Gemma’s Comments (group member since Jan 21, 2013)

Gemma’s comments from the Hunger Games - May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor group.

It's 6am and I've just finished reading Mockingjay. The trilogy has had me absolutely hooked for the last 3 days... But now I feel really disappointed and upset. What made me cry even more than Prim's death was Katniss ending up with Peeta. I know that whichever decision Suzanne Collins made would have resulted in some people being happy and others not, but personally I can't understand why someone would choose Peeta over Gale. Yes, they shared sweet moments and went through a lot together in the Games. But their endless quests to protect each other became somewhat tiresome by the end. Gale and Katniss's bond never felt that way. He simply loved her, and she should have realised long before that he was the one she belonged with.
I feel so conflicted now - having loved the books so intensely, I'm now both angry and saddened at the end. We didn't even get a proper goodbye from Gale, we were just informed he'd started a new life. It would almost have been better if he'd had a dramatic and emotional death scene and a tearful farewell with Katniss.
I'm bitterly disappointed and upset about Katniss ending up with Peeta and not Gale. Real or not real? Real.