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CrimsonOcean posted...
Can you imagine a Hunger Games theme park though? I feel like that would be the most fun ever.

Yes I can. It would be SO MUCH ******* FUN!!!!! An amusement park where you actually have to fight other people and if you get knocked out (not kill, that goes against my morals) you have to leave would be one of the best places in the world!

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wallmasterz posted...

Also, shame on whoever compared THG to Harry Potter.

I'd take the first Hunger Games book over Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets, though I think that says more about the quality jump HP has mid-series than it does about the Hunger Games.

on a series level, yeah, that's silly.

CrimsonOcean posted...
Team Avox, Team Foxface, Team Madge... Hell maybe even Team Clove. We'd have mind blowing angry sex I bet =]

Lol wallmasterz.
There's no way I would lump THG in with Harry Potter. Or Twilight for that matter. Other than being aimed at teens they really don't have anything in common. And honestly I really don't think THG is going to be as big as either of those franchises.

i feel like the movie is dragging Hunger Games sales up drastically - i was one of the only people I knew who had bothered with this series six months ago and now it's talked about everywhere - it's all over the websites of our newspapers in Toronto, too. doesn't mean it's making it to Twilight tier but I wouldn't bet against it.

also, i love all the Madge mentions in these writeups. i'll be sure to actually notice her existence if i read this book again.

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Madge is awesome.

Also, I'm Team Peeta over Team Gale. Team Gale, it's like...you guys are so much alike and yet you haven't really thought about being together at any point over the past four years? And if you have, you haven't said anything about it?

Peeta at least has an excuse for not saying anything.

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From: UltimaterializerX | #200
You and I are way more alike than you probably think >_>

You could be right about that.

Chapter 21
Pages 278-289

I work up a mouthful of blood and saliva and spit it in her face. She flushes with rage. “All right then. Let’s get started.”

Summary:
With Peeta passed out in the cave Katniss sets to work camouflaging the entrance, and after a lot of grunting and sweating she’s pleased with what she’s accomplished. If she doesn’t return from the feast at least Peeta will be well hidden, although he won’t last long without medicine. Katniss crawls into her sleeping bag with Peeta and waits for dawn.

Katniss wonders if Prim and her mother will sleep tonight, knowing the feast is tomorrow. She also thinks about Madge back in District 12, cheering for her. If these two don’t reunite at some point it will be a travesty. Some thinking happens and some pretend kissing happens and then Katniss takes off for the feast at the Cornucopia. Katniss cut holes in Rue’s extra socks and is wearing them like gloves, and I can’t help but picture this and laugh. The tough, bad ass, take no s*** Katniss wearing socks on her hands like a toddler? That’s great. But they help with the cold so good thinking!

Kat goes from sweet and a little vulnerable, wishing Gale was there to have her back, to hilariously cynical and cocky, talking about how if she wins she’ll be so god damn filthy rich she can just pay to have someone do her hearing for her – in the span of two paragraphs. Oh Katniss Everdeen. Never change.

Our heroine sits in wait at the edge of the woods near the Cornucopia, but nothing seems to be happening. As dawn approaches a table with four backpacks, each labeled with their respective District numbers, is raised up from the grou- BAM, FOXFACE’D. She was hiding right in the Cornucopia, that cleaver little minx. As Katniss works through her feelings of admiration and (sexual) frustration, Foxface disappears into the trees. Katniss gets distracted watching Foxface walk away and she costs herself some valuable time. But who among us hasn’t been distracted by a foxy lady’s behind, am I right fellas? Get it girl.

Kat finally lights out toward her backpack, but lo and behold Clove is trying to penetrate her again. As if Katniss doesn’t already have enough girl troubles. The first knife goes whizzing past her right side, but our huntress retaliates with an arrow of her own aimed at Clove’s heart (aww…). Neither hit their mark, but we’re definitely headed for a skirmish.

Now. I want you guys to go re-read pages 284-286 and tell me you’re not firmly on Team Katniss/Clove here. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Are you back yet? Good, let’s keep going.

One of Clove’s knives catches Katniss in the forehead, giving her a pretty nasty gash. Clove takes this opportunity to slam into Kat and pin her arms to the ground with her knees. Clove toys with Kat for a while, promising to go nice and slow, then she opens her jacket and shows Katniss all the toys she’s brought with her. There’s some biting and some purring and the tracing of lips and just when they’re really getting into it, Thresh comes along and yanks Clove up off of Katniss and into the air.

Thresh is tossing Clove around like a ragdoll and is seriously scaring the s*** out of her. He overheard Clove gloating about killing Rue, and Thresh is having absolutely none of that. Thresh is so herculean that he doesn’t even need any kind of fancy weapons to do his killin’, he just needs a big ass rock. See, Katniss? Rocks are a thing. Thresh smashes Cloves skull and just like that, we lose a seriously awesome character; only three pages of glory, but forever in our hearts, Clove. Forever in our hearts.
She’s not dead yet, but she will be very soon.

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Thresh turns on Kat and asks about Rue. Kat explains their relationship, how Rue died, and how she killed the District 1 bro. Katniss asks Thresh to kill her fast, mostly so she can continue her “conversation” with Clove, but he considers the situation for a moment. Thresh tells Kat he’s going to let her go just this once, and that they’re even stephens okay? Katniss runs out of there just as Cato shows up, Thresh peaces out with the D11 and D2 backpacks, and either Cato finishes off Clove or she dies on her own. Either way, there’s a cannon shot.
Katniss makes it back to the cave and gives Peeta his meds, then promptly passes out from blood loss.

And something about a green-and-silver moth. Wtf?

Thoughts:
It’s interesting how Kat comments on how she hasn’t felt lonelier in the Games than laying next to Peeta, but laying next to Rue gave her so much comfort and made her realize how lonely she had actually been up to that point. Hm.
Katniss says something about her family either watching her go to the feast on their old TV at home, in private, or going to the town square where they’d have some support from other District 12ers. I can’t say what I’d do in that situation.
Wasn’t I just talking about mind blowing angry sex with Clove? Yeah. Definitely.

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See, they drop like flies. Clove got *more* page time than most of the victims, and that's sad

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Part 3, Chapter 19:

"You're supposed to be in love, sweetheart. The boy's dying. Give me something I can work with!"

Apparently Peeta has out-thought you, Katniss. You might as well just get over the fact that when it comes to strategy and social game, Peeta has you trumped and really only needs you for your muscle (although he wants you on HIS muscle, if you know what I mean). Talking about intercourse. But yeah, apparently the idea of two star-crossed lovers is so popular that, but popular-demand in the Capitol, the rules have been changed in such a manner that Cato & his partner can BOTH win! Oh...and Katniss/Peeta too. I suppose Rue/Thresh would also be included if Katniss was just a LITTLE bit quicker in saving her, hmm?

And once again, Katniss goes over the list of her competition, and it does seem accurate to think that Foxface isn't a threat until the endgame (Her strategy: wait for the big dogs to take each other out, then attack the wounded survivors.), and given how she hasn't even SEEN Thresh in forever, and is assuming he's nowhere around, I'd say he's more of an endgame threat too. Really, the game hasn't changed. Her biggest threats are Cato/D2G, who no longer have ANY reason to be paranoid of one another, and thus will become even more of an unstoppable force. Meanwhile, Katniss hasn't even SEEN Peeta in days, and for all she knows, he's dying in a ditch somewhere. So yeah, still the same crappy position, only now she has one fewer competitor, who is already wounded and basically worthless to her.

Detective Everdeen now begins her search for her "boyfriend" and uses all that she knows about survival to determine...that Peeta needs water to live. A for effort, Katniss. But fortunately, Peeta's wounded and leaves a blood trail, allowing Katniss to find him despite his ungodly ability to camouflage himself. Seriously, burn the witch. BURN THE WITCH!

But they're reunited and Peeta's still hoping to get some before he dies, and somehow, Katniss is still completely oblivious to the fact that while, yes, the lover angle is good strategy...Peeta's not ACTING. It's just hilarious to me that Katniss doesn't quite get this yet. But yeah, long scene of Katniss working to keep Peeta alive, which I REALLY hope isn't that graphic in the movie (granted, it's PG-13, but still). I also love just how bad Katniss is at human interaction. I don't mean social stuff, that's obvious. But like, she's so good at hunting and killing, but medicine? She's f***ing stupid when it comes to medicine, and I like that because at least it prevents her from being a total Mary Sue character, which admittedly she was up until this point. Also, fun juxtaposition of her uncomfortable reaction to nudity with her killer instinct. Makes me smile.

First kiss with a guy who seems like he could puke at any moment. Still, good for you, Peeta. All it took was being on death's door and taking a sword to your upper thigh. And now it seems Haymitch is helping Peeta too, even though he supposedly hates Katniss (She does come across as b****y, but still, she's more of a survivor than Peeta).

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Chapter 22
Pages 290-302

I’m not really sure how to ramp up the romance. The kiss last night was nice, but working up to another will take some forethought.

Summary:
Honestly, not a lot goes on this chapter.
Katniss dreams of her mother, and even thought she still can’t trust her because of what she did, she misses her. Kat wakes up in the cave and Peeta appears to be doing much better. There’s a nasty storm going on outside, complete with thunder and lightning, and Peeta wonders who the target is. Kat thinks it’s Thresh and Cato, since they’ve got their cave and ol’ Foxface is probably warm in her den somewhere. Katniss fills Peeta in on what happened at the feast and her partnership with Rue, all that. Peeta calls himself dim and no one objects.

Peeta again tries to get Katniss to understand that he really likes her, it’s not some act just to get stuff from sponsors, but our goddess of paranoia still can’t come to grips with the idea. Katniss is sad for Thresh, she thinks he’s a good guy, and in a rare instance of humanity Kat tears up at the idea of anyone else dying. She covers it up by telling Peeta she’s just really ready to go home, but we know the truth. Don’t worry Katniss, everyone else wants to get to know the other tributes better as well.

They talk and canoodle awhile, Peeta tells Kat his father was in love with her mom, Kat realizes how much she doesn’t want to lose Peeta. Peeta tells a cute story about Katniss singing in a plaid dress when they were kids and how he was too nervous to ever talk to her. She’s not exactly sure what that means at this point, but she doesn’t want him to die. And she sort of realizes it’s not just all about the sponsors. Maybe all this lovey-dovey crap has been real?

They kiss again and pay a ton of attention to each other and finally Haymitch sends them a huge meal, complete with that lamb stew Katniss ate approximately 37 bowls of in the Capitol. Peeta’s like “Sweet! We won’t starve now!” And Katniss is like “Dude. I’m getting tired of whoring myself out for food.”

Thoughts:
This was a nice chapter. It gave us a closer look at the Katniss/Peeta relationship. At least we have a little bit better of an inkling as to why Peeta likes Katniss. Kat is finally starting to trust Peeta and come around to the idea of maybe, possibly, in three or four years, going out on like half a date with him. And now they’re fed and rested and not dying, so they should be raring to go for the final showdown pretty soon here. There’s only Cato, Foxface, Thresh, Peeta, and Katniss left. And we’re on to chapter 23/27, so something got to go down.
This is the first time that I really believed Peeta actually was in love with Katniss and it wasn’t just some trick on his part. I don’t think he’s quite the mastermind I thought he was in the beginning.
I have to admit, I’m much more partial to the survival/action chapters than chapters like this.

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Part 3, Chapter 20:

"Who can't lie, Peeta?"

FINALLY they mention Clove's name so I can refer to her by name. That means all six characters remaining have actual names, which is a pleasant feeling. Only took killing three quarters of the cast before they narrowed it down to six of the eight characters they bothered naming in this book. Unfortunately, the knowledge of Clove's name is really not important in this chapter, which is just lame. I wanna be able to say Clove Clove Clove a lot.

But anyway, more curing Peeta, who's apparently f***ed up to the point where even Katniss' surprisingly good medical skills (given that she has like, half a dozen kinds of medicine). And then Katniss tells a story about a goat, which is extremely boring because seriously, who the hell cares about a damn goat? Coincidence that this story relates back to Prim and is awful? I think not. But yeah, this story really sucks, and even hearing the REAL version is just more sucking overall. I mean, the only difference between the real version and Katniss' fake version is that the fake one takes one sentence to tell and not multiple pages.

Then the feast is announced and Peeta's gonna be a d*** about Katniss trying to save him. I mean, REALLY? REALLY, Peeta? Fortunately, Haymitch is a clever mother-f***er when it comes to thinking of stuff while semi-sober, and he sends Katniss medicine to knock Peeta out so he won't f*** this up for her. Good work, Haymitch! And then Katniss sneaks that medicine into Peeta's food against his will, and then forces him to swallow it. Seriously, Katniss is so boss in that last scene...the only way it'd be better is if she was strangling someone to death, rather than trying to force tainted berries down Peeta's throat to keep him alive. And she follows that up with a CSI: Miami one-liner...seriously, if the last few pages of this chapter were all there was, it'd be amazing. But there's just SO much filler in this chapter. That STUPID goat story just pisses me off so bad. Ugh.

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Part 3, Chapter 21:

"I promised Cato if he let me have you, I'd give the audience a good show."

Katniss prepares for the feast and sizes up her competition. Meh, boring opening. She basically stakes out the feast and waits for it to arrive, and arrive it does. And now the fun begins.

Foxface outsmarts everyone by hiding close enough to grab her pack and get the f*** out of there, although I do wonder what she would have that would make her pack smaller than Cato/Clove's and Thresh's. Granted, she herself is smaller, but still. But yeah, once again, Katniss wasn't paying attention, so someone got the drop on her in terms of getting supplies, just like at the start of the game. But yeah, finally Katniss realizes the threat Foxface poses. She may not be the strongest, but she's fast and she's smart. And it's like my mama use to say...if you can't beat 'em with these *points at muscles* you can always beat 'em with this *taps head*. Yes, the small redheaded girl is Cirie now. Deal with it.

With Foxface out of the way, we have ourselves a real catfight. Clove vs. Katniss. Once again, Katniss manages to avoid a throwing knife from Clove...which is kinda funny how she's like, the ONLY person who could do that. Meanwhile, Katniss gets her back and then some with an arrow to the arm. Katniss is too concerned with the bag that she doesn't finish the kill though, and that allows Clove to get her wits back about her and crack her in the dome with a knife (she should be thankful, given how easily a knife can embed in your skull, if Battle Royale is to be believed). But yeah, each girl has a hit now, but Clove's is definitely more devastating. She's certainly ahead in terms of the judges' scorecards.

Now, I have to say that if they weren't trying to kill each other, the position Clove's in with Katniss would be extremely hot. I'm sure Cato is in the woods with his hand down his pants, watching all of this. Clove's definitely got the upper hand, but who would honestly expect her to be the goddamn Merchant from Resident Evil, opening her jacket to reveal a f***ton of knives. Where the hell do you even get all of those? Are you John Locke or something? But yeah, Clove's pretty much only in this scene as a unique character, but it's this scene that makes me love her as a f***ing bloodlust psychopath. Cato's just a dumb jock, but Clove's a psycho, and that makes her a much more fun villain. She wants to torture Katniss because f*** Katniss, that's why. I even gave her the quote for this chapter because holy s*** that's hot.

Unfortunately, Clove REALLY takes too much time with her twisted psycho s***, and she gets Jason Voorhees'D by Thresh outta NOWHERE. And just like in a Friday the 13th movie, the white girl falls, tries to get away, and then gets killed in a horrific and painful manner. And then he COULD easily kill Katniss, but at the same time, I feel like he didn't want to even from the beginning. I mean, he could've just let Clove f*** her *drool* I mean, f*** her up, but he saved her and then spared her life at great personal risk. So yeah, Thresh is a good guy, and thanks to him, Peeta survives. Sadly, all this comes at the expense of the best of the non-main characters, and in tribute (lol, I did it again):



Shine on you crazy b****. Shine on.

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Part 3, Chapter 22:

"You don't have much competition anywhere."

Katniss, seriously, does Peeta need to hold a megaphone up to your good ear and shout that he loves you before you get the message? Granted, Peeta's being WAY too coy and not at all making her understand that this is more than just a strategy, but still...she's f***ing oblivious. But yeah, more talking...it's a very slow chapter because it's basically a bottle episode. Katniss and Peeta are confined to their cave until the storm lets up. Plus side is that Katniss finally realizes that she has feelings for Peeta a little, even though she still doesn't believe he really likes her back.

Rain continues, and I just caught this one line where Katniss mentions how other girls would be much better at this romantic stuff than she is...which honestly...it feels like Katniss is subtly calling some girls back home sluts. >_> Catty catty Katniss. But finally we get PEETA'S story, which is far more interesting than the goat because it doesn't involve Prim, or a goddamn goat in any way. Peeta's dad loves Katniss' mom, but she choose Katniss' dad over him. Suddenly, the care and concern for Katniss before they left District 12 makes a lot more sense. Gotta feel bad that both of Peeta's parents cared more about Katniss than their own son in that moment.

But yeah, Katniss is FINALLY getting the message, but not completely, and it's like she's actively trying to think of any other explanation as to why Peeta might act the way he acts other than really and truly loving her. But whatever, they get food out of it, so good for them.

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That food came damn quick, didn't it? It made me think they had buckets of stew on standby in the clouds, waiting for Kat and Peeta to make out so someone could hit a button and drop it

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Inviso does not like goats, noted.
Thank god I'm not a capricorn!

I honestly cannot believe how dense Katniss still is at this point. She's like, "Wow, Peeta remembers all this stuff about me from our childhood that I don't even remember. That's really weird considering we're suppose to be acting!" It's like, come on girl. Get it together.
Also, holy crap. Sponsors are dropping bank on team District 12.

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Crim, get on AIM. I have one additional comment about Chapter 21 to say that I don't think would be appropriate to post on the board. (Because my actual write-up was completely clean in every single way.)

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Excellent.

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I like how you and CO both dislike the Peeta/Katniss chapter while it was probably my favorite.

To see just how deeply dedicated Peeta is to Katniss and how she's too messed up in the head to even understand that he's serious. Hell, her inability to figure it out after 11 years says so much about her.

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Part 3, Chapter 23:

"I should have known the moment I saw the missing cheese..."

More talking about themselves and about Haymitch, and honestly, it's good to have some actual focus on Haymitch himself again. I feel like he's a really fun character, but because he's not actually part of the games, he falls by the wayside. But having an actual conversation about Haymitch and letting us see that Katniss/Peeta can view him as a human being, rather than just some drunk guy they live near...it's nice. Talking about how Haymitch is clever, which he does seem to be, and he and Katniss DO seem to be on the same wavelength for almost everything thus far. It's just a light-hearted moment at Haymitch's expense that leads up to the sad news that Thresh is dead, leaving the field at the final four.

Cato, the beast.

Katniss, the hunter.

Foxface, the dark horse.

Peeta, the lunch lady.

So now Katniss has been aided by both tributes from district 11, and they're both dead, while she's still stuck with jock a****** Cato, and sneaky Foxface. Hard moment for her, but life goes on. More light-hearted fun once they wake up, although Katniss is still oblivious to Peeta loving her, and it also seems that she's depressed and focusing too far into the future. Kill Cato first, Katniss. THEN think about never having kids. Anyway, hunting hunting hunting, followed by Katniss getting pissed at Peeta because she really DOES care about him and his safety now, only to find out that he wasn't even gathering roots properly. Finding poisonous berries...it's a good thing Katniss caught him before it was too late, or he would've been a goner. Speaking of which...

WHY DO YOU KEEP KILLING OFF THE BEST MINOR CHARACTERS DAMMIT?! FIRST RUE, THEN CLOVE, THEN THRESH, AND NOW FOXFACE?! WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?! Ugh, it sickens me that a one-dimensional villain like Cato is the last man standing against the District 12 juggernaut. Poor Foxface...she's such a smart player and she only loses because Peeta is dumb. She could've been a contender, dammit. She would've been a far superior finalist than friggin' Cato. Imagine Cato dying, and then the final showdown is between Katniss/Peeta and an enemy they can't even see? It'd be great to actually get some interaction between her and the duo, rather than just "Whoops, looks like you killed, Peeta." and then she's gone. Lame.

Also, to continue the proud tradition I started with Glimmer (and I suppose I can include Rue too, since I forgot to do so in her entry):

Rue:

Thresh:

Foxface:

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the way Foxface went was great - Katniss and Peeta would have been boned if they went face-up against her, she's better then they are. even in death, a sneak. *salute*

hold the same Hunger Games twenty times and Foxface wins more of them than anyone else.

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From: Kibago | #218
the way Foxface went was great - Katniss and Peeta would have been boned if they went face-up against her, she's better then they are. even in death, a sneak. *salute*

hold the same Hunger Games twenty times and Foxface wins more of them than anyone else.

I don't know about thaaaaat.

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I'll wait to comment on Foxface's death until after I write up the chapter but...
I dunno if I buy her winning more than anyone else. I will say that I think she makes it to like, top 5 more than anyone else though.

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From: CrimsonOcean | #220
I'll wait to comment on Foxface's death until after I write up the chapter but...
I dunno if I buy her winning more than anyone else. I will say that I think she makes it to like, top 5 more than anyone else though.

This. Foxface is good for surviving, but winning outright...I dunno.

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Whats up with people's hard on for FoxFace?

She literally does nothing all book. She has one moment where she spies on the Career's Camp and learns where the bombs are.

If you watch where someone set bombs it's really not that hard to avoid it.

And yet somehow she's not one-dimensional? What are her other dimensions may I ask?

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TheConductorSix posted...
And yet somehow she's not one-dimensional? What are her other dimensions may I ask?

She's hot.



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From: TheConductorSix | #222
Whats up with people's hard on for FoxFace?

She literally does nothing all book. She has one moment where she spies on the Career's Camp and learns where the bombs are.

If you watch where someone set bombs it's really not that hard to avoid it.

And yet somehow she's not one-dimensional? What are her other dimensions may I ask?

Being a sneaky player in a game where everyone else is all buff and trying to be the biggest badass is an impressive thing to me. Plus her physical description is unique as well.

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From: cody11533 | #223
TheConductorSix posted...
And yet somehow she's not one-dimensional? What are her other dimensions may I ask?

She's hot.

Am I the only person who doesn't like her actress? I mean, everyone else is like...okay, the physical descriptions are loose, so I can't really complain. But with Foxface...she's named because her face looks like a fox. And her actress' face is f***ing round.

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uhh

Did you not read the little history Katniss gives on previous winners? People do this all the time. Hell, Rue did it. Katniss did it for the most part. Peeta went GOD MODE and hid in plain sight.

She has one dimension: She's sneaky. Just like Cato has one dimension: he's strong. He's also crazy as **** and legitimately psychotic. I'd say he has more character than anyone other than Peeta and Katniss when she spontaneous Kat and not emotionally stunted Kat.

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Technically, Katniss' backstory mentions two former winners: Johanna and some guy who got a score of three pre-game. Neither of these instances are supposedly a player that just sits back and bides their time while the big dogs duke it out, at least not from what we've seen. And you're right, Rue did it and was adorable. Katniss was always more badass and more of a hunter. Peeta just plain sucks at Hunger Games.

The point is that as far as the book goes, Foxface is unique and has somewhat of a fanbase because she's unique as a loner who isn't just a dominant player. She's mysterious, which makes people want to know more about her.

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Johanna Mason played weak until a couple people were left and then murdered everyone.

It's like no one cares about the Panem History like I do!

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Well, I have no idea about Johanna, but I like Foxface because I think she's cool. Simple as that.

Most of the characters in the first book are one dimensional, they're not alive long enough to be otherwise. At least with Foxface we get a couple of cute/trickstery moments. And she's one of the only tributes that gets named early on, so she's kind of with us the entire time. As oppose to say Clove, who is named late and our connection with her is more disjointed.

And I don't mind the look of her actress. Her face looks pretty foxy to me! Although the first person I though of for the role was Emma Stone:
But I'm sure it was a conscious decision to go with relative unknowns for the tributes.

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Chapter 23
Pages 303-319

What’s left of Foxface’s emaciated body is lifted into the air. I can see the red glint of hair in the sunlight.

Summary:
Peeta and Kat feast on their newly acquired dinner while chatting about what life could be like if they won. For one thing, they’d get to live next door to Haymitch! That in and of itself sounds like a party to me – just invite Madge over and play beer pong all day. What could be better? Katniss reflects on how maybe she and Haymitch aren’t so different; after all, he is able to communicate with her pretty effectively in the arena with his gifts. Another interesting thing, if Peeta and Katniss win they’ll become the new mentors for the District 12 tributes. Now that would be interesting, especially with Katniss. It’d pretty much be like “DON’T. TRUST. ANYONE. EVER.” The end.

Unfortunately (or… fortunately?) we get the news that Thresh has died, and obviously Cato is the culprit. I don’t think Thresh would be one to get bested by the weather. Our lovers conclude that the cannon shot must have been drowned out by the thunder. For the first time Katniss thinks of the killing as murder, and also for the first time she doesn’t really feel like eating. Which is completely bizarre. Katniss starts thinking about what’s to come, and idling muses that Foxface will probably by a lot harder to catch than Cato. I tend to agree. I feel like you could hear Cato coming from a mile away.

We learn that the Game has lasted about two weeks at this point, which I appreciate. I like the frame of reference. We also learn that Katniss doesn’t really want kids, but also doesn’t want to be alone. A gay lady after my own heart, that Katniss Everdeen. So even if Katniss wins, her kids won’t be exempt from the reaping. This makes me wonder what the deal with Prim is. Like, will her name go back into the pot next year? If she was called again would Katniss be able to volunteer again? Would Katniss volunteer again? And how seriously unlucky would that kid be?

So Kat and Peeta venture out to hunt and gather (guess who’s doing which) and Peeta is thwomping through the woods like a T-Rex scaring all the game away. All the game, that is, except for one lady with a very fox-like face. Katniss is getting irritated with Peeta so in an effort to get him out of her hair for a while she tells him to f***ing go and gather over there for awhile damn it. He does and he finds some death berries and Foxface thinks that, yeah, those death berries look pretty good. So she eats some and we are officially down to two of Kat’s girlfriends. Madge, Avox? You guys better be ready to duke it out.

peeta es just a dum pink ball so he really doesn’t get what’s happening. He thinks Cato killed Foxface and he’s ready to bolt, but Katniss knows better. The realization that she won’t be getting any until this ridiculous ordeal is finished finally sets in.

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Thoughts:
Honestly, I loved Peeta poking fun at Effie, that little scene kind of endeared me more toward him. For some reason I find Katniss/Peeta’s relationship with Effie just adorable. Like she tries so hard to help them, especially Katniss, but she’s also really shallow and pretty clueless. And how they gave her a shout out, even though they were joking around, I bet she thought it was awesome and totally bragged to all of her Capitol friends about it. And you just know Effie is like one of those people back in the Capitol that no one really takes seriously or likes and they make fun of her when her back is turned. Lol.

Thresh’s death: This is the one thing that has seriously disappointed me. I mean, for him to just die off screen like that. We don’t even get to know how he dies. Nothing. I guess that’s to be expected since we can only experience the game through Katniss’ eyes, but damn. In some ways the narrative is nice because you really become invested in Kat and her relationships, but in other ways it’s just kind of a slap in the face. Oh you liked this character? Too bad, he’s just inexplicably gone now. Sorry! Thresh was a cool dude.

Foxface’s death: What. The. F***. Like... Foxface was our buddy, she deserved to go out in a blaze of glory. Not because Peeta is an idiot. I don’t know what would have made me happy here… just… not poison berries. I guess it is sort of a clever way to kill her off… I don’t know. Maybe I’ll just have to let it sit for a while, but at the time of reading I was just like seriously? Seriously? Poor Foxface, so hungry.

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Didn't care for either of those deaths either. At least give me an on-panel showdown between Thresh and Cato. Come up with an excuse for Kat to break off and watch it, if her perspective must be the only perspective. Something, dammit

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100% agree on Thresh. He was described as the odds on favorite to win. He went into his giant field and no one dared go fight him. Not even the entire career pack. Then he dies and we don't find out how? Really? He had both backpacks so he was loaded.

Also, I wanna know whats in everyone's bag. What did they need. Little things like this go a long way.

On the other hand, fox face got the perfect death. She had spent the entire game poaching everyone and never getting caught. No one was going to beat her unless the Gamemakers forced her to fight and she would've gotten massacred by Katniss there. So for her to steal the Nightlock and lose by Peeta's dumb luck is slightly apropos.

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Chapter 24
Pages 320-330

I believe Cato could easily lose his judgment in a fit of temper. Not that I can feel superior on that point.

Summary:

Katniss explains to Peeta how he just murdered Foxface without realizing it. He goes to toss the berries, but Kat knows if they fooled the smartest tribute in the game they could probably also fool Cato, and she puts the death berries in a pouch for later usage. Peeta asks Katniss if she’s ready for the final show down, and all Kat says in response is that she’s hungry. When’s dinner? Peeta starts a fire, for which Katniss pays him a rare compliment (in her mind), and they chow down.

After their meal our love birds decide to return to the cave, under protest from Katniss. Kat realizes she’s been a horrendous b**** to Peeta pretty much all day, so she gives in and kisses him for good measure. They get back and Peeta nods off, Katniss confesses that she’s glad she doesn’t have to face Cato alone. Although if she would use her head I don’t think Cato would be too hard to beat at all. Just get him raging and careless. Set some traps. Sure he might outweigh her, but she can definitely out smart him.

Katniss pays Foxface a few last compliments as her picture shines in the night say, but continues to worry about Cato. She doesn’t think she’s got a handle on him like she did with Foxy. To this I say, really Katniss? He’s a gigantic, muscley, raging hot head. What’s there to get more of a handle on? Katniss sleeps a spell and then she and Peeta eat and head out to hunt, except when they get to the stream it’s all dried up. Yet again, Katniss is like “welp,” and they figure it’s the Gamemaker’s way of driving them and Cato together at the lake near the Cornucopia. There’s a kind of finality about the day, and Katniss is pretty sure she’s leaving the arena – dead or alive – before nightfall.

Once at the lake she and Peeta sit down and pretty much just wait for Cato to show up. This seems silly to me. I mean. Use Peeta as bait and have Kat hide somewhere. When he shows his face just nail him. Boom. Game over. But it looks like that strategy wouldn’t have worked anyway, because when Cato does show up he’s not interested in Peeta or Katniss. He’s interested in running the f*** away. Kat tries to shoot him, but he’s got some sort of body armor. Cato runs past them without so much as a glance, and pretty soon Peeta and Katniss are following suit.

Thoughts:
This chapter reminds me a little of the fallen comrades episode in Survivor. Katniss remembers Glimmer and Rue and analyzes Foxface. Even if she won’t admit she’ll miss Foxface I think she kind of will. You know Katniss, she can’t let herself feel anything because she’s a robot. But it’s kind of a nice little wrap up heading to the final battle with Cato.
It’s funny how Cato has a beef with both Kat and Peeta. Like, I dunno what everyone is running from, but it kind of stinks that there won’t be a straight up all out showdown between the three.
Getting near the end folks!

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Part 3, Chapter 24:

"The music swells and I recognize the brilliance of it. As the notes overlap, they complement one another, forming a lovely, unearthly harmony."

Katniss still always in game mode, with her strategy of "let's hang onto the berries because Cato's stupid as hell", which admittedly makes sense if Foxface fell for the trap. Plus strategy of when and where to face Cato, and being nice to Peeta because she's been kind of a b**** to him most of the day. On the plus side, turns out that Peeta's really good at nature in terms of camouflage, but also in terms of starting a fire. They go back to the cave because Peeta's still somewhat of a little b**** himself, although I'll cut him some slack since he's taken a ton of damage himself...actually, you know what? F*** that. Peeta's taken about equal damage with Katniss and she's practically carrying the team at this point. Katniss > Peeta for sure.

But they prepare for the final battle, and I agree with Crimson that it's a lot like the torch walk that they used to do in Survivor (seriously, I HATE how they've gotten rid of that and of the intro...why do you want us to forget the players you f***ing cast?) As a tribute, I'll do a torch walk of my own:

District 3 Girl: Probably weak and nerdy.

District 4 Boy: Don't know how he got taken out...if I had to guess, I'd wager it was Thresh's doing.

District 5 Boy: Nothing special.

District 6 Boy: Lot of male fodder.

District 6 Girl: District 6 didn't do too well this year.

District 7 Boy: Meh.

District 7 Girl: I would say Johanna is heartbroken...but she's probably not.

District 8 Boy: Go design some clothes or something.

District 9 Boy: Took a knife meant for Katniss. She's still alive because of you.

District 9 Girl: Nine is the most forgettable district.

District 10 Girl: Didn't have a gimpy leg, so not important.

District 8 Girl: Peeta's first kill, maybe? Given how bad he feels about Foxface, he probably didn't ACTUALLY kill her.

Glimmer: So hilariously incompetent. It's a damn shame she went so early, especially over some of the cannon fodder.

District 4 Girl: Way to be the least important Career.

District 10 Boy: Seriously, why give him a defining trait if you're just gonna kill him?

District 3 Boy: Really smart with the mines, but Cato's a damn lunatic and he didn't run fast enough.

Rue: So much better than Prim. Such a senseless death. ;_;

District 1 Boy: You killed a main character and didn't even get a name in the book. Way to fail.

Clove: My favorite psychopathic tribute. Far superior to Cato's muscle-headedness. At least she went out with a bang.

Thresh: Off-screen death, so lame. He was a nice enough guy though. He wasn't a dick about the games. He just wanted to survive and if it meant killing, then so be it.

Foxface: Smartest tribute, according to Katniss. And she lasted so long for someone without a kill to her name (Only player who doesn't have a documented kill of some kind to make the final seven.)

Anyway, Cato shows up, because let's be honest, when you have the final three doing a torch walk together, SOMEONE is bound to realize "Hey, we're supposed to kill each other". And he's got body armor to use against Katniss' bow, which kinda sucks, because that's FAR more advantageous than some medicine for Peeta. I mean, Katniss should've gotten SOMETHING for herself in the bag, like arrows or something. Sidenote, not sure why I thought of this...but I hope for her sake that Katniss didn't have her period during the game, because that would just be the worst thing ever. Ugh. But yeah, Cato shows up, but he's running, so the final battle isn't QUITE started yet...not with him at least.

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So, unfortunately I dunno if I'm going to be able to do my usual write ups for chapters 25-27. I finished the book (!!!) and I'm going to see the movie tonight, but I've got some stuff to do between now and then and I'm loaning my book out to a friend that wants to read it. I'll do my best though, and I'll certainly at least do something to wrap up book one lol.

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Chapter 25
Pages 331-345

“One.” Maybe I’m wrong. “Two.” Maybe they don’t care if we both die. “Three!” It’s too late to change my mind.

Summary:
Some kind of crazy wolf muttations have been unleashed by the Gamemakers and are hunting down the final three. This just seems silly, what if they kill all three of them? How anti-climactic. But maybe they’re trained to maim and not kill. Katniss, Peeta, and Cato all race for the Cornucopia and climb up on top, and hopefully out of reach. Katniss, even in the midst of all this, is still in game mode (I told you, robot) and is thinking of finishing Cato off at this point. I say go for it girl.

She doesn’t though and now everyone is on the tippy top of the Cornucopia. These mutts are apparently cheerleaders or circus clowns or something because they begin to form a mutt pyramid to reach the top. Then just like Jenna Marshall from Pretty Little Liars, we learn that these wolves have had eyeball transplants. Each wolf has the eyes and features of past tributes, just to really f*** with Katniss. Because you know Cato and Peeta aren’t gonna notice that s***.

Katniss tells the others but before anyone can care they start getting bombarded with wolf rockets from both sides. Cato’s sick of playing nice and puts Peeta in a headlock. Peeta’s also got a super sweet calf wound from one of the mutts so he gets two things to worry about. Kat’s got an arrow trained on Cato but she’s not sure she wants to risk her bag of rocks going over the edge if he falls. But Peeta actually makes himself useful for once and after a little kerfuffle Cato falls off the Cornucopia and into the waiting jaws of the mutt-wolf-tribute-Jennas.

“Hooray! It’s over!” you might be thinking. “Our heroes from District 12 have won!” And to you I say no. No it’s not over. Because Cato’s not dead. There’s some fighting and some snarling and some dragging along the ground and some tourniqueting of Peeta’s leg and some sad sad Katniss and then finally Kat’s like “F*** it,” and shoots Cato in the head. They move so the body can be collected, and now you might say “Crimson, surely this is cause for celebration! Our heroes have won the Hunger Games! They can go home!” And to you I say, no. Are you stupid? Of course they can’t go home yet.

An announcement comes saying the previous rule of both tributes from a single district being able to win has been rescinded, so go ahead and kill each other now. Kat’s like “Welp. Double suicide?” And Peeta thinks that’s a great idea. But before they can go through with it there is another hasty announcement declaring both of them indeed the winners.

Shady dealings.

Thoughts:
I won’t lie, I’m not a fan of those wolf mutt things. They seemed really random to me. I mean, I know the Capitol has a history with genetic mutation, but it was actually kinda believable with small stuff like the mockingjays and tracker jackers. These just seemed like a weird, unnecessary addition. I would have rather seen an epic final showdown between Katniss and Cato to be quite honest. Peeta could have still gotten injured and everything, so nothing had to change there.
And I had a feeling something fishy was going on with that rule change. Maybe they weren’t expecting both Peeta and Katniss to make it to the final two, and when they didn’t they were like s*** what now. I don’t know. I mean, Peeta was basically on death’s door, it’s a miracle he survived. It’s a miracle Katniss made it out of the feast alive. Things aliened just right for them to get there. So I don’t know if I agree with Katniss that this outcome was designed by the Gamemakers. Actually I think maybe this is the worst possible outcome for them, since I don’t think anyone in the Capitol wants to see one of the lovers kill each other. I dunno, just my take.

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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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I just went to a Hunger Games trivia thing at B&N and kicked a bunch of 6-12 year old kids' asses at trivia.

Won two trading cards: Clove and Foxface. Awwwwwww yeah.

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I just went to a Hunger Games trivia thing at B&N and kicked a bunch of 6-12 year old kids' asses at trivia.

Won two trading cards: Clove and Foxface. Awwwwwww yeah.


Now that's cool. I'm going to see if my Barnes and Noble has that.

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Part 3, Chapter 25:

"We both know they have to have a victor."

So this chapter starts with Cato too f***ing tired and scared to even think about trying to kill Katniss (and Peeta by proxy). Meanwhile, because Peeta fails at life, he can't run as fast as Katniss and becomes a total burden when it comes to running for their lives from a pack of violent creatures that want nothing more than to kill all three of the remaining tributes. But Katniss helps him up, and is thankfully aided by the fact that Cato isn't trying to strangle her and snap her neck like he could easily do if he weren't so damn winded from running his ass off. Hell, Cato's scared enough to ask a question of Peeta/Katniss without being mean of spiteful about it.

But yeah, Katniss realizes that the wolf creatures (which, by the way, are proof that The Hunger Games is furry-friendly, so suck on that, haters) are actually human/wolf hybrids of the fallen tributes, including sexy Glimmer, Foxface, and Rue. Also, Katniss for some reason recognizes District 9 Boy in more detail as a wolf than we ever got from him as an actual character. One line that made me laugh is Katniss saying one of the creatures HAD to be based on Thresh, because who else could jump that high. Racist much? XD Seriously though, I've noticed that line EVERY time I've read this book. Katniss specifically highlights the creature that she believes to be based on a black tribute as being the one that can jump the highest. I can't believe Collins got away with that.

Anyway, Cato is a total d*** now, although admittedly he did have the high ground and takes Peeta hostage with the intent of using Peeta's lifeless corpse to knock Katniss into the herd of dead tributes. Peeta outsmarts Cato (not hard to do), and Katniss nails Cato in his happy time hand (I assume), sending him to a very painful death a la Scar from The Lion King. Meanwhile, Peeta's bleeding out because he's a complete damsel in distress. So Katniss removes her shirt (to the delight of pretty much every guy in Panem, I'm sure) and uses it as a tourniquet while Cato takes an inexplicably long time to die (what is he, Mustafa?) Seriously, Cato having to suffer THAT much...what if by some miracle for him, Katniss/Peeta died? Then the Capitol would've completely destroyed this guy for a whole night just to have him win? Christ.

Anyway, Cato FINALLY dies (making four kills for Katniss, all Careers...Clove's the only one she didn't kill, unless you count District 4 Boy, which I don't). And then Katniss/Peeta get totally screwed over when Ashton Kutcher jumps out and tells them they're on punked and they still totally have to kill one another. Peeta of course has the upper hand in terms of killing himself, which is kinda amusing, because Katniss' first reaction is not "Oh no, I can't kill him" but instead, "Oh no, I'm not letting him kill me first". She's like, in constant survival mode. But then she totally outplays the game makers with the poisoned berries, allowing District 12 to get two winners after not winning a single game in 24 years. Well-played, Miss Everdeen, Mister Mellark. Well-played. Also, fun to note is that for once it's Katniss who comes up with the successful plan, not Peeta. She should be very proud.

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Part 3, Chapter 26:

"And right now, the most dangerous part of the Hunger Games is about to begin."

Peeta and Katniss make it out alive, but the Capitol doesn't seem to care that Peeta is bleeding profusely and they can't do a whole lot to prevent this. The end result is him being taken away for surgery while Katniss loses what little sanity she has left trying to make them stop. She finally gets drugged so they can do their jobs without a deranged huntress f***ing everything up, but when they're all done, Katniss is all better. Her scars are all gone, she can hear again somehow, and she's basically the perfect specimen of health. And apparently Peeta's just fine, so basically, if the book ended right now, it'd be a happy ending...minus the fact that Katniss just murdered four kids, and Peeta murdered one or two...well, kinda. Really, both of Peeta's kills kinda suck.

VENIA. THAT'S the third stylist. I could remember Flavius and Octavia while I was Jedi drilling in preparation for the trivia contest, but not Venia. And really, it wouldn't have mattered. I overthought the trivia WAY too much...nothing was difficult about it at all, aside from when they asked questions but wanted way too specific of an answer when c'mon, we all know that Peeta said he loved Katniss at the end of Part 1. Anyway, turns out Haymitch saved Katniss from breast implants, a fate worse than death. Honestly, they'd make her more buoyant, which could always come in handy.

And suddenly, happy ending averted. Katniss is in deep s*** with the Capitol for outsmarting them (and seriously, who would've thought it'd be KATNISS that outsmarts the Capitol? The girl is dumb and paranoid so much, yet her ONE successful plan completely f***s her over for the rest of the series). But AGAIN, Katniss doesn't get it that Peeta is in love with her when Haymitch basically spells it out for her. Seriously, how did you just outsmart the Gamemakers, Katniss? How the hell did you pull that off when you apparently have the memory of a goldfish, and every time Peeta basically tells you he loves you, you wonder "Does he really love me?"

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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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Just saw the movie. Amazing. They did everything perfectly, Katniss and Peeta especially

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Clove > Rue > Katniss > Peeta > Foxface > Glimmer > Thresh > Cato

The girl tributes definitely brought it more in terms of personality than the boy tributes. Cato was very one-note generic alpha male stuff. Thresh had potential but got far too little screentime. The girls (not Rue/Katniss) may not have gotten a ton of screentime, but they each brought something unique to the story. Clove being an absolute psychopath. Foxface being clever and crafty. Glimmer being completely incompetent and probably more baggage to the Careers than they'd ever admit. And then Rue was just adorable and sad to lose, while Katniss...honestly, I think the reason Katniss/Peeta works SO well is because the gender roles are reversed. If it was the other way around, with the weak, ineffective girl willing to sacrifice herself for the clueless boy she likes...it wouldn't have been nearly as compelling. And I'm stating that as a fact, given that that's exactly what happens at the end of a different book that I won't name so keep some semblance of not spoiling it.

Gale, meanwhile, is basically a male Katniss, which is why I don't really care about him. He's just the generic type of guy you get in most teen books, and it's not exciting to me. Also, Prim sucks, and Katniss' mother sucks, so really, Katniss was fighting hard to go back home to a bunch of lameass characters. Seriously, I HATE Prim probably moreso because she's so much more pathetic than Rue in the same book. Prim is the epitome of a damsel in distress, and if Gale is the male Katniss, then Prim is the female Peeta, and neither of these descriptions are good things.

Effie is adorable for what she is: a clueless Capitol citizen, and the same goes for the stylist team. Cinna is pretty awesome, despite being a very minor character compared to many others. In fact, I'd say he's probably my favorite non-tribute in the entire book. Haymitch is pretty awesome too, and I'll say it again...casting Woody Harrellson as him is pure genius. Really, the entire crew of Capitol characters was pretty awesome, with the one exception being the Avox girl, who honestly...I felt like anything with her was a bit cheesy. Like, Katniss just happened to spot these escape kids running through the woods, and then years later, she gets waited on by the girl she watched get taken away. Really? REALLY?

I definitely wish we got more viewpoints though. I know that a lot of tributes are dead in the opening bloodbath, but still, let us get to know them from their pre-game stuff. Also, I do wish we were given some more physical description, because it feels like Katniss wanders the forest for days and then still says "Oh, but there's an area I haven't gone yet where Thresh must be hiding out." Overall though, solid book, and it definitely improves on some aspects of Battle Royale while missing out on some others. So it balances out.

Can't wait to read through books two and three though. My two favorite characters in the series make their appearances there.

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From: Inviso | #241
I just went to a Hunger Games trivia thing at B&N and kicked a bunch of 6-12 year old kids' asses at trivia.

Won two trading cards: Clove and Foxface. Awwwwwww yeah.

F*** yeah, that's how you do it Inviso!

Just saw the movie. It was reeeeally good. I mean, it was basically the book in movie form save for a few minor changes. More detailed review +chapter 27 tomorrow, but yeah. Definitely a satisfied customer.

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Chapter 27
Pages 360-374

”I don’t know. The closer we get to District Twelve, the more confused I get,” I say. He waits, for further explanation, but none’s forthcoming.

Summary:
Cinna, Effie and the whole gang are introduced up on stage before Katniss and Peeta come out to join them. Kat is finally reunited with Peeta and it feels so good. Peeta’s got a bum leg but this doesn’t prevent Katniss from diving straight into his arms. They kiss and as usual instead of at least trying to enjoy the moment Katniss is in damage control freak out mode, hoping no one notices she’s trying to make the kiss look real instead of, ya know, actually making it real. Poor Peeta, this can only end badly.

Our two herbros cuddle on the couch while watching the highlights from the Games. Katniss takes seeing Rue’s death replayed particularly hard, but she notices they don’t show how she covered her in flowers – another slap in the face to the Capitol she’d rather they didn’t remember I’m sure. It’s almost an out of body experience for Kat, feeling like she’s watching someone else compete in some other Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins has got to be a fan of Survivor, because she pretty much nails the whole “editing” discussion right here talking about how the person putting together the clip reel has to decide what story to tell.

President Snow makes another appearance and pulls a Mean Girls with the victor’s crown, busting it and giving both Peeta and Katniss half. Now this. THIS cracks me up. Like, hey, you just fought in a game of life and death with 24 other kids and you won, congrats! Here’s this cheap plastic crown. Everyone is prom queen! Finally the reunion is over and Kat wants to talk to Peeta, but she’s ushered back to her room and locked in for the night. She feels like she’s being locked in a cell and is awaiting her sentence, which I feel is accurate if not a little melodramatic.

Effie wakes up Katniss for another big, big, big day! Kat stuffs her face again and now it’s time for the exit interview. Apparently last night was just closing ceremonies. Kat’s obviously nervous about the interview but I’m pretty sure as long as Peeta acts like his charming self everything will go smoothly. And this is where I lost the book but basically Katniss fumbles out the correct responses and Peeta is happy then they get on the train back home and Katniss tells Peeta is was mostly just an act to get free food. Peeta is of course heartbroken but he seems to pull it together at the District 12 train station so they can pander to the cameras one last time.

The End!
*chest bumps Inviso*
*^5's the rest of topic*

Thoughts:
Poor Peeta. I can’t help but feel bad for the guy. I mean, he pretty much spells it out for Katniss on multiple occasions that he’s madly in love with her and this isn’t just some ploy for the Games. Honestly, I really don’t think Katniss had a clue until she told him she was acting. Once she said it out loud it kind of finally woke her up to what was actually happening. I also feel bad for Kat because, even though she’s extremely thick headed, she’s not bad at dem relationships! I don’t know what’s in store for book 2, but I think this ending is doing a good job of leading up to some big government smack down. Should be interesting. I’ve very pleased I got into these books when I did.
Stay tuned for final thoughts and thoughts on the movie!

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Tribute kill for Peeta, Tribute kill for Thresh. 4 kills for Katniss Everdeen. You go Katniss Everdeen.

First thing that sprung to mind.

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You said Mean Girls...
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