Mockingjay
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Did you cry when prim died?
no i did not cry, but i was close. this book was not the best but i got somewhat happy when katness killed pres. coin
Riley wrote: "Yah i loved Prim she was my favorite character, and when Katniss sang that song SO SWEET how could you not"poor prim :( omfg
ya i cryed i cryed when rue died too
No, I only cried for Rue, Mags and Finnick. Mockingjay was the hugest let down that had no real point but kill awesome characters and the one good thing it did, it killed. Boggs was awesome
I felt like I didn't know Prim at all, just what Katniss thought about her. For a character that was such an important motivation for the lead, she sorta disappeared from the books until the very end of Mockingjay. Prim developed outside of the narrative we are provided. We see her at the beginning as a very young child, and at some point she grew up into a young adult without mention. So therefore I didn't really care when she died. She was very much a side character. And Katniss seems to get over it pretty well, so no biggie.
Megster wrote: "I felt like I didn't know Prim at all, just what Katniss thought about her. For a character that was such an important motivation for the lead, she sorta disappeared from the books until the very e..."Yep, agreed. One of the reasons I didn't cry and didn't really care much about her in Mockingjay.
People, people. Come on. Mockingjay had to be dark to be authentic. Put yourself into the reality of a totalitarian dystopia. The overthrow isn't going to be a fairy tale. In a way, Katniss DID die in that she lost a part of herself. I thought the tired hollow sound of the narrative voice at the end of the book was the most impressive thing about it.
Rebecca wrote: "People, people. Come on. Mockingjay had to be dark to be authentic. Put yourself into the reality of a totalitarian dystopia. The overthrow isn't going to be a fairy tale. In a way, Katniss DID die..."In my opinion it wasn't that 'dark' at all. It was so jumbled up like Suzanne Collins didn't really know what she was doing and Katniss was a BIG disappointment. There was just so many unnecessary deaths and it ended up feeling dull and so much like Twilight.
The ending was by far one of the worst endings that I've ever read. It comes in really close with the cowardness of the Volturi, no no, scrap that it was EXACTLY like the cowardness of the Volturi. Gosh, what was Suzanne Collins thinking when she had Katniss faint, instead of the big epic battle that I and many people wanted. The bomb dropping on the children was so unnecessary again and it just felt like she wanted to get Gale out of the way. ALSO, when Katniss went back to District 12 and saw Peeta she wasn't happy, she just sat there feeling miserable about her whole life like it was only her who had the biggest burden in the entire world. If I was Katniss and I saw Peeta after so long I would've practically hugged him to death. Isn't he who she was fighting for?
I also hate how she assumed that Gale was in District 2, when that might not have happened at all. Katniss became a pathetic, miserable, sad twat in Mockingjay and she doesn't deserve Peeta or Gale or anyone. If anyone should've died it should've been Katniss, heroical not pathetically. Although I found myself LOVING Johanna, Finnick, Cinna, Haymitch and a couple more minors. They were so much better.
Having said that, I loved the song The Hanging Tree that Collins wrote, it's beautiful.
/Sorry for the long rant.
Rebecca wrote: "People, people. Come on. Mockingjay had to be dark to be authentic. Put yourself into the reality of a totalitarian dystopia. The overthrow isn't going to be a fairy tale. In a way, Katniss DID die..."In my opinion it wasn't that 'dark' at all. It was so jumbled up like Suzanne Collins didn't really know what she was doing and Katniss was a BIG disappointment. There was just so many unnecessary deaths and it ended up feeling dull and so much like Twilight.
The ending was by far one of the worst endings that I've ever read. It comes in really close with the cowardness of the Volturi, no no, scrap that it was EXACTLY like the cowardness of the Volturi. Gosh, what was Suzanne Collins thinking when she had Katniss faint, instead of the big epic battle that I and many people wanted. The bomb dropping on the children was so unnecessary again and it just felt like she wanted to get Gale out of the way. ALSO, when Katniss went back to District 12 and saw Peeta she wasn't happy, she just sat there feeling miserable about her whole life like it was only her who had the biggest burden in the entire world. If I was Katniss and I saw Peeta after so long I would've practically hugged him to death. Isn't he who she was fighting for?
I also hate how she assumed that Gale was in District 2, when that might not have happened at all. Katniss became a pathetic, miserable, sad twat in Mockingjay and she doesn't deserve Peeta or Gale or anyone. If anyone should've died it should've been Katniss, heroical not pathetically. Although I found myself LOVING Johanna, Finnick, Cinna, Haymitch and a couple more minors. They were so much better.
Having said that, I loved the song The Hanging Tree that Collins wrote, it's beautiful.
/Sorry for the long rant.
I was reallllly surprised when Prim died but not disappointed. The whole sacrifice thing was in vain. That was sad.I liked Finnick more - he most of all the characters and when he was killed I didn't want to believe it. Then I read the page again to see if I got it right. I couldn't believe it. Finnick:((((
Jen wrote: "I didn't cry, but I rarely cry while reading a book. however, Mockingjay gave me the strangest reaction!For the rest of the day after I finished it, I was extremely, extremely depressed! I rarely..."
I felt the exact same way, i was so depressed and mopy that i just sulked around not talking to anyone!!!
To tell you the truth, I was closer to tearing up when Rue died then when Prim died.
Jacob Lucas wrote: "To tell you the truth, I was closer to tearing up when Rue died then when Prim died."Yep, same for me.
i cryed when i thought gale was going to die (i'm team gale if we want to get in to that stupidness) i cryed a little when finnik died, i cryed a little more when prim died and i cryed my eyes out when katniss and buttercup were crying over prim.im pathetic, books have made me soft.
but i did love the last book.
i cried when finnck died i LOVED him and just after getting mairred and haveing a baby!!!:(:(:(:(:(
I cried...on the SUBWAY. Or, at least my face contorted a lot as I tried not to really cry while some stray drops of saltwater clouded up my eyes and rolled down my face. And I didn't cry when Prim died, because I didn't believe she'd really died, I thought Katniss was just experiencing near-death delusions. My subway near-bawling occurred when Katniss herself finally grieved for Prim, with Buttercup.Yes, Prim's death was a total waste of life.
Wasn't that the point?
While I understand why the ambivalent endings could piss people off, isn't that the point Collins was making? There is no Right or Wrong when it comes it war. There's only Death.
Maggie wrote: "I cried...on the SUBWAY. Or, at least my face contorted a lot as I tried not to really cry while some stray drops of saltwater clouded up my eyes and rolled down my face. And I didn't cry when Prim..."I totally love, and agree, with your opinion. And I'm sorry about your near-bawling experience on the subway.
I cried for all the deaths, especially Prims! (well, not all of them. I thought President Snow's death was almost funny)
No I knew she was going to die so it wasn't as hard. The only time I cried in this book was after Prim died and Katniss found Buttercup and he was so upset and she got emotional...usually I cry a lot in books, but not this one.
I was upset. I gasped. Prim was the reason Kat volunteered for the games...and then she dies in the end? What a waste. At least Kat got Peeta in the end, I guess.
Totally numbing and rushed. Collins gave up on Prim big time.
I too was confused on whether she had died or not, and the fact that Prim wasn't in the book much which didn't make me feel sad, let alone cry.
I cried my eyes out... so sad i could not believe it but i was sooooo upset Katniss and Gale were supposed to be together!
why did Finnick AND Cina had to die! why not Katniss in a heroic way? but then again her children DID turn out to be gorgeous!
Riley wrote: "Yah i loved Prim she was my favorite character, and when Katniss sang that song SO SWEET how could you not"What song?
I think that I cried when Katniss went through her period of withdrawl. I felt that way before, like if I could stop eating, drinking, etc, I would fade away. Seeing her go through all that and still make it.....wow.
i dont remember crying, but i could be wrong, i read it a while back, umm, end of l/y and beg. of t/y. idk, its sad, finally so grows up and stupid Snow ruins it, as always!
of course everybody know prim would die sometime in the last book, I was sorta expecting it
No i only cried when Rue died!
I was sad but I didn't cry I was just shocked. I CRIED SO HARD WHEN RUE DIED THOUGH!
Maya wrote: "of course everybody know prim would die sometime in the last book, I was sorta expecting it"I wasn't expecting Prim to die, because she was hardly in the book.
it was too tragic to cry
I almost cried, and I'm one of those guys that people think have no emotions. I didn't cry when my favorite uncle died, but almost did when Prim and when Rue died. They were my favorite characters.
I think I did later after it finally settled in. Why Finink and Prim though? I especially wanted to see them live happily ever after. Madge too.
Finnick's death was completely unnecessary, Prim wasn't in Mockingjay much so my only reaction was 'What?' and then I got over it, I understand Madge's death, but she was hardly in any of the books too.
When Prim Died I cried. Prim was a great character. It was sad because Katniss sang and it was just sad :(
Miranda wrote: "When Prim Died I cried. Prim was a great character. It was sad because Katniss sang and it was just sad :("YES YES YES YES they could've used her for so much. And now she's in heaven......
*cries* :'(
I think the whole purpose of all the books was so Katniss could protect her sister. Prim's death foreshadowed a future with no hope and only misery. With her death, the Capital won, in a sense. Killing Prim made it seems as though Collins isn't hopeful about the future or anything.
I did not cry. I felt that Prim's death, and Finnick's for that matter, was written as a tool to do more damage to the Katniss character. Honestly, those two points in the book ruined the whole series for me.
YES!!!!!! SHE WASN'T SUPPOSE TO BE THERE!!!!! Also hate that so many others that I liked died.
yea i did. i loved her character soo much
well, i did cry at the end of the book. but, it wasnt about Prim's death. i'm not really sure what it was about. but, i wasn't overly fond of prim from the start. don't get me wrong, i liked her, but she was just too much of a weakling. i like katniss better than her because she was such a strong, heroic badass female character. :)
i like to think that finnick and prim did not die that everybody lived (cina)and they all live happyly ever after but if the book was really like that i would have hated it but finnick deserved a happy ending:(dont talk about it i will cry agian!!
OMG yeah I cried. I cried at least once in each book. But Prim's death was really unfair. She could have been so much for Panem. Ughh. But I agree with Kenzie. So I was kinda split about the whole thing.
By the end I was thinking that the best way to end the series would be complete extinction of the human race. Prim was the ONLY character who I thought really had redeemable qualities in mockingjay so when she died I truly believed that everyone deserved to be wiped out.
Yeah, I did cry, but it was kinda pointless and just depressing. It's almost like it was just an after thought - it wasn't planned, because the readers never particularly got to know Prim, but Collins was just writing the ending, and was like: "It's a war - to make it realistic characters should die. Let's kill Prim, that'd be sad." It didn't seem all that well thought out really. :/
I still love the Hunger Games though. ^_^
I still love the Hunger Games though. ^_^
I did a little but nothing compared to when Rue died.
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That's only in Mockingjay, but the first book was brilliant. As for the emphasis thing, I think her attention to detail is brilliant.