. but she just wakes up and he's back. whatever. SOOO disappointing.
2. how the battle at the capitol ended super quickly and was, again, super disappointing. the bombs went off and it was over. there was no fighting or anything. it could have been SOOO much cooler.
3. how it ended. seriously like 15 pages from the end she pulls out the biggest twist ever. that there is going to be another hunger games with the capitol kids. when i was reading that i started crying of frustration because there was no WAY she was going to pull that off in fifteen pages. and of course it was ruined. and like you said, that depression katniss went into freaking sucked. it was so painful to read. it hurt. and the only happiness she finally got with peeta was 1/2 page. WHERE'S THE ROMANCE?!??!?!?!??! oh and i'd have rather had gale die than what ended up happening to him. that was SO sad. i shed quite a few tears for him. i think Suzie was trying so hard not to make it what everyone predicted that it just was so sad and awful. like peeta hating katniss. that sucked. so much. like i said. i wanted romance.
the whole book was about preparing for battles and preparing for things. preparing preparing preparing. and when it finally got to the crazy intense parts she cut it off and made it crappy. i am just so FRUSTRATED, i have never EVER cried so much over a book. and finnick was one of my favorites. dangit.
ugh. ok ok i still loved it. i can't help it. the incredible feeling you get during those books is impossible not to get. but i was just a little disappointed.

jenna said...

ok.
i COMPLETELY agree with everything you just said. completely.
i absolutely hated how she was off to kill Snow and so many people had died to help her achieve this, then all a sudden those bombs go off (which was absolutely horrific) and the war is over?? i was all pumped for her to finally kill him and then all a sudden she is in the hospital in depression!! SO FRUSTRATING! and Finnick, that was horrible, he died for nothing. nothing.
and where the heck is the romance! this was the most frustrating because Peeta was so much in love with her, and now he is practically a mutt. she could have at least added more than that half page of them being in love at the end. so, so frustrating.
and yes, i feld really bad for Gale. but i think it's good that she didn't have him killed in the book because then it would have looked like Katniss only "chooses" Peeta in the end because Gale is no longer an option. but Gale's fate was dissapointing and sad.
i feel like i could talk about his book for hours, i want to pick the whole thing apart bit by bit and just talk talk talk.
but i do agree that you have to like it, because you just have to. though i feel like it could have been way better in so many ways. it wasn't anything like i thought it would be.
i am currently reading the first two over again because i need to be reminded of how much Peeta loved Katniss and how much i love him. i missed him too much in Mockingjay.

Mallory said...

yeah gurl. yeah. i was just mad katniss didn't have part in anything, so therefore, no cool action or anything. i don't understand why she thought it was ok to leave out so much romance because that was a huge part of the first books. and the best part. you're right. i missed him too. it was like he wasn't even a main character, he was so out of the picture half the time. she should have made him like snap back in love with her, like just imagine if when he remembered her favorite soup all the crappy feelings just went away and he was himself again. something like that would have been so perfect. but i think she didn't want it to be what anyone predicted....
and i got a little sick of reading about katniss in the hospital.
and i think you're right about gale, but he like never got to say goodbye or anything and uggghhh it was just sad.