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alexandral) wrote2011-12-19 02:13 pm
alexandral) wrote2011-12-19 02:13 pm
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Mockingjay: Please tell me this is going to get better.
I am through about 40% of "Mockingjay", and dear friends list, I am getting seriously annoyed. Katniss is undergoing what is probably the worst ever character development in the history of fiction.
Where is Katniss that was a strong survivor? Where? When was she replaced by this whiny clueless mess:
- "No-one is telling me anything! My life is a woooooooooe!" Me: no-one is telling her anything because she is naïve beyond any belief (to the point where her naivety has become brain-deficiency) and throws tantrums all the time?
- "EVERYONE IS EVIL! Capitol is EVIL! Rebels ARE EVIL! Everyone is evil! Even Haymitch! How dares he to try to keep me alive! Even cats are evil!". Me: I am eye-rolling so hard my eyes are in danger.
- "Everyone died because of Meeeeeeeeee! I should have died! Died!" . Me: Katniss, get a grip on yourself. Please get a grip.
- "Oh no! Look at poor me suffering so much when watching Peeta tortured on TV! I passed out! And I raged! " Me: Peeta is tortured. PEETA. How come it is all about YOU?
Leaving my "I am so annoyed at this" feelings aside and trying to be rational: the character development of Katniss is that of Sansa Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire) in reverse. Sansa starts as young and terribly naïve and grows into a survivor. Katniss starts as a survivor and disintegrates into a puddle of jelly with no brains.
Please tell me this is going to get better. As it stands now, I think Katniss is as good a role model to young girls as Bella (Twilight), just in a different way (no brains, tantrums, "me me me" attitude)! I am so horrified that this is supposed to be "a feminist book for young adults".
PS: Shall I keep listening? There are 6.5 more hours of this! Or shall I give up, find the spoilers, and move on to some better books?
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i didn't find Katniss particularly bad in Mockingjay. I mean, yes, she suffered from a meltdown or whatever you want to call it in the beginning of the book, but I guess it was understandable after what she went through. Was I annoyed at her? Every now and then yes, but I never particularly liked her character, not even in the first book. I was more annoyed at her indecisiveness re: Peeta vs Gale. Now, that was annoying imho.
If you want strong layered female characters, do read The Inheritancy Trilogy. It's AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAZING!!! I've read all 3 books MULTIPLE times and every time, I swear, EVERY TIME, I fall in love with them a little bit harder and also? I notice more details and more awesomeness. There's no gender/race/[insert topic] fail in those books whatsoever. I LOOOOOVE that they tackle issues like biraciality in concrete ways and...there are awesome, awesome characters and the worldbuilding is incredible and alskdjkalhflkjahsdl Did I mention there are female warriors who kick ass in sooo many ways? And terrible gods that struggle and hate and love? And also gay love stories although----okay, not saying anything else cos I don't want to spoil the books for you. And hahah, omg, now I need to re-read them aaaaaall.
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I thought you meant that dragon book Inheritance trilogy at first, but those actually look really interesting so I might just check them out, thanks!
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THANK YOU FOR THE REC. Now that I sorted my reading speed via audiobooks, I will most definitely read this one soon. Your recs always work well for me.
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