I didnt want this series to end. I loved the final book almost as much as the first. I didnt want Finnick to die and I certainly didnt like having Prim die.
Review by angietangerine17 (LibraryThing), October 4, 2010 If you have not read Hunger Games and Catching Fire yet, go read them before reading the rest of this review! Otherwise is won't make much sense, and you really should read these books. In a post-apocalyptic North America, Katniss has survived a second Hunger Games and is living in District 13 as rebellion is beginning to stir throughout Panem. Katniss is under pressure to become the face of the rebellion, the Mockingjay, but Katniss does not want to be a pawn again. Although she does accept the title of Mockingjay, she remains suspicious of the motives of the rebel leaders and resists their attempts to control and manipulate her. The same cannot be said of Peeta, who also survived two Hunger Games but has become a prisoner and tool of the Capitol. This is not an easy read, emotionally or psychologically. The cruelty, deaths, and devastation are harrowing, and the rapid pace means readers have almost as little time to grieve as Katniss does. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself tearing up and then immediately gasping in shock as the story plunges on. Plot twists are numerous and jaw-dropping but they seem almost inevitable—not because they are obvious but because Katniss, Gale, Peeta, President Snow, and all the other players in this nightmare world are true to their characters, even when this means the unthinkable. Mockingjay is incredible, but does not stand on its own, as readers will be lost without having read the first two books. Middle and high school English teachers are highly encouraged to incorporate The Hunger Games into their literature units to provoke discussions and reflections on the effects that war and other desperate situations can have on individuals; middle and high school librarians should collect the entire series to satisfy the students who will want to follow the series through to the end. Mockingjay and the rest of the trilogy are also highly recommended for teen collections in public libraries.
Review by cflorap (LibraryThing), October 4, 2010 The final installment of the Hunger Games series we follow Katniss as she awakes in district 13. While in district 13 she learns of the ongoing rebellion and the continued struggle to get out from under the Capitol. As Katniss learns of the planned overthrowing of President Snow she is constantly worrying about Peeta (who is in custody of the Capitol). As fighting ensues, Katniss begins to question who she can trust and soon the real reasons behind the rebellion begin to become fuzzy as well. I don’t want to give away anything in the story because that is truly the beauty of this book – the unfolding of all the events. Mockingjay really toys with the idea of enduring peace and whether there is such a thing as a truly safe government. The questions posed here seem to be some that anyone involved in a revolution might ask themselves – is this worth it? Are lives lost in vain? What to come of the future regime? The relationships between Katniss and the other characters highlight the fact that she is not an entirely likeable person, but the face of a revolution can never be a nice person. The ending of this series was exactly what I needed to happen in this story, while I might not have liked everything that happened it occurred for a reason. A wonderful cap to the Hunger Games.
Review by goose114 (LibraryThing), September 28, 2010 This is one of the best books I have ever read. I felt so many emotions while reading Collins' Mockingjay. Suzanne Collins wrote a thrilling third book that lets the reader connect with the characters and feel their emotions as if they were in the action. I admit that I wish that the epilogue were a tad bit longer, but in staying true to the book and its characters, Collins kept the epilogue blunt and full of meaning.
Review by choco12kitty (LibraryThing), September 25, 2010 The Final Book of The Hunger Games Trilogy. Katniss Everdeen is damaged but has survived the Hunger Games. Now she has made a bargain to be the star of the rebel propaganda campaign in exchange for the chance to exact her revenge on the Capitol by assassinating President Snow. This final book is a heavy and emotional one. Post traumatic stress disorder and the terrors of war have shaped many of the characters. The action is not always as intense as the previous books but in many ways, I found Mockingjay to be the most believable in the depiction of the characters and their choices and actions.
Review by audramelissa (LibraryThing), September 25, 2010 The Hunger games has been one of the best series I have read. I went threw so many emotions reading this series then I have ever gone threw with any other book. The only thing I would have liked different about Mockingjay is I would have liked a little more to read in the end story.
Review by STACYatUFI (LibraryThing), September 24, 2010 I have loved this series so hard. Katniss is so AWESOME, I like both potential love interests, there are tons of characters I enjoy greatly, and the setting is intriguing. And okay, Suzanne Collins writes well, I GUESS. I loved "Mockingjay" because I am easy and once I've been hooked for two books it's hard for me to be objective about what I'm reading, especially when I'm so attached to the characters. That said, I think objectively the book was a good cap to the series, although it had a few issues (the pacing was the biggest issue for me). So I'm handing out five stars just for the pure glee I've felt throughout the course of this series -- discovering it, reading it, waiting for the second and third books -- and probably four stars for the book as a stand-alone work.
Review by karinnekarinne (LibraryThing), September 22, 2010 Mockingjay is the third and final book in the Hunger Games trilogy, and again, author Suzanne Collins, leads expertly straight into the story, weaving just enough reminders into her character’s thoughts to bring readers up to speed without needing to slow the action to explain. The author has an amazing talent for clarity in a complex tale, for balancing showing and telling, and for describing action and introspection each with fearful intensity. She keeps the reader glued to the page, and keeps Katniss Everdeen vitally, powerfully real. In a story where the teenaged protagonist has been blessed with many possible futures, it’s fascinating to follow Katniss’s path as it narrows down to one. Reader and character switch favor between the two love interests, Gale and Peeta; the one ever-faithful, ever-sure, somehow undemandingly demanding; the other so deep and true and then so wounded and frighteningly false. Meanwhile the world is faced with its own different futures, staying safe under Capitol rule, or following the rebellion. But no choices are ever as simple as they seem, no truths as powerful as the fictions the media creates, and no futures as sure as hope would have us dream. Katniss may be free, but she’s still bound and still playing in the games. The big question now is who’s pulling the strings, and what future do they plan. I love the way Katniss alternates between playing and choosing her part. I love the flawed characters that offer her hidden nuggets of wise advice. And I love the breadth and depth of the author’s world, its parallels with ours, its questions, its certainties. Like each of the other books, the game’s the thing, drawing reader and Katniss inexorably in, then twisting and turning while she looks for a hidden exit all her own. When she finds one, it startles and delights and is, as always, disturbingly right. This trilogy is good. This book is good. “Real or not real?” Definitely real.
Review by SheilaDeeth (LibraryThing), September 20, 2010 The last installment of the Hunger Games was fantastic. Although this book didn't have the same pace as the others in the series I really enjoyed it. Mockingjay took on a very realistic course from where the last book left off and the author did a great job staying with the theme of the books. Highly recommend!
Review by lollypop917 (LibraryThing), September 16, 2010 The development of the characters and plot in these books are amazing. There is so much action crammed into these I found myself continously asking how this all began- and it still made sense and a great book! If you are the type of person who likes fairy tale endings and it all laid out for you this isn't the book for you, however if you don't mind a little grit and mud, by all means pick it up! Collins is an amazing author and after this trilogy I will read anything this woman writes!
Review by beckylynn (LibraryThing), September 13, 2010 An absolutely delicious read. I. LOVED. THIS. I think perhaps what made the series so successful is the characters. They are each so real, so unique. Katniss is strong and corageous but definitely not your run-of-the-mill heroine. She has major flaws that instead of turning you off, make you try to understand her. I couldn't help but love her because she seems like a real person I could meet, and who would put up with me because we're both real, both flawed. So for me, what made Mockingjay so satisfying, so gripping, is the fact that I already cared about the characters. And they go through so much peril. So of course I wanted to know how things ended for them all, and of course I was torn everytime something tragic happened. **spoiler** I know some of the others didn't care for the way the story ends - devestating tragedy followed by a wavering but nevertheless there hope - but that worked for me. It was far more powerful in my opinion than if everything had ended PERFECTLY happy. It wouldn't have struck me like it did. I wouldn't have cried. I might not have given it 5 stars. Bravo, Suzanne. We'll be waiting for more. :)
Review by cattwing (LibraryThing), September 11, 2010 I've been looking forward to this book for quite awhile. I thought it did a good job continuing the story and wrapping up the series. There were several parts near the end where the action was fast and furious that I had to reread to make sure I was really tracking what was happening. A few days later, I reread the last few chapters and I have to admit it grew on me the more I sat with it and thought about the book. Maybe I tried to rush too much the first time around. A satisfying end to an awesome series.
Review by ewyatt (LibraryThing), September 7, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** ***SPOILER ALERT*** Bleak and raw, Collins' final book in the Hunger Games trilogy is a fitting end to these dystopian books. What I really like about Collins is that she isn't afraid make her characters look bad. No one is a hero and yet no one is terrible. Everyone has 2 sides to them. Media manipulation and obsession with physical beauty are still themes in this book but they (especially media manipulation) are taken to a new level. I only had a few problems with the book. First, when Katniss was burned, Collins left her face intact. This undermines the book's stance on society's obsession with physical beauty. And second, the book didn't need an epilogue. It felt out of place and a little too reminiscent of Harry Potter. Let us imagine what happens. However, these faults didn't distract from the whole of the book. Highly recommended.
Review by jenniferthomp75 (LibraryThing), September 4, 2010 Having just finished the book I am much too emotional to say anything very coherent, but I will say that this series as a whole, and this book in particular, with its characters all broken inside, is a testament to human resilience. I cannot give it enough stars to do it justice.
Review by macsbrains (LibraryThing), September 3, 2010 Love, LOVE, LOVED it! Rarely do you find a trilogy where each book is as good as the first. This truly stands apart. Suzanne Collins is able to transfer you to world that doesn't exist yet make you fall completely in love with the characters, Katniss and Peeta. The end was just as good as the beginning giving true closure (rare to find in books these days) to this series. I tried to read slowly just to savor the last book, knowing there would be no more. That's how good this book was. The summery goes that Katniss is now at District 13, underground, since District 12 (her prior home) has been bombed and destroyed by the capital. She doesn't know where Peeta is, and can only presume that he is dead. But she struggles with the decision to stand up as the Mockingjay for the rebels, they're mascot of sorts. However she comes to realize that the Mockingjay would allow to her to bargin and get the things and people that she wants..especially the chance to kill President Snow. The story follows their path through the districts to rally troops and support, and fight the capital power they've all suffered underneath for so many years.
Review by bookescapest (LibraryThing), September 1, 2010 Katniss Everdeen faces a choice - to be the Mockingjay, a symbol of rebellion against the oppressive Capitol or - well, really, is there any other choice? District 12 is in ruins, Peeta appears to be an ally of the evil President Snow, and Kat and her family live as refugees in restrictive District 13. As everyone else knows, Kat finally realizes she already IS the Mockingjay. But the weight of her responsibility is crushing and her feelings for Gale and Peeta are confused and unsettling. At times, she'd rather give in to her fragile physical and emotional state and fall apart. Can the desire for revenge keeps the girl on fire aflame?
Review by bookappeal (LibraryThing), August 30, 2010 I'm surprised at how dedicated Collins was to the larger dystopia plot. We see the breakdown of an already collapsed civilization through the eyes of one of its members. I expected Collins to focus on Katniss and her personal story in the way that a young adult novel generally follow. Instead, importance is placed on the larger political struggle, and a balance is struck between the personal narrative and the what was happening to everyone in the story. This also served to keep Katniss as one person, not THE person. Sure, I identify with her to some degree, but by the time we reach the events in Mockingjay, there's no way I can fully identify with her--she's had psychological (and physical) traumas that I'll never experience. She's damaged, and she navigates the story in a way that rings true, not optimistically. In the end, the events that unfold don't tie up neatly in such a way that allows her to heal, and be a carefree young woman. Of course they wouldn't. I was surprised at how deeply Collins delved into the politics that arise when a civilization collapses. A thick layer of this is the general political view that no politician is every going to have every single person's best interest at heart, and usually it's a slimmer minority than you'd like to think. I don't know if Collins wrote for an older audience by the time she got to Mockingjay, or if this was the plan all along. Either way, it made the book seem much more well-written (huge plot points and events weren't swept aside for a love story), and it's left me thinking about different scenes since I've finished reading it. That is, in my family, the mark of a good book.
Review by sonyagreen (LibraryThing), August 30, 2010 The best book of the series. Collins make you feel the raw emotion of Katniss, Gale and Peeta. I could not even put it down to go to the restroom. I think the tragedies really built up the characters and showed what a despot the world could be. This will be one of my life long favorites (along with the rest of the series). One point I would have loved to hear about the rest of the characters in the epilogue.
Review by keeneam (LibraryThing), August 29, 2010 Wow what a great book! Never saw the ending coming. It gives readers of all ages so much to think about. The writing is just as good as the first two books and the story is just as compelling. I love how Ms. Collins chooses to frame the subject of war and how she refuses to present anything as black and white. This book along with the others in the series is on that will remain on my shelf to be revisted with anyone willing. Great job Ms. Collins!
Review by Readermom68 (LibraryThing), August 29, 2010 Ending a series is never easy, especially when the earlier books were so well received. That being said I believe Suzanne Collins did a remarkable job with Mockingjay. Right from the start I was immediately enthralled into the enticing world that is The Hunger Games and it kept my attention all the way through. I know many will disagree, but I believe this to be the best of the series. Either way, if you enjoyed The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, this will not disappoint and even if you haven't gotten into this groundbreaking series this book is still an amazingly enticing read.
Review by aps3644 (LibraryThing), August 29, 2010 This, by far, was the best book of the series. Collins laced the main story of the rebellion with the intense emotions of the characters perfectly. Katniss has grown leaps and bounds since The Hunger Games. Despite being only 17 now, her maturity and depth is 10 fold from the beginning. In the first 2 books of the series the stories read well but as just that, a story. Mockinjay has stepped up to the next level and created a world that I lived in. Every thought, decision, and emotion I felt as my own. I laughed, I cried, and I struggled right beside Katniss every step. This book was never predictible. I found myself surprised constantly at the turns Collins took throughout. While this trilogy was never been about happiness or hope for a utopia, Mockingjay was the darkest and most desparate of the three. As the story progressed it only got darker. I found myself denying the truths that Collins gave me to swallow, refusing to believe them. My thoughts and feelings mirrored Katniss naturally without much prodding from the author. The ending was very appropriate for the feel of the series and was very emotional. I would say that I loved this series but "love" is not an emotion easily associated with this series, so I will say that I was brought on an amazing journey that I will not soon forget and may revisit again in the future. It is definitely worthy of re-reading which I don't say often, at all.
Review by ldelprete (LibraryThing), August 28, 2010 What can I say. A brilliant end to the trilogy. Like the two that went before it, it has heartache, violence and a slightly disturbing main character in Katniss. After waiting a year for the publication, it was read and devoured inside 24 hours. Maybe the end is a bit sugar sweet but the action and twists this book takes mean that its an ending you want.
Review by HindeHouse (LibraryThing), August 28, 2010 What I have to admire about Collins here is that at every possible turning, when she had a chance to take the easy, expected formula way through this story, she chose not to do so. She had already shown her willingness to treat complicated emotions in a complicated fashion in the two previous books when the main character has to struggle with her feelings for Gale and Peeta. In this book, Collins takes this attitude towards storytelling and character even further than that by questioning whether the revolution that wants Katniss as its figurehead, made-for-propaganda hero is actually any better than the Capitol that has been the unquestioned enemy for the the entire story. No character is spared this treatment, especially not the main characters. No one comes out looking perfect and clean and justified. It's an astoundingly nuanced take on war and revolution for a book aimed at young people, and I applaud Collins courage in taking this path rather than the easy hero's journey that most stories of this kind take. We do not have to imagine our heroes' flaws here. They will come out and we get to watch them deal with them. If what you're looking for is an easy ending with a clean message to tell you who the good guys and the bad buys are, go watch Star Wars again, or read Harry Potter. Watch some good old-fashioned Disney flicks. If you like your bad guys obvious and your good guys squeaky clean, Mockingjay is not going to leave you feeling happy and satisfied. (In fact, I'm betting you won't finish it if that was what you were looking for.) But if you're willing to see characters try to keep their moral compass through a grey, difficult world that feels much more real than a fairy tale, you will like this. It's hard going in places, and I'm still puzzling about whether or not I buy the ending, but it's a good end to a great series.
Review by Waterlylly (LibraryThing), August 28, 2010 Peeta, Katniss, and Gale do not let us down as the saga of Panem continues in Mockingjay. Although the ending is predictable, the plot moves swiftly and raises some very good questions of loyalty and man's inhumanity to man.
Review by creighley (LibraryThing), August 27, 2010 Heartbreaking, stunning, brilliant and unflinching, I was completely unprepared for the way this book knocked me flat and disrupted my life. Hands down the best book of the trilogy and one of the most powerful books about war I've ever read.
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