自由幻夢(飢餓遊戲3)
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權力競逐是他們的遊戲,我的沉默就是我的答覆
真的還是假的,我在燃燒?
猶如太陽,無法撲滅。
火的變種只知道一種感覺:煎熬。
飢餓遊戲成為夢魘,不能逃脫。第十三區確實存在,從被遺忘的荒野浮現。不只一次,她什麼也看不見、聽不見,沒有感覺,除了烈火焚身的痛楚,以及痛恨。但,由於她不曾參與,一無所知的計謀,凱妮絲,燃燒的女孩,活了下來。她的家鄉已經毀滅,無數第十二區的生命只剩灰燼和殘破的屍骸。但,反抗軍確實存在,一批新的領導人在等待,革命正在展開。
她最痛恨的是自己。因為,豈不是由於她,第十一區吹口哨的老人、她的造型設計師秦納才會死?豈不是由於她一箭射向覆蓋競技場的力場,她的家鄉才會遭受烈焰的懲罰?她的每一個動作,只招致別人的災禍。而比德,被劫持、凌虐,居然讓她看見自己的真面目:凶狠、不能信賴、會利用人、致命。她無法面對自己,只想躲起來,閉上眼睛,把世界擋在外面。
是的,豈不是由於她,比德才會被劫持?大旬祭之後,比德落在都城手中,史諾總統隨時可能殺了他。然而,更可怕的,是凱妮絲終於明白,史諾不可能殺他,因為他經不起浪費這條性命。如今,他手上只有比德可以威脅凱妮絲。她不惜犧牲性命也要保住的男孩,已變成都城摧毀她的武器。
但她絕無可能被劫持,也不能容許都城的暴虐和飢餓遊戲繼續存在。她只能成為反抗軍的學舌鳥,革命的旗手。看來,秦納早就什麼都想到了,為凱妮絲留下一套特殊的服裝,讓她上電視演出時穿戴。但,光是演出就夠了嗎?她本來就是最拙劣的演員。而且,答應演出,難道不是再度成為另一場遊戲的棋子嗎?
她的角色早經設定,只有她懞然無知。一開始,她被蒙在鼓裡。到最後,她會明白棋局的全貌嗎?真相?她也許會痛恨真相。而且,凱妮絲是可以被設定的嗎?蓋爾說,到最後,凱妮絲會選擇一旦失去,她就無法存活的人。那麼,她賴以存活的是什麼?結局呢?你也許喜歡,也許討厭。然而,這或許才是對的結局,因為,這才是她最後明白的真相。遊戲仍在上演。她只能扮演自己。
本書為「飢餓遊戲」三部曲的終曲
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This concluding volume in Collins's Hunger Games trilogy accomplishes a rare feat, the last installment being the best yet, a beautifully orchestrated and intelligent novel that succeeds on every level. At the end of Catching Fire, Katniss had been dramatically rescued from the Quarter Quell games; her fellow tribute, Peeta, has presumably been taken prisoner by the Capitol. Now the rebels in District 13 want Katniss (who again narrates) to be the face of the revolution, a propaganda role she's reluctant to play. One of Collins's many achievements is skillfully showing how effective such a poster girl can be, with a scene in which Katniss visits the wounded, cameras rolling to capture (and retransmit) her genuine outrage at the way in which war victimizes even the noncombatants. Beyond the sharp social commentary and the nifty world building, there's a plot that doesn't quit: nearly every chapter ends in a reversal-of-fortune cliffhanger. Readers get to know characters better, including Katniss's sister and mother, and Plutarch Heavensbee, former Head Gamemaker, now rebel filmmaker, directing the circus he hopes will bring down the government, a coup possible precisely because the Capitol's residents are too pampered to mount a defense. "In return for full bellies and entertainment," he tells Katniss, explaining the Latin phrase panem et circenses, "people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power." Finally, there is the romantic intrigue involving Katniss, Peeta and Gale, which comes to a resolution that, while it will break some hearts, feels right. In short, there's something here for nearly every reader, all of it completely engrossing. Ages 12-up.
