![]() ![]() Collins wanted to make crystal clear the damaging effects of war - a much heftier task. ![]() It's a less exciting read, and it's much more somber. The book isn't as tight or as splashy as The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, and many of its concepts are harder to grasp. When Suzanne Collins wrote Mockingjay, she effectively shut the door to any possible sequels. There isn't much potential for the Hunger Games franchise to continue ![]() That isn't to say The Hunger Games isn't awesome or that author Suzanne Collins and film studio Lionsgate couldn't someday surprise us with a Finnick Odair prequel, but it truly feels like Mockingjay - Part 2 is the last chapter of the Hunger Games franchise and, more broadly, the first relic of the genre of dystopian young adult literature it pioneered. Even Katniss Everdeen - the hero of the franchise, the "Girl on Fire" - is a bit wistful. The mania of the source novels' fandom has quieted, and we aren't as concerned with some of the trilogy's timelier themes as we once were. ![]() In contrast to Harry Potter or Star Wars and the "never-quite-done" feeling of those franchises, Mockingjay - Part 2 feels more terminal. ![]()
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