I actually agree with you! I think? I think there could have been a really cool book with the return to the arena and how it impacted things going on outside and vice versa, but I think it would have worked much better had the POV been expanded so that we saw what was going on outside as well. Which... probably does not go into the "stuff going on over my head" thing, but I wouldn't have minded stuff going on over Katniss' head as long as the reader got to know?
Ditto with the end with Katniss not having agency. I like that Collins isn't going with the 17-year-old magically saving the world, just as Katniss' first response wasn't revolution, it was to save her loved ones. I am just not sure Katniss should have been the only POV in that case.
I think my thing is just that I thought the coolest part was the revolution, and it was annoying not being able to see it.
Ha, yes, I totally went off Team Gale when he was sulky, but even more when he said "I love you" to Katniss and it was really obvious she did not return the sentiment in the same way. I'm also irritated by how Collins structured it so that choosing Gale means choosing revolution and choosing Peeta means choosing the status quo; she should be able to a) not have to choose a lifestyle while picking between the two and b) have the ability to choose neither of them! I'm annoyed that it's framed as a dichotomy and that there isn't the third choice of her deciding not to be part of a couple, especially because she read as someone really not ready for that and as someone who very much resented being pressured into it in the beginning of the book.
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Re: Contrary Sanguinity is Contrary
Wed, Apr. 7th, 2010 07:27 pm (UTC)Ditto with the end with Katniss not having agency. I like that Collins isn't going with the 17-year-old magically saving the world, just as Katniss' first response wasn't revolution, it was to save her loved ones. I am just not sure Katniss should have been the only POV in that case.
I think my thing is just that I thought the coolest part was the revolution, and it was annoying not being able to see it.
Ha, yes, I totally went off Team Gale when he was sulky, but even more when he said "I love you" to Katniss and it was really obvious she did not return the sentiment in the same way. I'm also irritated by how Collins structured it so that choosing Gale means choosing revolution and choosing Peeta means choosing the status quo; she should be able to a) not have to choose a lifestyle while picking between the two and b) have the ability to choose neither of them! I'm annoyed that it's framed as a dichotomy and that there isn't the third choice of her deciding not to be part of a couple, especially because she read as someone really not ready for that and as someone who very much resented being pressured into it in the beginning of the book.