A total disappointment.
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My goodness. I finally done it, I finished this book...took me forever but I'm done, trying to finish this book felt like a chore. When reading for enjoyment starts feeling like a chore, that's the ultimate sign that I dislike the book. Well, about 90% of the book.
This book was REALLY anti-climactic, filled with so many disappointments I lost count.
A REAL disappointment of this book: Katniss herself. The many characters' deaths were so rushed and pointless. The love triangle wasn't well played out. First of all, I'm getting a bit tired of reading about love triangles -- especially in novels where there's a much greater plot present. But I'll admit, I was on Team Gale throughout the series, because he was strong and resilient and resourceful and caring. There was this attractive manly quality about him and he was so in sync with Katniss. But towards the end of this novel, I didn't care about Katniss's love life and who she ended up with, because everything seemed like such a hopeless, depressing mess that there was no point. I also hated how she kept flip-flopping and toying with both Gale and Peeta.
I don't know, maybe I set my expectations too high.
But Mockingjay was nothing but a bloodbath. If you're into pointless deaths and gratuitous violence, then this book is for you. Everything in this book was gratuitous and over the top, from the angst to the ridiculous romantic interludes in the middle of battle scenes, and from the gore violence to the stupid, overly-disgusting deaths of several characters who did not need to die.
Mockingjay was a great big depressing flop. The ending is a crap shoot, and that epilogue was bullshit.
Sorry.