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Originally Posted by mewmartigan
I think the first book was great from Katniss' point of view. The second book suffered a little because of it and the 3rd book was terrible, only partly because of it.
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The third book misses so much being from Katniss' point of view. She blacks out/passes out about 30 times in the 3rd book and each time she wakes up, some new development has happened. "Hey, we're going to rescue Peeta but you can't come. Go to bed, wake up, Peeta's back."
I couldn't believe the author killed off Prim....it kinda made the whole story pointless to me as the entire point of the first book was Katniss taking her place to save her. Not only that, Prim was killed while Katniss was blacked out...so again, being written from her perspective, she wakes up, finds out her sister is dead and the plot moves on. Poor Prim didn't even get a decent send off!
IMHO, I think Katniss should have died in the explosion, saving Prim. The remainder of the 3rd book should have been written from Prim's point of view. Especially since I think Peeta and Gale both became kinda unlikeable and by the end you dont' really care which one she ends up with...
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I would love to quote from your SPOILER section but I won't, much - just to suggest that the "Hey, ... but ... " thing is a helpful literary device if you have a book to complete and a deadline looming, and you need to skim over a lot of plot quickly.
Completely agree with your other points - your alternative ending would have been better - I thought it was heading that way for a while anyway, disappointing that it didn't.
On the unlikeables, no I didn't care either. My money was on Haymitch, which shows how wrong you can be.