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@Padme:
I gave some of my reasons near the beginning of the thread:
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I liked Mockingjay for the way it portrayed war. I've never seen war dealt with so realistically in a non-adult novel. The deaths were 'pointless', but that was the point. Young men and women with their entire lives ahead of them are killed during war all the time. Cinna and Finnick are characters you can't kill, you just can't, yet here we are.
I also loved how the District 13 rebellion turned out. I've been getting rather tired of rebellion stories where the good guys overthrow the bad guys, set up a democracy (portraying it as Paradise) and everyone lives happily ever after. Corruption will still happen. It doesn't matter if it's President Snow or We The People (who are apparently flawless) who are in charge. There's this brilliantly eerie line at the end by Plutarch saying that this time humanity may have finally evolved past the endless cycle of tyranny and rebellion. Shortly after he mentions a new reality show (sounds like American Idol) he's producing and you get the feeling the cycle is going to start all over. Evolution of the human race indeed! I just found it all very refreshing.
I think this book is really connecting with the preteen-early teen crowd because of the loss of innocence they're going through. They're beginning to see the world through a different lens. If I had read these 4-5 years ago, I probably would have enjoyed them even more. I still keenly remember those days and I never truly get used to living in a world that works like it does.
I'm still mentally working through Prim's death, but I think it's less throw-away than people give it credit for. At the beginning of the series Katniss said Prim was the only person she really loved. At the end of Mockingjay, that's no longer the case. |
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Where sky and water meet,
Where the waves grow sweet,
Doubt not, Reepicheep,
To find all you seek,
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