With that said, I do agree that the very ending of the book leaves a little something to be desired. I understand that too many things have happened between Gale and Katniss for them to ever be the same. The war has brought out Gales anger, and brutality, which Katniss has always been aware of. The death of Prim, although not directly Gales fault is the last edge of the divide between them. I would have liked a bit more of explanation just for closure sake though. And ad for Katniss and Peeta's relationship? Collins really dropped the ball there. In one page, we are expected to comprehend how they heal, and grow to trust and love one another again. With their romance being such an important part of the story I think she definitely should have elaborated there. If not in the final chapter, at least in the epilogue.

I do think it is lovely that Peeta and Katniss have children. And I choose to interpret the ending as happy since Collins leaves so much up to us. The fact that her cldren learn about the rebellion in school and are free to play in the Meadow makes me think that the state of the country is much better and that the rebellion was a success. I would have liked some closure for Haymitch, Katniss' mother, and maybe even Gale. I hate to think of him alone and always longing for Katniss.

President Coin first appears in Mockingjay. She is the leader of the rebellion, and President of District 13. She assumes power after the rebellion is successful. Katniss greatly dislikes her because of her ruthlessness and her hunger for power. She is very selfish, though tries to seem not. As proven by many acts throughout the novel. Some of these acts include ordering the assassination of Katniss, fire-bombing children in the Capitol, which kills not only the children, but also some rebel medics, including Primrose Everdeen, and killing a great amount of people unnecessarily. She is also very unfair as she was going to put Peeta, Johanna and Enobaria on trial for war crimes just because they had been left behind in the arena. She is even more ruthless than Snow in several domains. As payback for the harsh treatment of the districts, she suggests having a final Hunger Games in which the Capitols children--most directly related to those who held most power--serve as the 24 tributes. She is killed by an arrow fired by Katniss Everdeen (as vengence for her sister's death) during the execution of the former President of Panem, President Snow.

I hate the third book, it destroyed the Hunger Games for me. Litterally!

1. What happened to the pearl? This seemed like a significant item of value, yet its fate was never mentioned (Like many other issues among characters)

2. The death of Prim: The whole underlying reason for Katniss's efforts in the Hunger Games. There was no discussion on why Prim was put in the position. This conflict could have been resolved if Katniss and her Mother were to talk about Prim's death. Instead, Katniss and her mother part ways and the reader is left with nothing further.

3. Gale: There was no sympathy from him in regards to Prim's death. This seemed extremely out of character since he said the only thing he had going for him was taking care of Katniss' family. It seems remarkably odd that he would not show any signs of emotion to her. For example, maybe something along the lines of him feeling like he failed Katniss. In fact, overall it seems more like he was more about destruction, jealously of Peeta and Katniss together, and cared more about his own feelings. He mentions many times that he in no way can compete with Peeta and his efforts of self-sacrificing to protect Katniss (even though he does do many things to save Peeta for Katniss and protect her. It just seems like it wasn't selfless but rather an alternate motive involved with his actions). Peeta was more about the beauty of life, colorful paintings, always giving to others despite his own happiness. This always made Gale look bad, but with Gale simply going to district 2 and doing nothing and his lack of empathy for Prim's death and Katniss continuously makes him look worse.

4. Katniss agreeing to the final Hunger Game with the Capitol's children. This was simply appalling and destroyed the whole underlying message of the book despite the part where she says "nothing has changed."

5. What has become of the government? I felt this was a crucial topic that was horribly left out in the ending. Isn't order suppose to be restored at the end of a dystopian type society??

6. Coin: Something was missing about the whole turning point in Katniss and her decision to kill Coin instead of Snow. Some reference to Bogg's dying message to Katniss would have been helpful for a possible foreshadow of the event to come.

The ending was very short. The last, powerful sentence about her reasoning for choosing Peeta was beautiful in my opinion. If it hadn't been for that last line, the whole book would have unquestionably been a waste of time for me. This sentence did help give some closure to the Gale situation.

Lots of loose ends that were essential to the story/message in my opinion.

1. The way that Finnick died

Um, yeah, could anyone else think of a less noble way to die then being torn apart by rabid wolf/demon things that was technically "off screen" for no reason? Finnick should have died for ANNIE, his ONE true love that the author built him up for. To make it worse, Katniss cares for about 5 seconds and then just leaves.

2. Prim dying.

Hellooo? would someone like to remind me of the entire reason that Katniss went into the games in the first place? I rest my case.

3. The fact that Katniss's mom AND Gale just "dissapear" and Katniss makes no effort to get them back.

Gale was her BEST FRIEND. and she LOVED him. and her mom? It just bothered me that she just left her alone. And I know that this is controversial, but I think that Katniss should have ended up with Gale, just because he knows her the best and their bond seemed so much sweeter than Peetas.

4. The author made the choice between Gale and Peeta so hard that she just simply put Gale away in another district and provides ZERO details about the wedding or her life.

Besides the kids, we have no idea who Katniss has matured to or who Peeta is.

5. At the end of the book, we still don't know what the world has come to.

Is there a system of democracy? Is there a president? Is District 12 better? Worse?

6. Katniss didnt kill president Snow.

The ENTIRE SERIES was dedicated to the absolute absurdity of Snow and his people, and Katniss even tells her squad "I kill President Snow." YAYY! and then when she finally gets her chance? SHe kills Coin. And I understand that Coin was a very pivotal character, but doesn't it bother you a little that Katniss never did it herself?

Overall, the epitome of the problem is this: the author built up the characters and the plot SO MUCH, and I was extremely excited to get to the end, but it ended in a heap of discontent. Katniss, who is supposed to be strong and represnet the people, literally ends the novel as a pathetic, disoriented individual who can't comprehend life. And that made me very, very sad. And Katniss was NEVER HAPPY, BUT SHE NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Most of you might say, "well, how would you have ended it?"

Touche. I would have had Katniss corner Snow into his "rose room" and slowly list off the things that he did to her, and then shoot him with an arrow at the last second. I would flash foreward to a scene where Prim, mother, Katniss, Haymitch, Peeta, Gale, Finnick, and Annie sit at a table in Katniss's house in a land where people prosper, land grows, forests bloom, people are happy. Peeta and Katniss have a heart to heart chat about their feelings, and they embrace, Katniss thanking Peeta for showing her what love is. Gale and Katniss are together, and Peeta finds a new girl who is nothing like Katniss, because their relationship seemed forced.
The very last part would be Katniss staring at a picture of her father, and as she holds Gale's hand and laughs about the times, to come, she knows that amidst the horrible Games, there will always be people she can trust.

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