Katniss is still full of hatred, defiant and the powers that be think they know how to get kid of her. It back fires she kills one of them, exposes them for what they are.
Review by MaryAlice411 (LibraryThing), February 13, 2014 Certainly the weakest of the three books. Very disappointing actually, I enjoyed the first two books very much (in fact, the second book was better than the first), but this was just a poor ending to the series. They are making two movies out of this book, how and why? As I was reading this, I kept thinking to myself "well this can be cut out..." Still an enjoyable bit of brain candy, but still very disappointing.
Review by hhornblower (LibraryThing), February 9, 2014 One word sums this book up, Boring. Collins must have used up all of her creativity in her first two books leaving nothing for the third and final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy. This third book is about the war between District 13 and the Capitol using our current standard warfare weapons and strategy-yawn. If I had wanted to read a book about war there are plenty out there that are far better than this one. She does a lot of rehashing of the first two books, which also indicates she couldn’t come up with much new material. Katniss never matures or grows as a character but is in a perpetual state of confusion of whether she is being used as a pawn by District 13, and whether she is in love with Peeta or Gale. Honestly, about a quarter of the way through I couldn’t care less about either. I had a hard time even finishing the book but felt I had to since it was the last in the trilogy that had up to that point been very good. Guess I was hoping it would get better; it didn’t. Collins seems to have also fallen into the same trap as Philip Pullman, the first two books of His Dark Materials series were inspired and lively; the last didactic and boring. While I understand both of these authors have a philosophical point of view they want to convey Pullman’s being about religion and Collins about politics and war, why did creativity and a good story have to be sacrificed in the process? Luckily I listened to this on audio and Carolyn McCormick’s reading of it is the only thing this book has to recommend it.
Review by trishrope (LibraryThing), February 7, 2014 I'm going to be thinking about this for a while. I loved a ton of things about this book, but I kind of really hate the ending and its implication that her life is effectively over: she can choose to spend the rest of her life with either of two guys she loved when she was 16, but there's no possibility whatsoever of her creating a life of her own, meeting new people, learning a new trade, falling in love with new partners, reinventing herself, etc. No, she has to marry Peeta and become a housewife...supposedly because, even fifteen years later, she's apparently too mentally unstable to pursue a career of her own choosing. I can see her spending years dealing with the PTSD, but ending on a saccharine romantic note bugs me so much because there's no mention of what she CAN do, what shattered abilities she's recovered, what new things she's mastered to re-empower herself. Instead, her happy ending is entirely dependent on a fairytale domestic fantasy that she doesn't even actively choose. Peeta shows up while she's in the depths of her trauma, and then cut to babies. Which is not to say Katniss doesn't deserve a happily ever after. She totally does. But I wanted to see her recover some agency and sense of self (as defined by herself, not by other people) on her own terms. Then add the happy ending with Peeta TO that. Otherwise we're left with the bullshit trope that the love of the right boy will make everything better. Apart from the ending, though, this was great.
Review by sageness (LibraryThing), February 7, 2014 torture porn for the soccer mom set. Seriously, it's almost as if Collins had a brain storming session, "Let's see, what's the absolute worst possible thing that could happen to a person? Oh, how about this? Oh, that would be good, too" then threw them all into the plot, actual human considerations be hanged. Amazing to me the male/female split on this one; do women really think like Katniss? Are her actions really believable? Is she *really* self-centered enough to sit down and write a list of demands, before she'll fight the Capitol? And then, make her last demand that she personally kill someone? Just how sick is that? REALLY? "I'm gonna sulk and hide from reality, unless everything is exactly the way I want it." Katniss is a pampered, spoiled brat, and I got more sick of her with each passing page. People -- not just Katniss, but so many other characters, too -- simply do not behave this way. I've come to the realization that the only good thing about the earlier books was Peeta. Since Peeta really does not appear in this one, it sucks, monumentally. Horrible, horrible book.
Review by bradgers (LibraryThing), February 6, 2014 OK, Catching Fire and Mockingjay cannot stand on their own without the Hunger Games, so this rating is for the entire series, which I felt to be deeply moving, engrossing, heart-breaking, and endearing. I was so engrossed reading Catching Fire, I basically read the majority of it in two days and couldn't wait to being Mockingjay, which I then read the greater part also in two days. Then I cried my way through the last chapter and the epilogue. ~~~Potential Spoiler~~~ What got to me the most was the breakthrough with the damned cat. That was just so fitting. Could it have had a happier ending? Sure. But to me, it wouldn't have felt as true to the characters.
Review by dreamingbear (LibraryThing), February 6, 2014 3.5 stars. Parts I liked, others areas felt dragged out. Overall a good solid story.
Review by Penny01 (LibraryThing), February 1, 2014 A clever plot with a message, a breathless roller-coaster ride with two very strong and memorable characters, and a very moving love story: still as good the second time round as the first.
Review by passion4reading (LibraryThing), January 28, 2014 The concluding volume of Collins’ trilogy does all the things the final volume of a trilogy is supposed to do—it brings closure to the story, reveals the fate of all the important characters, and reveals (or confirms) the major theme(s) of the saga. And on these counts, it’s a success. It also, however, adds a new dimension to the tale of Katniss Everdeen, who is no longer the spunky heroine of the first book or the Girl on Fire of the second book. She is now the titular Mockingjay, soldier and symbol of a rebellion—and she suffers all of the conflicted emotions and confusing duties and obligations that accompany that mantle. She does all this while also serving as a living metaphor for all the angst of young adulthood (managing the burdens of family obligations; trying to choose between two boys—both of whom seem like ideal partners with a slightly scary dark side; questioning authority; attempting to develop a sense of identity while trying to get everyone—and I mean everyone—to just leave her alone). Collins has impressively created three distinct novels within a unified trilogy, and she cannot be accused of the one of the greatest follies a writer of trilogies can commit—recycling the same story over the course of three novels. Each volume in the Hunger Games trilogy is both distinct from and dependent upon its companion volumes.
Review by jimrgill (LibraryThing), January 25, 2014 If you could think of every good adjective you know, and use them to describe this book, the amount of praise would not be enough. The difference between Mockingjay and Catching Fire is night and day, everything that Catching Fire lacks, Mockingjay includes and in excellent fashion. With an unpredictable and capticating plot, this book starts off enticing and "puts the pedal to the metal" throughout. Wonderful read!
Review by Chase_Plancher (LibraryThing), January 23, 2014 This book was still very well written even though I did not like Katniss during most of the story. I felt like that she was a very weepy girl trying to hide from everything that was happening. This comes from her experiences from the Arena and having the weight on her shoulders that she didn't ask for but I feel like she could have held it together a little better. I guess it make her more human though which is a good thing.
Review by midkid88 (LibraryThing), January 12, 2014 The conclusion of "The Hunger Games" trilogy, in which Katniss learns that her actions have inspired and fueled a (so far) secret revolution against the Capitol, that it seems like everybody in her orbit has been in on but her. I have mixed feelings about the conclusion, but on the whole it is a satisfactory if melancholy finish to a flawed epic.
Review by burnit99 (LibraryThing), January 11, 2014 This is the third and last book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, and for that I am sad. I want more of Catniss Everdeen. The story picks up from where "Catching Fire" ends. Catniss has been rescued, Peter is still in the City and the Revolution has begun. The tale twists and turns with unlikely alliances, betrayals and amazing storytelling. (spoiler alert) I cried when Prim died, I cheered when the revolution was won, but most of all I felt like I had participated in the epic battle that this story is. It is that well written. Thank you thank you thank Suzanne Collins.
Review by KerryMarsh (LibraryThing), January 5, 2014 Not quite as good as the first two books in the series, though still a very fast and satisfying read. I think Mockingjay's downfall is in its subject matter, which deviates away from the first two books to explore a much different aspect of the world Suzanne Collins created. Nonetheless, Katniss is still a terrific character, the set pieces are great, and the conclusion, while a bit slow at times, works well.
Review by BryanCaron (LibraryThing), January 4, 2014 The book Mockingjay is about the war. The districts uprise against the capitol. Katniss is expressed as their leader the "Mockingjay". After the rebels shoot some of the capitols people, Katniss becomes confused between what side is the right side. Katniss finds out that the capitol has been torturing Peeta. When Peeta is rescued he tries to kill Katniss. It is discovered the capitol has made him believe she is the cause of all his troubles, by messing with his memories. The hospital decides to use the same treatment to change his memories to normal. In the end of the book the President of the capitol is killed and so is the president of the rebels. Katniss marries Peeta and they have two children. This book didn't have as much adventure it was more of a concluding book throughout the whole story. On a line graph of the closing of the story, it would have been a line going own with several tiny bumps along the way. I personally did not like this book as much. It left of with a cliff that will never be climbed. The cliff being "There were more challenges to come." I hope another book will come out, but I don't think one will. So on a scale of 1-10 this would be a six.
Review by Abbyu1.B3 (LibraryThing), January 3, 2014 A very satisfying conclusion to the trilogy, straddling the line between bleak and bittersweet. It combines smart ruminations on the nature of power and how regimes seek to preserve it with a very personal tale of disintegration and perseverance. I don't think it was quite at the level of 'Catching Fire', and I found the conclusion somewhat abrupt, but I liked it very much, and I'm really looking forward to the movie adaptation :-).
Review by salimbol (LibraryThing), January 2, 2014 There are things I liked about the book and things I didn't. I liked Katniss's role as figurehead of propaganda -- how she both embraces and rejects the role. I like that the ending is like another Hunger Games, but where Catching Fire just repeated it, Collins makes it more a real-life situation. My biggest problem were the parts in-between all these exciting bits. The constant question of Peeta hangs over everyone's head. I'm sure some readers liked that, but I got sick of it. It stopped the story for me, like there had to be pause to give the girly-girls a Twilight-esque romance to fawn over. I'll never understand how girls get on this Team This or Team That mentality. They must like to argue about boys they can't have. I think the trilogy is worse for it, but really, that's a small part of the book. I think it's an excellent end to the trilogy, and I like that Collins didn't cop out on the conclusion.
Review by theWallflower (LibraryThing), December 31, 2013 The MockingJay I think was the best installment of this series. While I could predict most of what would happen there was one twist I was really surprised at. It was a decision that Katniss had to make and I thought for sure I knew what her vote would be and it was the opposite. But anyway I can kind of see where the author was going with this and now it does make sense how she portrayed Katniss. Incorporated into this story of war and oppression is the story of just how uncertain every teenager feels when they start off their life. In Katniss’s situation especially they have to grow up so fast and make decisions that they are not ready emotionally to make. Again I was glued to the book so a good read.
Review by marysneedle (LibraryThing), December 30, 2013 I didn't enjoy this book as well as the first two. Am anxious to see what the movies will be like.
Review by GrannyNanny (LibraryThing), December 23, 2013 I'm a little bit sad to have finished this trilogy but, of course, as soon as I dipped into the book I read voraciously until I completed it. I can hardly wait until the Mockingjay film is released so I can go see it. In Book 2 we left Katniss, having just been rescued from the Hunger Games arena, learning that District 12, her home district, had been bombed into oblivion by the Capitol in a reprisal for the rebellion spurred by Katniss. Fortunately Gale had been able to rescue her mother and sister along with about 800 other people and then the people of District 13 showed up to take them all in. Katniss is needed as a figurehead for the rebellion but she is not sure she wants to take that role. And then Peeta appears on the state TV asking everyone to engage in a ceasefire and Katniss figures out that the Capital will never submit to a ceasefire. She agrees to assume the Mockingjay role to inspire all the rebels but, being Katniss, she will never be just a figurehead. This book takes us right into the streets of the Capitol and to the door of Swan's mansion, fighting every step of the way. And of course not everyone will survive. Read it to find out who does and who does not. I was surprised.
Review by gypsysmom (LibraryThing), December 22, 2013 Fantastic. I am so excited to see the 2nd, 3rd and 4th movies now! I can't say much... it's not worth it to ruin this series for anyone. But it was truly well done. I'm impressed with Collins and her ability to write such a mature story in the young adult genre, without crossing unnecessary lines. I did not LOVE all of her final choices... in particular 1 made me mad (I'll add a spoiler at the end here), but on the whole, it was great. HUGE Spoiler (DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED THE SERIES!!!):
I felt that Prim's death created a convenient way for Katniss to choose... I felt like the choice, though complicated, could have been made without that, and it felt unnecessary to me.
Review by avanders (LibraryThing), December 16, 2013 What a big pile of wasted paper! I would not recommend this book to anyone....well maybe I would if you enjoy constantly reading about someone whining, crying, and saying "oh there's one more person who died because of me." Because that's all this book was, Katniss taking all the blame. Gone is the fierce girl who took her sisters place in the Hunger Games and in her stead is a weak, spineless ninny who really should have been put out of her misery and ours early in the book. Then maybe we would have had a story about how everyone was going to get revenge for her death. Even when the war is on and she is out in the middle of the battle all she did was whine and one more person died because of me. Maybe it would have been ok if she would have realized that after years of oppression the people in the districts were tired and wanted their lives back. That they didn't do it for her or die because of her. Instead she was written as a vain, self centered nobody. Even the ending seemed forced and expected. What started out as a good trilogy ended badly in my opinion.
Review by Draak (LibraryThing), December 11, 2013 I was actually disappointed somewhat by this final installment in the series. I liked it--but I loved the first two books, and this one left me wanting. What, I could never exactly put my finger on.
Review by justplainoldcj (LibraryThing), December 9, 2013 interesting premise, but written for a young adult. All of the series is well executed for that genre
Review by DonCranford (LibraryThing), December 3, 2013 I really enjoyed this book, I thought it was interesting and presented a thought at what the future could hold. Just how much control does the government have over up and when do we start standing up for ourselves.
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