Part 3, Chapter 27:
"I don't know, I just...couldn't bear the thought of...being without him."
And now, the Survivor reunion. Caeser Flickerman must not be anything like Jeff Probst because he pays attention to everyone on-stage (Jeff would probably ignore Katniss and talk about how amazing it must've been for him to be on the brink of death, yet come back and win it all). Katniss, meanwhile, is freaking out through all of this, not necessarily because of watching people die all over again, but because she knows that she could easily be f***ed right now. The berries have gotta raise her heartrate a lot, but thankfully, the people putting together these video packages are more American Idol elimination videos than Survivor finale clip shows, so they make Katniss look much more in love and sympathetic. Except Snow still hates her guts and wants to kick her in the throat. But you can't win 'em all, Katniss.
Then come the interviews and Katniss manages decently, but now that they're out of the arena and back on the publicity circuit, it's really Peeta's domain once more, and Katniss is the one who needs his help surviving instead of the other way around. And then...BOMBSHELL. Katniss has been so clueless about Peeta's feelings for her that when she basically tells him "Oh, I only ever kissed you and was nice to you because it was strategy"...holy s*** that's ice cold, Katniss. Granted, she kinda HAD to tell Peeta something, but still, holy s***. And Peeta dies a little inside, and it's this moment that really solidifies me on Team Peeta. I mean, this guy was basically willing to DIE for Katniss and she doesn't understand that, whereas Gale...he could've volunteered and saved his girlfriend. But no, he didn't. And well, Peeta managed to survive without any real marketable skills whatsoever, so in my book, that makes him Sandra Diaz-Twine, which is a definite positive. Screw Team Gale. Gale's an ass.
And with that, we've reached the end of book one. Overall thoughts will follow.
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