I kind of have mixed feelings about the last book. On one hand, I admire it for being surprising and different. A happy ending is much to expected, and even then, it wasn't even
too sad of an ending. I mean, Katniss and Peeta ended up together and had children, and although the events in her life traumatized her for good, the districts are free and there are no more hunger games. The nation is improving, and there is a bright future ahead of them.
On the other hand, though, I do agree that the author really shouldn't have tried so hard to make the book so different and surprising. Killing off Finnick really did piss me off, too, seeing as how he was my favorite character, but I think that was just to add...what's the word I'm looking for? Shock value? Yeah, something like that. I'm pretty sure that's why authors seem to like killing everyone's favorite character in the end. Prim's death I didn't really care for. I never liked her much, anyway. But I think that was kind of a pointless death, especially since we had already seen so many children die in the hunger games and things like that.
The last book felt as though it were taking place in a totally different world with a totally different plot entirely, but I don't hate it. The person I really, truly hated, though, was Katniss. Oh my ******** God, she was SUCH a Bella Swan in that damn book, I'm so upset that she didn't end up dead! >.< In the first book, I loved her. Second, eh. Third, I wanted to kill her so bad. She kind of lost her charm. I can't say I liked the book, but I didn't hate it, either.