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The biggest problem for me was Katniss. I hated how she kept blacking out for big chunks of the story. I understand that she went through hell, is traumatized, etc. But having such a sulky, whiny and indecisive main character did not make for a good read. I was hoping in Mockingjay she would really come into her own. But I don't think she did. And I guess that was supposed to be some sort of lesson? Like, hey look. Violence and war can smurf you up and people die. But I just thought it was hitting you over the head with it and made for a depressing, rushed, and unsatisfying end to the story. Plus, I just flat out thought the writing was way worse than it was for the first two books and I have no idea why.

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I recently finished The Magicians by Lev Grossman. It is a truly terrible book. Quite awful.
i didn't expect her to be a super hero alluvasudden, i think the entire point of the third book was that national heroes are puppets in every way and war is just as much an entertainment/media frenzy as the games themselves were. i thought it made sense that she was leashed and frustrated for most of it.

and oh crap, i just ebayed the magicians for myself. it's on my shelf now. that sucks. i only bought it because i liked the first two pages in a store once hahaha.

currently reading Ender in Exile and re-reading the first Scott Pilgrim book because it's light and I need something light.