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My problem with the epilogue was never the content - it was how rushed we were getting there. I read it thinking "But..but...this is its own book! Why isn't there a fourth book full of True/Not True, post war society and actual scenes with the conversations between her and Peeta that led her to be willing to have children because wow, that mustl've been a long talk, I'm just saying(not to mention, Annie Cresta: Single Mom - I'd love to know how she was handling the pressure of parenthood along with her mental illness) and where the hell is Gale and what is he doing? What about Joanna and her addiction and recovery not to mention Haymish, Effie and everyone else you made us care about?" I think as much as some people might protest the idea of the ending because of it falling into a trope, for me the thing that REALLY burned was the actual delivery. I'd love to see that normal and rest with a little more, um, I dont know. Pick a descriptor of your choice because there are so many I dont really want to make a judgement but definitely something. More something.

It's always nice to get more but consider the author was probably exhausted by the time she was done with her trilogy and maybe she just wanted to put a bow on it the way she saw it in her head and not get tied down with another novel? It's possible she just didn't have anything MORE to say about that 'verse?

It is TOTALLY possible she didnt want to write more. However, what we did get felt like it was missing substance which could most easily have been fixed by more story but you're right, thats not the only way. Personally I found it lacking not because the idea of that quiet, somewhat-happy wasn't a good place to end. It was, for me, because of the delivery. If you're right that she didn't have anything more to say - one would hope that an author so talented as to have produced those three books could still have executed it in a way that felt a little less awkward. I'd have been happy with LESS information if it had felt a bit in line with the rest of her writing in the series. For me the writing didn't gel and I really wanted it too because every other part did.

If it did for you, Nonny, that's awesome. I totally respect your opinion. I just disagree.

huh. I definitely thought the epilogue was good and I think it's a good thing she didn't spend a lot of time talking about what happened. It didn't need a book or even a chapter imo.