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no i disagree because there are many ways to kill a story but she killed it badly..
I expected to see katniss mourn her sister and maybe tell her kids about how the old capitol life was. Generally, i was disappointed with the way a great story like that ended.
She did mourn for Prim, when she was in such a state of shock. But my point was that Collins bigger point to the story was through it all. All the violence and loss. The main character lived to eventually tell the tale of what happened. I don't think we actually needed to see it to know that it likely happened.
I hear ya Isobel. They do endings like that all the time for movies. I don't understand what has happened so that lately we as readers/viewers need to see the ending in exact details. Or as you said get the ending in exact details and still complain. Can't have it both ways.
Right and the point was not about marital bliss really. It was about the unlikely hero surviving another lifetime to even make it to having a family in the first place. Everything after that is up for grabs.
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Dec 05, 2011 01:15PM
I agree. She had to end it there so she didn't overwork the story. It was more of an afternote than another plotline.
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no i disagree because there are many ways to kill a story but she killed it badly..I expected to see katniss mourn her sister and maybe tell her kids about how the old capitol life was. Generally, i was disappointed with the way a great story like that ended.
She did mourn for Prim, when she was in such a state of shock. But my point was that Collins bigger point to the story was through it all. All the violence and loss. The main character lived to eventually tell the tale of what happened. I don't think we actually needed to see it to know that it likely happened.
It's also nice to imagine the ending for yourself. I've heard so many people actually complain about the 'Ten Years Later' chapter in Harry Potter DH. It ruins people's fantasies and means the reader has less freedom to imagine, as an individual. It would be difficult to please every reader so leaving it to our imagination, I actually think is an effective story ending. Of course, I would have liked to read more; but I love the books so that really just means I wish they were longer in the first place!
I hear ya Isobel. They do endings like that all the time for movies. I don't understand what has happened so that lately we as readers/viewers need to see the ending in exact details. Or as you said get the ending in exact details and still complain. Can't have it both ways.
Yeah, it's unfortunate and I imagine very difficult for the author to find the best of both worlds! I think in that way Suzanne Collins succeeded. She told us who Katniss ended up with but not all about the 'happy ever after'. Enough information was given but it was also partially left to our imagination. :)
Right and the point was not about marital bliss really. It was about the unlikely hero surviving another lifetime to even make it to having a family in the first place. Everything after that is up for grabs.
Exactly. I like your comment about the unlikely hero. It's more: Look, they've made it this far and been through so much they know nothing's perfect. They're just trying to survive in this world in which they struggle to live contently.
