This book. Oh, this book. I loved it and I hated it. Two days ago, I was happily dreaming up my 5-star review with phrases like, "it's stunning how great this book is, lots of wonderful twists." And...then I read the last third of it. *thud* 
 If Goodreads offered a 2.5 star, I would have gone with that instead of the full three. I could tell the book was getting iffy in the last third, like Collins didn't have enough space to wrap up everything...but the last 40 pages really sealed the deal for me. 
 **SPOILER ALERT from here on** 
 Besides the whole heartbreaking sadness of it, Katniss doesn't DO anything, just sits around and mopes (or is drugged up). I get why she feels that way, but why on earth would you end a novel that way? I wanted action! 
 Plus, she and Gale and Peeta have about 5 lines of dialogue - for all of them - in the entire last 40 pages. That's just ridiculous. I have to admit, I sort of stopped liking Katniss as a character in the last several pages, too. Throughout the whole series, she was borderline for me, but had these amazing moments where she was totally kick-ass...and then, this... She doesn't even stand up to change anything - she actually votes for another Hunger Games?!?! Seriously??!?! 
 I felt so let down because basically nothing changed, and I'm not convinced that any of the characters will ever fully recover. Which I guess could be the author's point, but it still makes for a crappy ending. There needs to be some kind of hope and someone taking a stand. (And shooting Coin does not count in my mind.) 
 The worse thing is that I think the ending will make me hesitate to re-read the first two books, even though I loved them. I mean, what's the point of saving Prim from the reaping when she's only going to die anyway!! Grrrr!!! (Okay, I get that there is clearly a point to this, but if I read the books again, it'll bug me because a tiny voice will always be reminding me that she dies later on). 
 So, Mockingjay, yeah...fabulous book for 2/3 of it; utterly disappointing in the end. 
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