Part 2, Chapter 15:
You know, they're not the only ones who can form alliances.
This update is the "FD, where the heck are you?" Edition.
You know, this chapter starts EXTREMELY slow, following how awesome chapter 14 was. Like, I know it fits the narrative, but still. Going from "Holy s*** Katniss killed two Careers AND got a bow & arrows" to "Katniss wakes up from a delirious state and kinda wanders around getting food and water" is such a total momentum killer. But then Rue shows up and suddenly it's DAWWWWW central, especially because honestly, Rue is so much better of a little sister than whiny-ass Prim. Seriously, Rue and Katniss are very same-minded in surviving and all that good stuff, and then they even share healing balms with one another, which is so adorable. P.S., I REALLY hope they do a good job with the scene where they team up in the movie, because A. I know that Rue's actress is adorable from her interviews, and B. I know that the image of Rue peeking out from behind a tree is just adorable in the book, so I have high hopes for that.
But now that Katniss actually gets to converse with other tributes, we finally get some world-building. Granted, it's only about District 11, and how terrible of a place it is. Seriously, public whipping, killing a mentally challenged kid for hiding a pair of night vision goggles...how the hell they manage to have a place MORE bleak and unpleasant to live in than District 12 is absolutely beyond me. But yeah, now we have a power-team of Katniss/Rue 2012, and really, it's as good as you're gonna get in the game without teaming up with someone who's probably unsafe to leave alive (The Careers). And once again, Katniss has a plan...an awesome plan with the sole purpose of f***ing over the Careers. Which, of course, is always a plus. But yeah, Katniss has gone from bottom of the totem pole to the Dark Horse contender to win it all. She's like Peih-Gee from China, which is always a good person to be.
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