Mockingjay question

I loved the ending. I don't think Coin should have been President. She was just as bad as Snow was through the whole last two books. Yeah, she presented herself differently but bad character is bad character no matter how shiny the package. The outcome would have inevitably been the same rather than or ten years later. I don't think that led to Katniss's decision to shoot her though. I think what inevitably led to that was that Coin purposefully placed Prim in the estate and then detonated the bombs to destroy Katniss so she wouldn't fight her tyranny. Prim wasn't old enough to be in battle. They told us so countless times earlier in the novel. It was a very strategic move on Coins part and if she can kill innocence then what is off limits for her?

The first time I read Mockingjay, I was severly disappointed. Not even knowing Peeta lived cured me of it and I thought that I wasted my time reading this book. I put it off my mind for years. After watching Catching Fire movie and rekindling my obsession with Hunger Games I finally reread Mockingjay...two times at that. And now I can safely say that I can't even choose between CF and Mockingjay as my favorite book of the series. I guess Mockingjay for me is one of those books that I need time to love/really understand before I can fully appreciate it. So yeah, severly disappointed at first but extremely satisfied after I gave it another try.

The ending is ..... not very disappointing . it's nice, but what was a disappointment My hope is Gayle. This is not fair, especially he has been with them in the most times in the Mockingjay. Therefore it was necessary to show what happened to him.

It wasn't a ridiculous ending. It was plausible. This is as close to "Happily Ever After" anybody over 15 should expect unless it's complete fantasy.

I felt very satisfied with the ending it was realistic and sad but had a spark of happiness because Katniss and Peeta were together.

I personally LOVED Mockingjay. Katniss became likable (she was really annoying in the first two books), and the character evolution was AMAZING if not a little sad... but still amazing and VERY good. I just loved it. Especially reading it the second time around. It was the deepest, most radical of her books with so much change. The end was happy... a little bittersweet, but beautiful. So very beautiful.

Agree with all of the following posts:
Maggie
The ending felt reasonable, but that doesn't mean I have to like it! I don't want to pity a main character that's lived through so much already.


Dana
I was disappointed,but honestly I don't know what would have made me happy. Perhaps the ending was realistic given the world that they live in.


Anzen
Not exactly disappointed. Sad, yes. But I guess that just how the story should end. Feels more realistic.

I think my biggest problem with the ending was that yes, i wish there could have been more about the progress Katniss and Peeta both made in the 20 years between the end and the epilogue- more info on her and Peeta's relationship. But also, even more so, because I liked him so much, I would have liked to have gotten a little more info on Haymitch, other than he drank liquor and when that ran out he raised geese til the train came. And that he finally joined in with the book making, adding his 23 years of mentored tributes to it. I would have liked something slightly happier for him, or even just a mention that after 20 years he still lived near Peeta & Katniss- maybe a small picture of him playing with the kids, them calling him Uncle, something. But it is what it is- I guess we can just fill in the blanks with our own imaginations.

I just wrote a review of the book, but rather than a synopsis, I wrote out WHY i think Collins had to end the series the way she did... curious what you guys think. Its rather chunky, but I wanted to address all the reasons I've seen in the forum that some people didn't like it... her ending up with Peeta, the fact that she wasn't the leader of the revolution, her depression, her voting 'yay' on the continuation of the Hunger Games, etc. There's a place to respond, so I'd love to hear thoughts if anyone has any. I'm trying (as are you, apparently) to prompt some actual discussion of this book, rather than just 'I hated it'. lol https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Mockingjay was the best book in the series. The ending was pretty good to me.

For me, the book was kind of ruined when Coin presented the idea of one last round of Hunger Games with Capitol kids as a revenge and they voted on it. I never got over Katniss voting for it! That made me think: "Oh wait. Three books and you've learned .. nothing?"
So, after this the end of the book didn't affect me much in any way. I liked that Katniss got rid of Coin, though, as it was clear that she would have been just as bad as Snow. And Katniss living in Misery - that felt realistic.

Enjoyed all three books... until the very end. Yes, there is some realism to the book. However, I often times read fantasy/science fiction to "escape" reality in hopes for a good story (which includes a good ending). I felt that the ending was created to make a "statement" about government. What was worse is that it left the reader with the idea that a person (or hero) can potentially do all the right things, and yet end with misery. It left me feeling as though it isn't worth trying to make things better because we will end up in the same place... just with a different "team" and nightmares. Good thing that it is only a book. Just curious what they will do in the movies.

The ending felt reasonable, but that doesn't mean I have to like it! I don't want to pity a main character that's lived through so much already.

i hate the ending. katniss is finally free but she still lives in the misery that one day she will have to tell her children about the horible things she went through

It wasn't the events that ruined the ending for me, so much as Katniss's attitude towards it all. If Katniss had more of an emotional presence in Mockingjay like she did in the first two books, I would have liked it a lot better. But her detached, uncaring attitude just ruined everything.

I had mixed feelings about the ending of mockingjay. Found myself asking "Is that it?" I loved the series and I had a feeling it was going in that direction but the way it ended just felt unreal. I completely agree with Ashley that if the suggestion of a hunger games with the capital children, the book/story would have ended differently.

Not exactly disappointed. Sad, yes. But I guess that just how the story should end. Feels more realistic.

I am not exactly sure how I feel about the ending. For the most part, I think it isn't really a happy or unhappy ending...it's a little of both but I do feel a little unsatisfied because it seems to skip over a lot of the trial. I think there was at least maybe one more chapter left out.

I was disappointed,but honestly I don't know what would have made me happy. Perhaps the ending was realistic given the world that they live in.

The mistake was made when Senator Coin presented the idea for a revenge Hunger Games to include the Capitol children. If that hadn't have been put in, then it would have ended differently. I would have had a legit Senator in office and Katniss wouldn't have had to go arrow happy on Coin. She could have gone home and lived out a happy life with Peeta, sans crazy girl title.

Agree with the above poster. The whole thing was one of the most poorly written ending I have ever read. I wish I hadn't bothered reading it.

This entire book was one of the worst ends to a series I've ever read. Aside from Allegiant.