I haven't read the book, but I really like this review, because you are up-front about both what you disliked personally and in terms of literary structure, and how it was connected. I think tearing the heart out of Katniss meant tearing the heart out of the book, for me is the, well, heart of your argument, and that's really good.
(And less objectively: the sister DIES? Right at the end? And we don't see her reaction and the marriage sort of, well, fixes it? And she votes _for_ the Games continuing? ....Erk. I always dislike that 'don't give the audience what they want, give them what they need' fake tough-macho defense of tragic endings, because you can do tragic without making everything seem pointless.)
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Date: 2010-09-13 02:46 am (UTC)(And less objectively: the sister DIES? Right at the end? And we don't see her reaction and the marriage sort of, well, fixes it? And she votes _for_ the Games continuing? ....Erk. I always dislike that 'don't give the audience what they want, give them what they need' fake tough-macho defense of tragic endings, because you can do tragic without making everything seem pointless.)