When Peeta is added to their squad he seems less threatening. Boggs is killed by a pod and gives his Holo to Katniss before he dies. In the ambush of that pod, Peeta went crazy for a second and pushed Mitchells into a barbed wire net. They hide in an evacuated house while a wave of poisonous gas goes over them. They're all pronounced dead by the Capitol and continue forward by going underground. While underground, mutts are released to try and kill them. Two in the squad sacrifice themselves to save the others. Finnick is also killed by the mutts. They get above ground and find their way to a safe house. People in the part of the Capitol that haven't evacuated are in panic and are being horded into the City Circle. They split up, Katniss and Gale together, Peeta by himself ready to make a distraction, and the two others together. They are hoping to get inside Snow's mansion and kill him when they get to the City Circle. The rebels have been advancing and are there.
In front of Snow's mansion they see Capitol kids being held in like pigs in a pen. All of the sudden, a Capitol hovercraft appears and drops parachutes down to the kids. They eagerly grab them when half the parachutes blow up. Rebel medics appear to help the kids, Katniss sees Prim. That's when the rest of the parachutes blow up killing Prim and lighting Katniss on fire. She blacks out.
When she wakes up in the hospital, she's taken to a meeting with the other victors and Coin. They are to decide to have one last Hunger Games with Capitol kids. Peeta immediately votes no and so does Beetee. However, Johanna and another victor vote yes and surprisingly Katniss and Haymitch both vote yes also. Later, Katniss is roaming the mansion when when finds Snow's corridors. He tells her to think why he'd waste a hovercraft on killing children rather than fleeing. Katniss always knew Coin didn't like her but she wasn't sure whether or not to believe that she'd go as far as killing Prim.
When Katniss is about to shoot Snow in public she instead shoots Coin. It's total chaos and Katniss is taken away back to her room from before the games. She's kept there for months with no word from anyone. Haymitch eventually comes and tells Katniss that her trial is over and the leader from District 8 was elected the new leader. They're taken back to 12 and Katniss doesn't leave her kitchen for months. Eventually Peeta and her start doing their daily routine. Katniss hunts, Peeta bakes and paints. People start to move back into 12. Gale is barely mentioned. He has a new job in 2. Peeta and Katniss have two kids and are married.
My opinion:
These last few pages were the only ones that I hated in the whole series. The ending seemed rushed and undeveloped unlike the rest of the books. I don't like the fact that Finnick and Prim died when their deaths could've easily been written around. But that was all fine until Gale was no longer mentioned. He just apparently disappears and isn't heard from again. Katniss should've chosen him over Peeta. Peeta always seems so useless, plus he's tried to kill Katniss. Gale has known Katniss longer and was closer with her and then he just doesn't show up in their lives in the epilogue at all. I was so angry that I literally threw the book across the room when I finished.
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