Chapter 26
Pages 346-359
”Listen up. You’re in trouble. Word is the Capitol’s furious about you showing them up in the arena. The one thing they can’t stand is being laughed at and they’re the joke of Panem,” says Haymitch.
Summary:
Katniss and Peeta throw up in celebration of winning, then they’re hauled off in a hovercraft. Peeta gets some much needed medical attention while Katniss gets some much needed orange juice. Katniss catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror, she’s definitely going to need a shower before paying Madge a visit, that’s for sure. Or Avox for that matter. But someone sticks her with a needle before she gets the chance and she passes out. When she wakes up Avox is there to greet her with her smiling face and some nasty ass food. Katniss is like “what’s the point of winning the Hunger Games if you don’t get to gorge yourself afterwards?” But Avox lets us know Peeta is safe and that we are officially BFFs but, she doesn’t like us in that way. Fine Avox. Fine.
Kat goes back to sleep and the cycle of eating and sleeping continues until she is fully healed, even her hearing has been repaired! Finally Katniss is allowed to get out of bed and meet with her team, but her reunion with Peeta will have to wait for their exit interview. Kat eats and showers and sleeps and the next day Cinna gets her ready for the interview. Cinna tells Kat the Gamemakers wanted to give her a boob job, which I think is hilarious and creepy all at the same time. But Haymitch put a stop to it. Go Haymitch! Good thing too, there’s no way Katniss would be able to properly shoot a bow with a giant rack in the way.
So Cinna turns Katniss into a candle and we’re off to do the exit interview, but not before Haymitch warns Kat that the Capitol really didn’t like her little double suicide attempt back there. They’re out for blood and the only way out is to really really really pretend extra hard that she’s madly in love with Peeta. Katniss asks if Peeta has been informed of the plan, and Haymitch is like “Psh, girl. It was his idea.” Katniss heads to the stage, wondering all the while what the heck Haymitch meant by that. It’s not as if Peeta is actually in love with her. That would be ridiculous.
Meanwhile the Capitol has a sniper laser targeted on Katniss’ frontal lobe.
Thoughts:
Hmm, this wrap up is interesting. I will say I’m glad Katniss got her hearing back, it would have sucked if she had been permanently gimped. I have a feeling the end of this book is sort of setting up for Catching Fire. Katniss will probably have to keep pretending with Peeta even when they’re back in District 12. I wonder for how long or what that will play out with Gale. I also like how Haymitch fought the Capitol on altering Katniss’ appearance since he knew it would have pretty much driven her crazy.
I’m actually really excited to see what Peeta and Katniss’ lives become back in District 12.
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