I just finished the book Mocking Jay the third book in the Hunger Games series. In the middle of the book I thought it was probably my favourite out of the series but I really didn’t like the ending. I didn’t like the ending because it was a bit forced and the author didn’t explain a lot of details.
1. What I disliked about the book was the ending was too fast, the author didn’t really explain a lot in the epilogue. After Katniss shot the arrow at President Coin (the President of District 13 and the leader of the rebel soldiers), instead of President Snow (the President of the Capitol and founder of the Hunger Games) she had a mental breakdown since she witnessed her own sisters death. She was in the hospital for a really long time and it seemed like she was close to death because she refused to eat and take medication. Then suddenly, Katniss was relocated to District 12 her former home before the Capitol destroyed it. Haymitch was also forced back to District 12 in order to mentor Katniss and make sure she is well, which he does not. Katniss’s mom is to help in the medical field in District 2, so Katniss really has no one except the recovering Peeta.
2. The part in the epilogue made me ask a lot of questions because I wanted to know what had become of the Capitol, Katniss’s mom and Haymitch. I also wanted to know if there were still peacekeepers and if Katniss still hunted. The ending was very quick and Katniss explained that she and Peeta had kids and how the play in the meadow where the Capitol had bombed them. All that was left of the meadow was a giant hole filled with dead bodies, she was talking about how she had to explain to them one day what had happened with the Capitol and how Katniss and Peeta were a huge part in standing up and stopping the Capitols rein of destruction.
3.What I noticed is that Peeta really changed at the end since the Capitol captured and “hijacked” him into believing Katniss was evil and wanted to kill him. Near the end Katniss really had to work with Peeta to make him believe that the things the Capitol had said to him were completely false.
