** spoiler alert ** 
 Wow, this book was amazing. After reading book #2 (which felt too controlled) I felt this book gave the reader so much more. I liked how Katniss has grown as a character. I appreciate the sutleties of the psychological reality of war, and the fact that politicians are neither good nor bad, but people. I liked the ending, didn't feel it was cliched at all. This is how Harry potter should've ended: a psychologically damaged hero dealing with his own realities post war. Mad props to "reality" in young adult fiction. 
 I heard other people commenting on the constructed nature of the character and her lack of agency. But in this day and age, how much agency heroes really have? And in this post-apocalyptical society the answer is plain and simple=depending who is on the receiving end of this hero story. 
 How many Mockingjays have we had in real life so far that have come unscathed of the realities they were put through?