Some of my reactions as I read the epilogue... I'll come back later to talk more seriously about things. Please feel free to read along with me and share your reactions and start some discussions. And only read this if you've finished the book!
I'm glad she mentioned the terror at having the babies. The happiness would have felt too clean otherwise.And Rue's song. I know that this is supposed to be sweet and reassuring. But I will never read those words without weeping for Rue. It's too bound up in my head. And now Prim too. *tears*
OK. That was a really good book.
A really good book.
I need to process how I feel about certain pieces and the way it went and how I think it compares to the others.
But damn that was a good book.
Okay, I'm going to post here because I think it's easier, there will be less spoilers for people reading this.
ReplyDeleteI think this book broke me. Prim was the one good, innocent person in the whole book, and the fact that she was killed just made the entire end feel hollow. Coin's death, ending up with Peeta, everything feels empty without Prim, who was the impetus for the whole story.
I finished last night, and my head is still reeling. I kept waiting for Prim's death to be a figment of Katniss' imagination (because of the whole opening). It's not. And I am devastated.
I knew it wouldn't end up Katniss and Gale as soon as they did the mountain thing. I think that's the moment where she realized that she and Gale didn't see the world the same way. I am glad that Collins gave Peeta a bit of darkness. He was so Christ-like in his love for Katniss in the earlier books that there was no way he could have happily ended up with her, as damaged as she was even after the first Hunger Games. I liked how Collins threw in that line of how they could help each other heal.
I reread Hunger Games and Catching Fire before I read this, but I'm not sure if I could reread Mockingjay. Talk about an emotional ordeal. Collins is so awesome.
I agree with you...I have to say that I cried through about the last 1/3 of the book. I think what was the most difficult parts for me to read were Finnick and Prim's deaths. That totally killed me, I really hoped that those two would make it. I am extremely happy though that Peeta and Katniss ended up together but I was really upset that Gale and Katniss didn't at least have a farewell of any kind. I didn't expect them to end up with eachother but I had kind of hoped for some closer. It would have been nice if in the Epilogue it would have had Gale and Katniss remaining friends, I mean after all they had been best friends.
ReplyDeletei sobbed throughout the entire book, when finnick died, when prim died, when each victor died, when i found out annie was pregnant, etc...i think as soon as prim died, the book was over for me. the whole book had been dependant on prim- prim was the reason katniss ever went into the games at all. when she died the book felt ... hollow, there was no meaning to it anymore. it was like katniss wasnt truly living after that :(
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