tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666339015694384454.post6884951788901595991..comments2023-07-22T05:36:57.350-07:00Comments on The Thousander Club: Reflections: MockingjayThousander Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497887383948788968noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666339015694384454.post-88080868254785108912012-02-26T18:44:13.549-08:002012-02-26T18:44:13.549-08:00I agree with your review completely. I am a total ...I agree with your review completely. I am a total literature snob, and it is difficult for me to speak positively about very much of the fiction written today. Of the three books, although few agree, the last one was the best without a doubt. As a lit snob, I consider Mockingjay the only one of the three that even has a chance of transcending the label of "pop-fiction." I felt like I was reading a real book. The first two were entertaining enough, but they were overall hollow of the human element, the stuff that great literature is made of. Mockingjay invited me as a human reader into a universally, effectual human experience, and it played the part of emotional hostess like a Greek.Cliff Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791395628013163021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666339015694384454.post-85811847975075324652012-01-31T06:31:42.682-08:002012-01-31T06:31:42.682-08:00I think your comments are fair. The "beautif...I think your comments are fair. The "beautiful" ending I referenced was not the traditional "happily ever after." Rather, I consider the ending of Mockingjay beautiful because it mends, as much as possible, what was so totally broken.Agabushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08585721001443242780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-666339015694384454.post-22478059436148057432012-01-30T07:50:02.597-08:002012-01-30T07:50:02.597-08:00I have to say that I don't think she makes it ...I have to say that I don't think she makes it a beautiful ending, in the sense of "happy ever after". I think the point is that Katniss, in many ways, is beyond repair. The last, tragic death of an important character changes the entire meaning of the series from an epic adventure of good vs. evil, to being about the tragedies of bad government and war. The point IS that there are certain things that can't be repaired. I thought the ending had a good balance of how there is a way to live on and enjoy what you have, but that there is still a lack in who someone once was because of what they experience.Rie Teemanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981524067560438485noreply@blogger.com