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Chapter 23

(view spoiler)[How horrible! (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[Creepy ending. It shows Snow's true character ... evil. (hide spoiler)]

Melanie wrote: "22%

It is so weird to see Snow when he wasn't evil."

(view spoiler)[It is really creepy to see him act differently than what I know him to be in the actual trilogy. It does shows that his experiences has definitely changed him and his character. (hide spoiler)]

Part 1: (view spoiler)[Interesting to see how President Snow was like when he was younger. I wonder why he chosen to mentor the District 12 tribute. I love Lucy Gray. I think she is awesome. I feel bad that Arachne Crane died. However, Arachne Crane should not have provoked her tribute in such a way. No wonder why she got killed. Poor Clemensia! Dr. Gaul is a psychopath. If such a person existed in today’s world, I would not want to provoke her in any way. I can’t believe there was an explosion at the arena. So sad to know that lots of them were killed or injured. I think she can win considering that there are less people to compete against. (hide spoiler)]

Melanie wrote: "41%

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I agree! (view spoiler)[ I think the compact might give herself away. However, technically it really isn’t cheating since he was making sure that the Odds were ever in her favour by any means necessary. (hide spoiler)]

Part 2: (view spoiler)[I really liked “The Ballad of Lucy Gray Baird.” It was a nice way to end the chapter. I feel like he wants everyone to know that he owns her, but maybe that’s the way it looks to me. The passing of his mother’s silver compact was a sweet gesture…I will say that. Poor Marcus! What a way to be killed. I totally understand Sejanus’s reaction. It is cruel punishment to kill innocent children because of a war. Oh no! Sejanus went to the arena. I loved the way Sejanus paid respect to Marcus. Unbelievable…Dr. Gaul knows how to be manipulative. Sending in Snow to retrieve Sejanus out of the arena. I can’t believe he killed Bobbin. Also, Jessup was bitten by a rabid raccoon at zoo. Poor boy…having to die in such a way is horrible. I liked the way Lucy respected Jessup after he died. Also, now I see that Snow that the encounter in the arena has changed him with him wanting the tributes to all die. Snow is a peacekeeper. Interesting. (hide spoiler)]

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Sejanus was a great character. I agree that I think Snow going in to arena changed him. (hide spoiler)]

Part 3: (view spoiler)[I love that we get the history behind the Hanging Tree song! I love Maude Ivory. She is adorable. Billy Taupe is the boy who broke her heart. I wanted to slap him for the way he hurt Lucy Gray. I don’t like Billy Taupe. Like Maude Ivory said it seems he preys on people who are sweet. Sejanus is a good person. He just acts without thinking of the consequences. He can die. Breaks my heart that Sejanus had to die in that way. So sad. What happened between him and Lucy…why do they end it like that. I hope the movie ends with a better ending than this. (hide spoiler)]

Melanie wrote: "Finished

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(view spoiler)[Agreed! It was really creepy! After him going into the arena and feeling that way about wanting all the tributes to die…I knew he had already changed. He will always be evil. He didn’t have to turn Sejanus in, but he did for his own gain. I think he cares only about himself. (hide spoiler)]

Sharon wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Finished

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Yes! I agree - I think he only cares about himself. (hide spoiler)]

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chapter 3 my app says 6%

(view spoiler)[i already like lucy a lot she seems very fun. dont care about snow much but hes ok (hide spoiler)]

10%

(view spoiler)["who were all these people hanging around on a weekday at the zoo. dont they have jobs shouldnt the kids be at school" hits a bit close to home (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 5 (view spoiler)[ interesting that Snow was poor in the capitol and it seems like everyone in the capitol was struggling? Lucy made me laugh a few times like by saying she didnt want to be there. And it was very interesting that Sejanus tried to trade tributes since he knew his (hide spoiler)]

chapter 10 28%

(view spoiler)[ not the snack stand.........probably the saddest death in the books so far (hide spoiler)]

End of part 1 (view spoiler)[ okay this is kind of crazy that so much is happening like people dying and tributes dying before the games?? Lucy is okay but i really dont care about president snows backstory? (hide spoiler)]

Julianne wrote: "End of part 1 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ i dont really like the romance or like anything to do with snow so far hes pretty whatever. the pre game stuff has been pretty interesting i guess (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ very weird game. our boy going into the arena was pretty cool. i guess the games were ok for me. feel like lucy got very lucky but she managed to pull it off. the stuff with reaper was very weird. i dunno. felt kinda anticlimactic. felt like it focused way more on the mentors than the games which i didnt really enjoy. (hide spoiler)]

Zach wrote: "Julianne wrote: "End of part 1 [spoilers removed]"

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The Capitol stuff is sort of interesting but im not really a fan of snow just being the main character i guess. Like why try to redeem him? (hide spoiler)]

Julianne wrote: "Zach wrote: "Julianne wrote: "End of part 1 [spoilers removed]"

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The Capitol stuff is sort of interesting but im not really a fan of snow just being the main character i guess...."

(view spoiler)[ i just dont care about him i dont know why this was the book she wanted to write after the hg. like give me the start of the first hunger games or something (hide spoiler)]

somewhere into part 3

(view spoiler)[ ok so snows a peacekeeper now who cares i wish this book ended with the games (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ i think i was most surprised by how much food and water they werre sending into the games. I know its the first year they let people send stuff in but I thought there might be something more than just the bare minimum for survival (hide spoiler)]


Chapter 20 (view spoiler)[ and thats the end of the games!? I mean kind of a let down but i really thought Reaper was going to do something to all of the bodies he collected (hide spoiler)]

Julianne wrote: "Zach wrote: "end of part 2

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(view spoiler)[ i mean i was waiting for something to happen the entire games besides people just dropping on their own. reaper was built up like this big threat then did.....nothing? (hide spoiler)]

Zach wrote: "Julianne wrote: "Zach wrote: "end of part
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(view spoiler)[ i thought Reaper was going to start eating people or something idk (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 25 (view spoiler)[
I just.. don't really know whats going on anymore? Why is Sejanus there hiding so much money from everyone. Is there some weird Rebellion stuff happening that Snow is just so oblivious to because of his love for Lucy? (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ Well that last chapter sure was something. Snow being whiny about living in the woods was kind of hilarious? And him immediately giving up when he realized he could hide his guilt sure was something. Then he hunts Lucy even though he claimed to love her so much?? what the heck!!

The epilogue was certainly an epilogue but it definitely explains how he became President Snow. God he sucks so much (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ yeah I tuned out so hard towards the end. The last few chapters were stupid. I don't like snow I didn't care about Lucy or any character towards the end. The epilogue was kind of cool but still felt whatever. This book didnt need to happen I liked it way less than the third hunger games and that's saying something (hide spoiler)]

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(view spoiler)[ I actually liked the last chapter where Snow decided he was going to runaway with Lucy and then turned into a whiny bitch the whole time and the second he realized he could get away with actual murder he was ready to abandon her. Thats the president snow we love to hate (hide spoiler)]