this kept popping up in my 'recommended for you' at Amazon. I tried the excerpt of the first book but it just seemed waaaaaaaay to dark for my taste... abandoned. Hunger games is not my kind of tale - too dark
Review by Clueless (LibraryThing), July 8, 2013 I liked the fact that Suzanne Collins didn't just have a good and a bad side in the story. In the end your own side might be just as bad...
Review by Sander78 (LibraryThing), July 3, 2013 great book. i liked it
Review by Open.Graph.Test.User (LibraryThing), July 1, 2013 This was another great book in the Trilogy however I only gave it 3 1/2 stars because it did hit a drag point towards the end and that is a big pet peeve for me. I don't need alot of tedious drag on. It is still a great read though. The story make up for that short drag.
Review by Bettyb30 (LibraryThing), June 24, 2013 Wow...what an amazing series. I found this book to be the weakest of the 3, but ultimately very well done. It took a little while for the action to pick up, but I was never bored. Once it did pick up, it reminded me more of the other 2 novels. I was very much on the end of my seat the entire time and had no idea what would happen by the end. It was much darker than the previous 2, but I have no qualms with that. If I had one critique, I would say the ending was a little rushed and maybe not explained out as well as I would have hoped, (though I only just finished it and usually, I like to reflect a bit before I fully decide). I in no way saw the twist at the end coming and cried at the shock of it. Overall, this book is well worth the read, and rounds out the series very very well. Greatest series since Harry Potter and I can't wait for the movies now... 9/10
Review by DianaLynn5287 (LibraryThing), June 21, 2013 Katniss Everdeen: The Mockingjay Power, revenge, heartache, love, and suffering. This has become perhaps the best series I've ever read. Nothing can compare...not even Harry Potter can capture the revolution and realism. Tuesday 1:24 A.M. Goodnight Mockingjay
Review by nicdar111 (LibraryThing), June 19, 2013 This was hard to read. I don't like my fiction so gritty, but the story was so well crafted, I really wanted to know how it was going to end. It's been a long time since I've read anything where the end wasn't easily predicted. I'm having a hard time deciding if the violence was excessive or appropriate, or even somehow necessary to the story. Hmmm.
Review by Snukes (LibraryThing), June 14, 2013 This was a fun read, but yellow beams that melt your flesh off and purple lights that send blood spurting out of every orifice?! It's not the violence that offends me, it's the fact that I'd expect those sort of plot lines out of Calvin & Hobbes or my eighth grade journal, right next to the entry where my vegetables jumped off the lunch tray and held the principal hostage until we sent in the meatloaf crisis response team. Collin's skill to keep the reader interested in the story despite wanting to punch Katniss in the face is unparalleled.
Review by NickAngelis (LibraryThing), June 13, 2013 I was so excited to get to the final book of the trilogy! Similar to the first two books of the trilogy, I couldn't put this book down. Now that I'm done reading the trilogy, I want more! I want to learn what happens next.
Review by DrARD (LibraryThing), June 13, 2013 Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly.
Review by MercerTraieste (LibraryThing), June 10, 2013 Had to jump right into this after 'Catching Fire' and i did. Enjoyed it a lot and plowed through it very quickly.......this whole series was very clever and i am always impressed by authors who can create these other worlds and all the complications and twists that make it necessary for us to keep reading. Again, the teen boy angst wore on me a little bit, and i am not sure the ending was necessarily up to par with the rest of the whole package......in fact, i actually got a little confused by some of the facts at the end, almost like it was quickly done and seemed a little sloppy almost. But i still give it a solid 4 stars and you cannot read the other 2 great books without reading this to its conclusion. Thank you Ms. Collins for this trilogy!
Review by jeffome (LibraryThing), June 8, 2013 Well it took a while for me to get to it. My husband was really disappointed by it and I had just had a baby so when the first movie came out I reread the series and read the 3rd book for the first time. I know there was a lot of wallowing and it was seriously violent. I bawled through the last chapter. Overall, I thought it was great. One of those books you think about long after.
Review by RachelJohn (LibraryThing), June 7, 2013 The final book of the series did not disappoint. I've picked up that some reviewers see Katniss as a contradictory, complex, conflicted girl - well, she's 17! So are we all at that miserable age. And even though she's survived the Hunger Games, has made her offering of bread and circuses to the glittering, pampered masses of the Capitol, her life is no easier because she is the symbol of rebellion, the mockingjay. Fortunately, Collins doesn't give us Team Gale and Team Peeta - and woe to the filmakers of this series if they do - she illustrates that even after a victory there is a painful aftermath. There is no happily ever after, just after - and what Katniss does is moving and powerful, just like this girl on fire from District 12.
Review by ELEkstrom (LibraryThing), June 6, 2013 Mockingjay is the final book in The Hunger Games trilogy. What started out as an exciting adventure series for teens and adults finished with its trademark nail-biting action, and so much more. In this final installment, the districts which have been under the heavy handed rule of the capitol finally band together and revolt. Their symbol and inspiration come from Katniss, the Mockingjay heroine of The Hunger Games. But unlike the other books in the series, the conflict is more than simply good (the districts) vs. evil (the capitol). Are the rebels justified in employing ANY technicque to achieve freedom? Is any action that shortens the duration of the war morally correct? This series can be enjoyed for its action and adventure. But it's a wonderful starting point for some good discussions. Great series!
Review by jmoncton (LibraryThing), June 3, 2013 I felt rather under-whelmed by this book, I'm afraid. One of the things I liked about the previous two was the immediacy and the emotion of the main character and the connection the reader has with her. The fact that she didn't know what was going to happen, didn't agree, but made the best choices within her power. In this book, a lot of the action is off-screen, out of the character's influence and what action she gets involved in feels staged. Yes, a lot of it is staged by necessity, but by choosing this format, I feel the author loses the immediacy that comes with a story told in first person. This volume is much more epic in nature, more distant from the characters. I feel there is simply too much 'stuff' in this book, a few too many betrayals for them to make a true impact in me. I feel it would have been better had the story been kept simple and more involved on a personal scale. The fact that I wasn't so involved with the character made me more focused on the fact that I wasn't (have never as a matter of fact) buying the setting. The government, the president, the Capitol are simply too evil and too one-dimensional for me to find them believable as antagonists.
Review by Patty_Jansen (LibraryThing), May 18, 2013 These books just get more and more crazy and unrealistic as they go on. I get that it's supposed to be science fiction, but Collins' never-ending supply of various mutants and creations/abominations that all hone in on Katniss kind of gets redundant after the first two or three times. But you know what really saved this book and this series for me? The last few pages, where Katniss FINALLY starts thinking for herself. Not thinking about what Gale or Peeta said they would do in the current situation (which is what she did all throughout The Hunger Games). Not thinking about what her old government expects her to do (which is what she for half of Catching Fire). Not thinking about what Coin and the government in exile expects her to do (which is what she did for half of Mockingjay). Katniss finally takes an arrow and points it at the person of her own choosing. And she's got the right answer, all of her own accord. Oh, of course; then there's the conventional bits where she takes back everything she has ever said about not wanting kids, especially since conditions are so not ideal, and then she goes on to live a regular life and blah blah blah. Really though, when you've killed a leader, where do you go from there, anyway, I guess.
Review by multifaceted (LibraryThing), May 17, 2013 This last novel in The Hunger Games trilogy is, by far, the most powerful. Katniss has survived the Hunger Games. Twice. But her world has been destroyed and she's drawn into a war that she's not ready for and may not survive. She struggles emotionally, mentally and physically. She suffers more loss than anyone should have to know in a lifetime. She has to trust her instincts when she's no longer certain of whom else she can trust. This book is gripping and I couldn't put it down. I cheered for Katniss and I feared for her and I cried for her. While the cheering and the fearing may have been done silently, the tears rolled down my face. Literally. It's not often I'm moved to tears by a book. I really loved this series.
Review by ABShepherd (LibraryThing), May 15, 2013 I was absolutely riveted by these books and I can't really tell you why. I didn't even like the main character very much, they are incredibly dark and entirely dystopian. But I couldn't put them down. There is much in these to ponder. I am going to give them a second read through before I write a real review but I will say I can and do recommend the series highly.
Review by Mirkwood (LibraryThing), May 10, 2013 This was my least favorite book in the series, but it's a good conclusion nonetheless. I'm very happy the battle was taken outside of the arena in this one. There were some good twists, some unfortunate deaths, some well-deserved deaths, and, as always, stupid politicians making an ever-increasing mess. The end might have been a little cliche, but it was a cliche I was hoping for. It was just too adorable (in a heart-wrenchingly, unfortunately happy, sad way). Not a bad way to spend an evening.
Review by frozenplums (LibraryThing), May 2, 2013 OK, so the study series isn't my favorite adventure series. I have to look through and see if there's any more I wasn't thinking of when I said that. This was consistently great through all three books. The ending was all I could have hoped for.
Review by Yona (LibraryThing), May 2, 2013 At the conclusion of such a fast-paced series, I am thoroughly exhausted - in the best possible way. I remember these characters like they are sisters and brothers, and find myself wondering how they're doing today. :) Everyone of course wants to know who does Katniss choose? The childhood friend who is there through thick and thin - or the on-screen love who will protect her heart and mortality at all costs? Sorry, no spoilers here...you will have to read to find out! There is war, intrique, suspense, action, romance...even zombie-type-mutts! I have rarely felt such completion in a series. One major spin I liked is that Peeta seems to be the 'hero' of this one, not Katniss. Well done, and please write more!
Review by hopefully86 (LibraryThing), May 1, 2013 A solid ending to the story. I was a little dissatisfied at how some things played out (trying to avoid spoilers here) but that is certainly more realistic than having everything wrap up neatly in a struggle this violent. This book raises a lot of thought-provoking issues about what actions are justifiable in war.
Review by clay.blankenship (LibraryThing), April 30, 2013 This is the third and final book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as the first two. This one picks up shortly after the end of the second book, Catching Fire, which ended on quite a cliff-hanger. Everything has broken loose and been turned upside down. It’s no longer a matter of surviving the Capitol’s Hunger Games. It’s a matter of surviving open warfare, and now everyone is at risk, not just the tributes in the arena. Yet with so much at stake, our hero Katniss mostly just fumbles around. Yes, she’s been a pawn before, and I suppose she knows she is still just a pawn, but she only breaks out from that on the rare occasion. You’d think that by now she would be coming into her own. So, for much of the book, I was kind of annoyed with her. Towards the end, she does finally break out on her own – or at least, of her own volition – but ultimately she falls short of her goals, with others stepping in to do the heavy lifting. I was kind of disappointed by the ending. It’s not so much what happened as how it was revealed to us. Again, Katniss has been sidelined as a pawn, and so much of what has happened is simply told to us as a fact. There’s very little dialog, and very little narrative of discovering what has happened and seeing Katniss’ reaction. Instead, we get a “this is where I am now” info-dump that is lacking in passion. She does finally make some good, independent choices, but it wasn’t enough to save the ending for me. The love triangle was resolved more or less the way I thought it would end, and that was at least satisfying. So, it was a pretty good book, but I think it was a weak ending to the trilogy.
Review by DanThompson (LibraryThing), April 29, 2013 I loved the books but this one seemed cruel to me. The author could have gone in so many other ways to have this ending. I sobbed as Prim died and as Katniss mourned her sister. Even Buttercup broke my heart. Peeta thank GOD winds up where he belongs, in Katniss's heart and she finally figured that out but good grief did it have to be so heartwrenching? I wanted to know the games ended and the world changed for the better but instead I felt like it was hopeless to think politics would ever be about what is best for people and not all about power and lording it over everyone.
Review by LoftyIslanders (LibraryThing), April 29, 2013 In the third part of this series District 12 has been attacked by the Capitol, all but destroying it. Surprisingly, District 13 is there to help them pick up the pieces and hide everyone and since everyone still believes District 13 is still destroyed this works out for a little while. By design Katniss becomes the face of the rebellion or their "Mockingjay." Peeta has been kidnapped, brainwashed and tortured and is one day found or dropped off conveniently by the Capitol. A terrifying amount of characters in this story are killed in this conclusion and you may be surprised by a happy ending, if you can read through the tears as this book emotionally rips you a new one.
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