I have recently read the book Mockingjay which is the third book in the Hunger Games Series. This book was a very well written book that contained lots of detail just like the other books in its series. This book wasn't all good though. I found myself bored with the book at many points during the story. The story could've been stronger in many places. Overall the book was just an average book. The author Suzanne Collins was very detailed throughout most of the book. The detail in some parts was very strong leading to pictures being built in my head. Other parts of the book totally lacked the detail leading to misunderstanding the book totally. All around the book was well written, as she tried to keep the book interesting in some way for all the pages. Some of the things in the book are very strange, but this effect puts a twist on how you thought about the story so far. Next is that Suzanne Collins had some part throughout the book that just were boring. I found myself not even wanting to read anymore of the book at some points. Events that should last maybe a page or two lasted for whole chapters. Sometimes it was the opposite where events that should last chapters last from a paragraph all the way to a page at most. In these parts of the book I just got bored of seeing the same thing that should've been over already. This sometimes led to me being very bored with the story and wanting to finish my reading instead of wanting to read extra. This book was just average for the many reasons I stated. The book wasn't horrible, the book also wasn't great. The detail and description in the story evens out with the boringness in some parts. The book had its ups and downs scattered throughout the whole story. This book wasn't at all what I expected it to be. I would not recommend this book as it just wasn't a fun book to read. The book just isn't what you expect it's going to be after a little bit of the story which makes the book seem out of place and not so good.
Review by tawi14 (LibraryThing), March 20, 2015 This book is the end of the Hunger Games series. I really loved this book because it brings the whole series together. It shows a love story which makes in more entertaining.
Review by Hhaddad1 (LibraryThing), March 3, 2015 The sci-fi book Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, shows how Katniss continues to rebel against The Capitol. I dropped this book for two reasons, one being I have read it before. Another reason I dropped the book because I got bored with it, and had interests in another book. I enjoyed the book a lot when I first read it. I thought it displayed a very well written plot, characters and conflicts. If you like action, thriller, and science fiction books, I would recommend it!
Review by KaSl14 (LibraryThing), March 1, 2015 Well, if you have not read the previous books, I am sorry to say there are going to be spoilers here. Yep, you read the above blurb right. They were sucked back into the games again. No one ever knew it was possible. And they survived. You quickly learn that some suspicions are true and that some of the things that you least expect really can happen. I did, however, find the ending a little disappointing in that there could have been so much more that was developed there, but the words that were on the pages seemed to barely scratch the surface. It felt too open ended and too shallow, too little left unsaid. I felt as though, to truly understand the story, I just needed to know more. I wanted more. I expected more. Don’t get me wrong, it was a good book, but I felt like it lacked some kind of depth. The beginning was full of excitement and action and drama, and the end just fell flat for me.
Review by destinyisntfree (LibraryThing), February 28, 2015 A very strong finish to the series. I really was gripped and couldn't wait to get back to reading this every evening. The action was fab, as always, and the character stayed strong, which is very enjoyable with a female lead. One complaint was that the author sent her to sleep far too often with morphling. This can be used once or perhaps twice in a book but here, the author just seemed to drug Katniss whenever things got too tough. It would have been much better to allow her character to deal with the psychological issues by keeping her awake and allowing her to feel the pain of different events. The other complaint here was that Katniss' guilt started to feel overdone. It has been a thread through all three books, but by the third book, her observance of all the people who are dying because of her just felt overused. There wasn't any real emotion to it, and it would have been better, especially in this third book, to have her really work through that or break down because of it. Instead, we get thoughts that seem blah in their impact and morphling. I do recommend that you overlook these two flaws and read the book anyway. It's a lot of fun, and Katniss still exhibits strong traits that make her appealing.
Review by Laine-Cunningham (LibraryThing), February 22, 2015 Had heard from a friend that this book wasn't as good as the others...a little more violent. Started reading...but then started skipping around. Decided that I REALLY didn't care to read it. Did read about the last 8 pages or so.
Review by jrsearcher (LibraryThing), February 12, 2015 Final book in the Hunger Games series. Where the last one ended on a cliffhanger this one kind of goes out with a bang. The revolution is full on and all the main cast of characters are back. This one is just one hit after another. Read it cover to cover in less than 24 hours.
Review by ChrisWeir (LibraryThing), February 9, 2015 Mockingjay was an amazing book! I was so tense throughout the story, but I truly enjoyed this series. In Mockingjay, the emotional and physical struggle all, especiall Katniss, have been through have taken their toll. Katniss is consistently faced with decisions, left with so little hope, it amazed me when she had the strength to go on. This is a series I will not forget, I am so glad I finally got to read it.
Review by sgcastellini (LibraryThing), February 6, 2015 Definitely young adult lit, but I enjoyed it - good story, great characters.
Review by anitatally (LibraryThing), January 31, 2015 It did not have as many "OMG!" moments as the first one, but the ending was very satisfying. This book did make clear something that escaped me before - just why does she love Gale? He's a cardboard character, and this book really doesn't flesh him out any further - at least not in any admirable way. All in all a great series that ended on a powerful note.
Review by VincentDarlage (LibraryThing), January 30, 2015 Hah. I ... I did like it. It was good. It just wasn't what I was expecting of it.
Review by dukedukegoose (LibraryThing), January 26, 2015 Mockingjay is the thrilling end to the Hunger Games trilogy. It starts with our protagonist Katniss Everdeen in district 13. She has learned that President Snow has firebombed her home of district 12 and killed most of its residents. The people of 13 want to have Katniss become the symbol of their rebellion. She helps do propaganda films for the rebellion. She is also torn between Gale and Peeta in a strange love triangle thing. After witnesing genocide, murder, betrayal and much more katniss finally gets to live out the rest of her days in peace. I think this was an amazing book and a great way to end the series. We learn slowly to love Katniss and we feel her pain. When i first read the book the ending confused me but after rereading it i understand what happened. Suzanne Collins is an amazing author and wrapped up the series well. Even after reading those last words i still felt as if i was still reading. This series is influential and i think will be for a long time. so all in all Mockingjay is an amazing book.
Review by justiceb.B1 (LibraryThing), January 19, 2015 It took three tries but I finally got through this book. At first I loved Hunger Games and Catching Fire but I just couldn't make it through this one. But then I saw the movie and decided I had to give it another go. For one of the few times the movie actually helped!! Able to read AND enjoy the finale of the trilogy. Katniss faces more danger and challenges and the ending was surprising but overall I really enjoyed it (after two false starts). I can now recommend it (better late than never).
Review by alsparks324 (LibraryThing), January 12, 2015 Well I read the whole series! Ms Collins is sure a mistress of surprises, unexpected twists, and a way of hooking readers in the last line, sometimes the last word of the chapter. And so you read on... I am amazed at her ability to invent new scenarios and new horrors. This last installment, Mockingjay, was really quite grueling in parts. The series also has some serious things to say about power, war and the pointlessness of it. Definitely not for the faint of heart! For the student of how to write grippingingly, these three volumes are a wonderful workshop.
Review by Violet_Nesdoly (LibraryThing), January 4, 2015 Though the miseribalism gets a little heavy-handed at times, Mockingjay makes for a satisfying conclusion to the series.
Review by CarlosMcRey (LibraryThing), January 3, 2015 As a whole, I liked this book - really enjoyed the series and will definitely recommend it - but had a hard time deciding what to rate it. This book felt really different from the other two, to me, I'm not sure how other people feel about that... There are major, major spoilers ahead. First, I really liked the whole idea of the series, reality television gone wrong in a future gone wrong. Comparisons with stuff we see in our own society are unmistakable, and brilliant. War with lip gloss, script cards and anonymous supporters. Doesn't get more real than that. But. It took quite the left turn in Mockinjay (in my humble opinion), and became unrelentingly dark. Lots of action, but oh my gosh it was depressing. War is hell, absolutely, and some of the story brought back memories of my mother telling how her family would hide people in the war... she lived in Denmark during WW2, and so that country had its share of food rationing and army visits. So I think I get the point the author was making, and she did it well. (Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I think the point was not to let the youth forget the horrors of war, and the long term effect war has, just as Katniss states at the end of the book) But this is fiction. Much of thhis tale was just so dark, gloomy, depressing, characters getting knocked off one after the other, Katniss becoming harder to like, I tell you... when I finished the book, I was just so depressed! Yes, it has a happy ending but only sort of...! The one thing I really didn't like was how Gale was taken care of. He hardly seemed to blink an eye when Katniss asks him if it was his bomb that took out her sister, and all he could say was that the only thing he had going for him (in the competition with Peeta for her affections) was that he was the one who took care of her family. Not even a teary eye? Anyway. I really did like this series, I just though the last book was a bit uneven in the mood-thing, but maybe that's just me. I need to go read something fluffy now... :-)
Review by KVHardy (LibraryThing), January 2, 2015 I found this a breathlessly-paced and satisfying conclusion to the series, although the first book remains my favorite.
Review by devafagan (LibraryThing), January 2, 2015 I wanted to give this a 3 (and I'll probably end up giving it 2.5 on LibraryThing) up until the ending... then I had to give it a 2. Firstly; there's just so much wrong with the rebellion, revolution, fighting, and the implausibility of it all that it completely throws me off. The "war" off-screen is horrible and is actually downright ridiculous then when it gets used with "the invasion team" and the attempt to showing its horrors by having Katniss's team basically get decimated. The role changes of Peeta/Gale and the reverse role change of Peeta again is just mind-boggling and not even covered well, especially Peeta's "recovery". The entire book feels like a deux ex machina coda to the first two books that I'm not really sure what to feel at all with the entire trilogy.
Review by BenKline (LibraryThing), December 31, 2014 Got a quarter of the way through and was tired of hearing this whining teenager. Maybe I'm not cut out for YA literature.
Review by garyg336 (LibraryThing), December 15, 2014 This book is almost as great as the first two, but my complaint is that it goes a little too slow for my liking.
Review by stargazingx13 (LibraryThing), December 11, 2014 A good ending to the Hunger Games Saga....not as groundbreaking or gripping as the first, but what book could be? I do think Collins has portrayed the cost of war to young adults in a clever way with this series, showing how characters that the readers get attached to end up with their lives changed, or completely torn apart. I wonder if she intended this series as a lesson to ALL readers. I would recommend this series for anyone ages 12 to 112.
Review by utbw42 (LibraryThing), December 10, 2014 RGG: First in a sci-fi trilogy with the main character a strong-minded teenage girl able to survive the ultimate survival game. Great read if very violent.
Review by rgruberexcel (LibraryThing), December 4, 2014 The last book of the trilogy finds Katniss fighting to keep her family together and alive while dealing with her new found responsibility as Mockingjay, the leader of the district revolution.
Review by EmKel753 (LibraryThing), December 2, 2014 In this, the final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy, everything is revealed. Everyone has changed, and again no one can be trusted. Katniss has accepted and stepped into the role of the Mockingjay, the symbol for the rebellion. But, she finds that she is yet again a pawn in someone else’s games. Honestly, I can’t say what it was that I was expecting. Finishing the very last sentence only moments before I started writing my review, I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed. I guess a part of me was hoping for that elusive happily ever after. I wanted all of the deaths to be meaningful, for the good guy to triumph. I wanted it all to be more than . . . I wanted. . . I wanted so much that I just didn’t get. That’s not saying that Collins did a horrible job. A part of me feels that she may have rushed through this one a bit. But is that the truth or is it something that I’m saying to make myself feel better? The writing was once again engaging, excellent and velvety smooth. I just don’t think that the ending that I wanted was possible in a world such as Panem. It wasn’t possible after all of the deaths, hurt and actions that people had taken. I wanted Katniss to be with the one she truly loved, for Peeta to be happy, for Gale and the rest to find peace. But in the end, they only survive. I guess that has to be enough for now and later after the rebuilding happiness will come. Mockingjay was beautiful and hopeful, inspiring and action packed, heartbreaking, sad and broken.
Review by StarrK (LibraryThing), November 26, 2014 This is the third in the Hunger Games trilogy. I didn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as the first two. It feels very different, with the Katniss-inspired rebellion against the Capitol and President Snow gathering pace and coming to its rather strange and unsatisfactory (to me) conclusion. The characters of Katniss and even more Peeta were much more morally ambiguous than in the earlier novels; it wasn't clear for much of the book on which side Peeta was, and Katniss's actions towards the end made me feel considerable antipathy towards her. A disappointing conclusion to this trilogy. I wonder what they will make of the two films into which this only slightly longer third part has been divided.
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