WARNING: THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS STORY.

People anxiously sit on the edge of their seats, eyes glued to the screen as they watch the last moments of Mockingjay: Part One. Peeta is briefly shown writhing around on a hospital bed, brainwashed and rabid, and then the screen cuts to black. Mouths agape, minds furious about the cutoff point and hearts pounding. They then leave the theater, anticipating the next installment in the series.

The Hunger Games introduced Katniss Everdeen, a teenager living in the post-apocalyptic society of Panem. After an attempted revolution, the 12 districts that Panem is divided into were forced to start sending a man and a woman to the annual “Hunger Games,” an event during which the 24 tributes are released into a controlled environment and must fight to the death.

When Prim, Katniss’ younger sister, is chosen, Katniss immediately volunteers to take her place, even though being chosen usually results in imminent death. In the arena, she must choose between the competition and the feelings that are blossoming for her male counterpart, Peeta Mellark.

In the second installment of the series, Catching Fire, Katniss and Peeta go on a Victor’s Tour after outsmarting the Hunger Games and catch wind that standing against the rules of the Hunger Games sparked an uprising. For the 75^th Hunger Games, President Snow twists the rules and states the tributes will be pulled from the existing pool of victors in each district, which means Katniss will be going back to the games as the only female victor from District 12.

Fans of The Hunger Games series were there with the characters through everything. Readers felt what the characters felt, saw what they saw and wanted what they wanted. They were frustrated when things were cut during the book-to-movie adaptations, pleased when Peeta and Katniss actually started falling in love (Team Peeta forever) and devastated when Gale told Katniss District 12 was blown to smithereens at the end of Catching Fire.

Some fans were disappointed with the ending to Mockingjay: Part One because of the ‘anticlimactic’ ending, but they must have known they were only getting half of a movie because it was specifically called “Part One.”

“I’ve read the books so I had an idea of where the directors would cut the movie, so I wasn’t that upset when Mockingjay: Part One wasn’t action-packed,” junior Ariella Bell said. “I noticed a few changes were made during the book-to-movie translation. They didn’t affect the plot very much, so I was okay with them. I just hope nothing big will change in the second movie.”

Some fans are anxious wondering about how the second part of Mockingjay will be interpreted for the movie; they can only hope that most of the ideas in the book will be kept intact. Some changes were made during Mockingjay: Part One, such as Effie appearing in District 13, so those obviously will cause a few things to be tweaked in Mockingjay: Part Two, but hopefully not too much else will be changed.

Mockingjay: Part Two hits theaters November 20.