Yeah. I mean, I can see how trauma might have turned Katniss passive, but that doesn't make it a good story choice, especially since PTSD has all kinds of different possible effects, not just passive hopelessness.
And I'd forgotten (or blocked from my memory) the bit where Katniss voted yes on Hunger Games for the Capitol, which felt spectacularly out of character. It was almost like Collins' desire to prove a point (that War Is Hell) overrode all the characters she had made me love before.
It just... just because it fits a message about politics and war doesn't make it a satisfying narrative. And it's not that I'm angry that it upset me: it didn't upset me, it left me absolutely cold, and after the emotion I'd felt for Katniss and her friends before, "cold" is not a compliment.
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And I'd forgotten (or blocked from my memory) the bit where Katniss voted yes on Hunger Games for the Capitol, which felt spectacularly out of character. It was almost like Collins' desire to prove a point (that War Is Hell) overrode all the characters she had made me love before.
It just... just because it fits a message about politics and war doesn't make it a satisfying narrative. And it's not that I'm angry that it upset me: it didn't upset me, it left me absolutely cold, and after the emotion I'd felt for Katniss and her friends before, "cold" is not a compliment.