Better than I remember it being, and definitely better than Catching Fire. My main issue with the book is how slow some of it was. I also wish there just hadn't been an epilogue, to be honest. I would've preferred to see the FMC heal than jump ahead to the "after." I would've liked to see the same from the MMC.

Overall, of course the book is very sad; it's war, after all, and the author doesn't shy from it.