Real or Not Real

I saw it on the 2nd day of its release. Then after walking out I bought the whole series. I just needed to know the whole story you see and from experience I know the book always holds greater treasures than it's onscreen Hollywood adaptation. It was lucky I got them that day. The book store was out of stock and I was already finished billing when a fresh stock arrived and the store assistant came looking for me to let me know. I went home with The Hunger Games trilogy. The 1st book was good but I already knew how things ended. So I made it through lightly..
But I had a better glimpse at Katniss Everdeen and what exactly the bread Peeta gave meant to her. The bright yellow dandelions and the burnt bread.
Catching Fire is the most compelling book I have read in the longest time. I will not give away anything for those who haven't read it yet. If you think a YA book is not worth your time then let me tell you I thought the same before and I'm so glad I went ahead anyway. Even if I had not seen the movie that day I know I would have found the way to this one.
I finished Mockingjay in one breath it seems. I couldn't keep it aside. I had to know. I slept poorly the last 2-3 nights ( I remember preparing for and giving a viva exam on Great Depression somewhere in between) and I needed to know the end before another night hit me. I remember the stories I have finished at dawn break - there have been only 3 - and I remember those moments when I stared out the window watching the sun come up thinking about what just happened to me. It is the characters I love lingering on long after I have mulled over the story and what all it meant.
A good book, a good story can do that to you. I love Katniss, my heart aches for Peeta and Prim and every character you come across you are bound to be moved by them. Don't reduce it to a love triangle, this story
is about so much more. In contemporary YA literature you will come across very few like this one. In fact what I see between Gale and Katniss is only friendship because I know friendship. Her relationship with pretty much everyone else is a point of constant conflict in her mind at different points of the story. This is not a love story. This story is about rebellion, revolution, reclaiming who you are, coming to terms with what you have become and about hope and debts you can never pay off. I woke up a few hours back and tried to clear my head to read through this post I wrote in the morning in a state of heavy sleep deprivation and in a trance. I am still not recovered fully.
P.S.- I should let you know though Mockingjay could be disappointing. But, there was no other way it could have ended.

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it was stupid not to include her in the movie

what Cinna did

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and lastly

“The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol's plans. The symbol of the rebellion.” - Katniss Everdeen