I felt like I won the jackpot by winning a copy of this book. But I find the task of reviewing it a little daunting, as I'm not sure I have anything new to add to the discussion. First I must say I love the entire trilogy. I read all three books this year and it has become one of my favorite series ever. I think it is amazing and epic. In my humble opinion, it is worthy of one day being taught in schools. I for one found this to be a great final book. It was just as exciting, just as well-written, and just as amazing as the others. I completely understand and respect the decisions the author made with the plot. I really don't have any complaints. I have seen people that were disappointed with the romance in this book. Again, I could be called new(ish) to this series, but I was never under the impression that it was marketed as teen romance. I think when it comes to Mockingjay, some people might have set themselves up for disappointment in expectation of its release. Perhaps once some time has passed, people will realize that?
So, overall I was very happy with this book and I know that I will read it and the entire series again and again.
Review by amandalina (LibraryThing), November 7, 2010 The novel, Mockingjay, encompasses the theme to fight for what you belive in to improve your world. In the begininng, Katniss Everdeen, the the face of the rebellion, and the protaginist, struggles with facing the reality of her screwed up nation, and the fact that Peeta is probably being tortured because of her. Throughout the middle, she perserveres with leading a rebellion, and facing Peeta who thinks that she is a "mutt" because of an unusual torture device practiced by the capitol of Panem. By the end she has learned to follow her heart and to fight for what is right. (390 pages read out of 390 pages)
Review by Philip111 (LibraryThing), October 12, 2010 Two words: emotionally draining. My husband could tell you I was crying a lot at the end, but in reality that was me holding myself together miraculously well. Inside I was feeling much more than that. I knew from the end of Catching Fire that there was a war coming, but I had no idea how terrible the war would be or how in-depth Collins would cover it. It was so real. So many people were killed, and those who weren't were all physically or emotionally scarred... lost to either grief or madness. It was intense. I loved this series but I never want to read this book again. Horrific.
Review by 4sarad (LibraryThing), October 6, 2010 Suzanne Collins has done it yet again; written an amazing book! Days after having finished Mockingjay I find myself thinking about it again and again. The heart wrenching conclusion to the Hunger Games trilogy was a realistic depiction of the tragedy of war. Brilliantly written and filled with action-packed twists and turns this book is a must read. This book is not a light-hearted read and, I feel, a realistic conclusion to the series. The romance takes a back-burner to the real problem on hand; all out war with the Capital. Katniss and her family and friends have suffered through more than their fair share of heartache, and in Mockingjay it does not let up. Having been through so much is starting to show mentally and physically on Katniss, but she manages to keep her character strength. Also, I liked the further character development of smaller or already well-known characters. You thought you knew someone, but would find new facets of their personality throughout the story.. and not always in a good way. The well written scenes of this book will shock you, fill you with happiness, or fill you with heartache. I highly recommend it!
Review by seescootread (LibraryThing), September 23, 2010 Marvelous Mockingjay This book gets a definite 5 out of 5 gnomes. Reading through this book there are so many quotable quotes and by the end I know I was pretty emotionally/brain drained. I loved this book so much. How much you may ask? Well, the day it came out when I was at work I bought the eBook version from Barnes & Noble and started reading. Later on the way home I bought a hard cover copy from Borders with a 50% off coupon. All together I spent as much as the hardcover of the book would have been without a coupon so yes I feel it was indeed worth the money. The book starts with Katniss standing in the rubble that was once her home. Katniss, as anyone who’s read all the books would know, has been through a lot. She was a different person in this book but she also had been through two fights to the death and is now in the middle of an actual war, I think that would make anybody a loner. This means that throughout the book she seems more unstable than usual and probably has a severe case of what we today would call PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Personally I think I would be cranky too if I was in the situation Katniss was in as she says, “Right now, they leave me alone because I’m classified as mentally disoriented—it says so right on my plastic medical bracelet—and everyone has to tolerate my ramblings. But that can’t last forever. Neither can their patience with the Mockingjay issue.” Lots of spoilers after this, It was great having to see the relationship between Peeta and Katniss reform after his hijacking. I think his being gone made her realize how much he had come to mean to her. They have their bumpy moments of course with the whole him being programmed to kill her part. This does lead to both sides knowing the complete truth now so their feelings can start anew and not have any lies for the cameras like there were before. Another great part is the Real or not Real game that they have to play with Peeta and that it becomes a recurring part of their relationship. I was really sad that Cinna was dead, I kept expecting him to turn up somewhere but that was nothing compared to the death of first Finnick and then Prim. I was not expecting her to die at all and right in front of Katniss. It was heart wrenching especially since she was so much closer to Prim then she ever was with her mother and now she really has no family left besides a mother who won’t even go back to 12 with her. It was very surprising when Buttercup showed up and was the one that finally made her break down/cry over the loss of her sister. Katniss and that cat are really very similar. I believe that Gale never really had a chance with Katniss, there was just too much distrust between them. Then when it was his invention/bomb plan being used to kill her sister and all those other children there was really no way things could get better between them. I think the destruction of 12 made Gale vent his hatred out at the world while Katniss really internalized the loss. I love how Snow is the one he connects everything together for her about 13 and their intentions and part in everything. District 13 aka President Coin sent her sister to the front lines even though she was 13 not 14 like the age limit Also how 13 sent her sister there as a medic at the age of 13 when you had to be 14 to be a soldier. How they started the initial war and reminding her that in this war the Capitol had no hovercraft left. So to use historical events 13 pretty much committed a small scale Hiroshima type attack. It was great/fitting for Snow that he died by choking while laughing. It was sad but fitting that both her and Peeta were set/caught on fire it kind of flashed you back to the first games and then it's just made more real because they are actually burning. The fact that they live in the victors village together and that many people came back to live there shows that 12 might just be the best place for Katniss, Peeta and Haymitch and the rest who can’t really be themselves anywhere else. I see the epilogue as very fitting, just two haunted people trying to move on with their lives.
Review by raboyer (LibraryThing), September 22, 2010 After I finished Mockingjay, there were no words to describe just how I felt about the book. I think I sobbed for about an hour. But now that it’s had time to sit in my head, I can’t find enough words to convey just how much I loved this novel. It’s grueling, heart-stopping, heart-breaking, intense, depressing .. but so, so epic. I will admit that there are a few things about this last book in the series that rubbed me the wrong way, but they were so small compared to the overall impact that the book had on me. Katniss is still a puppet to others, even in her new home, and it gets her thrown into some severe situations. But what I loved the most is reading her break. She goes from somebody who will comply with every request given to appease people, to somebody who has been torn in so many directions that she’s slipping out of her mind. And if you’re a reader like me, it’s so emotional that it affects you. I couldn’t guess anything in this one. When I thought this person would die, they didn’t. When I didn’t expect this person to die, they did. The many twists and turns and unexpected happenings and unfortunately, deaths (there are quite a few of them in this one) can be somewhat dizzying at times, but they’re a large part of what made this last book so incredible. When I can’t predict the outcome of a book, an author has done something right. And this book will appease both Team Gale and Team Peeta fans, at least for a little while. Peeta had his time to shine in the last two books, but now it’s Gale’s turn. I won’t spoil anything, but each character has their ups and heavily downs in this one. Poor Katniss. What an emotional rollercoaster! Overall, Mockingjay has landed a place on one of my all-time favorite lists. Even though it doesn’t have a fairytale ending (and honestly - if you were expecting one, you haven’t really grasped what the series is about at all) it’s raw and real and just insanely epic. If you’re a fan of the first two books, run to the bookstore and get yourself a copy of this one NOW. Just .. wow. That is all.
Review by katiedoll (LibraryThing), September 7, 2010 It's so rare that you finish a series and the author really carries through, meeting and exceeding your hopes and expectations. But I felt that way about Mockingjay. It's kind of draining to read, and it really plays up the way war can be fought not just on the battlefield, but in television studios and through interviews.
Review by tiamatq (LibraryThing), September 4, 2010 I'm not going to say much here in case someone who hasn't read the series comes along. In short, it wasn't what I expected the third book of the Hunger Games to be, but it was exactly what it had to be. Great book. Great series.
Review by LibraryBlondie (LibraryThing), September 2, 2010 I'm waffling on a rating. For now 3.5 stars because I'm mad. But that could change tomorrow! LOL well... dam. I'm feeling a bit, I don't know? Dishelveled? Distraught? Discomfuckingbobulated? I'm mad, I know that much. I do have to give kuddos to Collins though. She didn't pull any punches. If you were hoping for delicious Coffee light and sweet, all your gonna get is dark, black and bitter. I saw the climax coming with Coin, but there were more than a few surprises. The deaths. At one point in the books, when they are being chased by white half human half reptile mutts, and a character who just had a HEA get's killed, I almost, almost stopped reading. And OMG I cried on page 352, God that death was awful. I didn't find it necessary myself, but I get what Collins was setting up. I also found myself pissed at Katniss. I tried not to be, but the way she was treating both Gale and Peeta? If I were them, I would have left her to her own devices. And Gale. Don't get me started on you. Seriously. THAT is how it ends? Bleh. I expected better from you Gale. It was such a depressing story. Even the ending wasn't that great on the happy meter. But how could it? Both scarred, mentally defecient,Broken and forever changed. How could they ever have a normal, loving, happy life? Congrats Suzanne Collins, on a thought provoking read. It was Bloody. It was disgusting. It was brilliantly done. One thing I did have an issue writing wise was the first person present tense. It was odd reading it. Felt wrong somehow. *************************************************** OOK after sleeping on it, apparently my sub-conscience agreed with me on the ending. SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS....don't read any further I cannot understand the ending. EVERYONE left her alone for MONTHS??? Why!! My God hadn't she been through enough? Gale you were her best friend, yet you didn't make sure she was OK? Didn't help her through her loss of Prim? I think I hated you at that moment. Peeta. I get you. Why you couldn't go with her, see to her, help her. Still, I was heartbroken. And Her Mother? WTF. I get her pain. You lost a daughter. But you want to lose both? I think we deserved a bit more closure. With Gale. With her Mother. Do they talk? Have they talked? Does Gale and Katniss see each other ever? Did Gale finish his almost evil transformation? What is the world like? Did anything change? a page and a half epilogue did not suffice. yay. They wrote a book, and had 2 or three kids in 20 years. So what happened to everyone else? Not enough of an ending for me.
Review by Badass_Book_Reviews (LibraryThing), August 26, 2010 As much as I wanted to love Mockingjay with an undying, fiery passion, I just couldn't. There were too many things that just left me scratching my head. Was the book still great? Yes, amazing. But I can't help but feel that the ending promised so much, and then came up short. Now, granted, I finished this book at 2am, so maybe this is just me processing what I read, but to me it just feels that a book as action packed as Mockingjay deserved a far better ending. It really is hard to comment much further without going into spoilers, and as it is so soon after the book's release I don't want to do that. Suffice to say: Great book, in keeping with the series awesomeness as a whole, but a little flat at the end. Still a pleasure to read.
Review by hellonicole (LibraryThing), August 25, 2010 The Good Stuff * All of it - don't bother reading anymore, I cannot do this book justice * Damn I wish I was a writer so I could explain how wonderful this book (not to mention the rest of the series) was * A wonderful written emotional roller-coaster of a story that hooks you in from the first sentence right to the closing paragraph. You will not want to put the book down -- I'm warning you don't start reading if you have to put it down at some point * Richly drawn characters that you grow to love or hate. They will feel like family to you * Your heart will be ripped out, stomped on, but you will keep on reading because you love it so much * Wonderful character development * Incredibly Satisfying ending -- won't say more than that * Brilliant and powerful written commentary on the power of corruption and the atrocities committed by those in power and during times of war * The relationships between characters are so heartbreakingly honest and real * A story that will last through the ages, it will be on most peoples favorites list The Not so Good Stuff * Once I started I didn't want to stop reading and the damn kids wanted me to feed them, play with them and get them ready for bed -- and BTW I did -- but as soon as they were in bed I opened up the book again and didn't stop till it was done -- 1:00 am - now I need an XL frickin Tim Horton's coffee just to make it till lunch * It's the end of the Trilogy : ( and I have grown to love all of these characters Favorite Quotes/Passages "But I don't know what to tell him about the aftermath of killing a person. About how they never leave you." "Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars and the broken planet. Clearly, they didn't care about what would happen to the people who came after them." "I hiss before he gets a chance, which seems to annoy him a little, since he considers hissing his own personal sound of contempt. In retaliation, he gives a helpless kitten mew that brings my sister immediately to his defense." "We're fickle, stupid things with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction." What I Learned * NO ONE ever wins in war * That I really want to read more by Suzanne Collins Who should/shouldn't read * Pretty much would recommend this to anyone except those without a heart or more sensitive younger readers. * More sensitive younger readers (or pretty much any sensitive reader) will have a hard time with, the at times, brutal violence. I still think they should read it but maybe have them talk it over with their parents afterwards. A wonderful book to start conversations about violence, the government, reality tv and much more * This is a MUST book for EVERY library 10/5 Dewey's - Trust me just go buy the damn book, you know you want to! I received this book from the wonderful Nikole at Scholastic in return for an honest review Minor spoiler below - highlight if want to find out about Buttercup Minor Spoiler for those like me who hate when animals are killed -- Buttercup lives!
Review by mountie9 (LibraryThing), August 25, 2010 As always, I had a hard time getting into it at first, but after a while it picked up and it was hard for me to put it down. It really made me want to reread the whole trilogy, and it reminded me that I'm actually a fan of Katniss. She's unique, and cool, and one of the reasons the books are so good is that you're inside her head the whole time. I suppose I'm also a fan of super twisted, horrific experiences that characters go through, so naturally this horrific torture-filled novel entertained me. The conflict such plots provide is just too interesting. This book is most definitely sad, but not in a bad way. It's sad enough to provide true horror and, well, sadness. But not so tragic that it makes me mad at the world. I was not a huge fan of the ending, however. I think it could've done very well without the epilogue. The epilogue was too neat, too tidy, too... I don't know. It just didn't fit with the rest of the books, and definitely not with the rest of Mockingjay. Maybe I'll just pretend it doesn't exist.
Review by BrynDahlquis (LibraryThing), August 24, 2016 My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans--except Katniss. The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the personal cost.
Review by ashlyn_4 (LibraryThing), June 15, 2014 I kind of wanted to punch Katniss at this point. She went from being a powerful feminist icon, to a typical whiny love-struck teenagers. Half the book felt like "Do I love Peeta? Do I love Gale? Oh, my life is so hard having to choose between them." I wouldn't have mourned if she died at this point.
Review by benuathanasia (LibraryThing), September 5, 2012 “But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction." Plutarch to Katniss in "Mockingjay." I think this may sum up the theme of this novel, and perhaps the series. People tend to repeat the same mistakes over and over again - any student (or teacher) of history will attest to this, probably with sadness. Katniss has caught fire and now embodies the mockingjay and is the symbol of the revolution. But there are nagging questions, not the least of which is are the revolutionaries exchanging one form of oppression for another. This book was, for me, the best of the three. The writing is sharp, the characters achieve their full development and like the Games' arena there are plenty of twists and turns and surprises to keep the reader turning pages. Collins has done a masterful job creating her dystopian world complete with bread and circuses. If you are a fan of scifi or dystopian novels, this one is for you. A tremendous finish to a wonderful series.
Review by Al-G (LibraryThing), August 10, 2012 What a mind blowing ending to an incredible trilogy! Taking place after the end of the Quarter Quell, Katniss awakens to find herself in the middle of the war to destroy the Capital. Surrounded by faces both old and new, Katniss has to figure out who to trust, her own beliefs, and just where she she fits in to the war effort as the Mockingjay. Will the Girl on Fire extinguish the Capital or will she crash and burn? I can understand why some fans had such issues with Mockingjay. This is a very different type of book, and even with the warnings, I was still thrown a little bit off guard by the differences. Couple that with how OOC some of our beloved characters seemed, and I can completely understand how this missed the mark for a lot of people. With that being said, I still loved it and thought that once I separated it from the previous works that it was still a solid book and one of my favorites that I've read. It gave me the same sort of vibes that I had while reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. While the other books had more of an earthy, wilderness feel to them, Mockingjay was more clinical and sterile. In my opinion, this novel hits all the right marks and has a surprise ending that will leave you reeling and thinking for days. I'd still recommend this over a lot of other books, and I'd definitely continue to recommend this to sci-fi lovers, fans of dystopian novels, and YA readers alike. While not AS good as The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, I still rate it at five stars!
Review by MeganAngela (LibraryThing), July 20, 2012 I don't know that there's much I need to say about this book. If you read and enjoyed the first two books in the trilogy, then you really do need to read the final book as well. After all, you can't very well skip reading the ending. I will note that some parts seem very rushed, and there are some questions that are left annoyingly unanswered, so it is certainly not the best volume of the three. Still, just finding out how it all "ends" pretty much makes this a must read, regardless of any weaknesses that may be present. When you consider the fact that I effectively read the entire trilogy in two and a half days, leading up to the opening of the first movie, I think it's very safe to say that reading this book (or the whole trilogy even) really won't take up much of your time. What little time it does take is definitely well worth it.
Review by TiffanyAK (LibraryThing), March 20, 2012 This is the best book of the series. Here, we find out that there's already an organized resistance, and while the resistance culture is very different, it's not any less oppressive than the Capitol. Furthermore, they want to use Katniss in much the same way as the Capitol did--as a media symbol. So, while the protagonists have completely switched sides, the reader is constantly reminded of situations from the first two books. The reader is constantly encouraged to step back and look at the role of propaganda in conflict, as well as whether changing who's in power will really help solve the world's problems. I really enjoyed how the author chose not to paint everything in black and white--after all, war never is.
Review by Phrim (LibraryThing), February 15, 2012 The final book in the series begun in the Hunger Games. This final book has yet more fascinating plot twists keeping the reader turning pages right to the end.
Review by magnolia2 (LibraryThing), January 3, 2012 I'm not rating the books because I don't know how to. The story was gripping but I'm not happy with the end at all At Odds I finished the last book at 1 am because I had to know what happens, but now that it has ended I don't really know how I feel about the series now. The ending was right for the book, in war lots of lives are lost and family members aren't saved because the author wills it to be so. But as a reader (especially of YA, fantasy, romance PR, UF and Sci-fi) I crave those total and complete HEA's (Happily Ever After). There was no HEA, there was contentment and living with the horrors of the past, which is what actually happens with survival victims. Disappointment Katniss: I got annoyed with how extra abrasive her character became. The distance she placed between herself and everyone else and the lack of actually true heartfelt feelings. In the end she became too cold and too strong and she lost one of the greatest attributes that as humans we can have, compassion. Death A lot of characters died and no one and I mean NO one was safe from the author. Yes I cried when some of those wonderful characters were lost. Recommendation I'm not sure now what I recommend. I really enjoyed book one and book two there was still a lot of hope, but now with book 3 I'm not so sure. I think I would rather forget book 3 and make up my own conclusion for the characters. I think it is worth the read and it is a great book to learn from.
Review by Kr15tina (LibraryThing), December 29, 2011 Great writing as usual. The twists and turns had me riveted as usual. The ending could have been a little different, but hey, its the end of the series, so I can't complain.
Review by trentdizzle (LibraryThing), December 9, 2011 Wow. 'A rollarcoster breakneck ride of a book' really sums this one up. In a lot of ways I don't like it. There's a lot of running around and fighting and people dying, that can be very chaotic. But that is all overwhelmed by the number of ways in which I find it addictively fascinating: 1) Mental health fail in YA, in a way that says 'bad stuff happens, now you are broken, but you will heal, even if you still limp a little' 2) The idea that there isn't a Right Boy and a Wrong Boy, just that different people will help you live different lives and you need to chose who you want to be. 3) The braveness of the brutality. So many angry reviewers going 'I can't believe she killed so-and-so! What was the point?' when the point is that Katniss loses so much, that war is so brutal 4) The awesome layers of moral ambiguity. It would have been so easy to make 13 a place where the Good Guys lived. Instead, again it's motives-all-the-way-down 5) The great balence between mary-sue-ish fantasy - Katniss running off leading her team to Save the Day - and the actual harshness of reality - she doesn't assassinate Snow, all she does is get vaguely near him and then blown up. 6) The idea of propaganda and media and how you present yourself and who you really are, and who people want you to be Oh, and lots lots more. All tied up in a tale of torture and secrets and brokeness and death and loving and fighting and making hard decisions and never trusting anyone...
Review by atreic (LibraryThing), October 31, 2011 Katniss Everdeen has now survived two Hunger Games and now faces the horrors of war as the rebels take on the Capitol with Katniss as the rallying point. Always stretched more than a human should be, she bucks up to find a way through multiple impossible situations with the thought of killing President Snow being all that gets her through. War, poverty, loyalty, loss and revenge are themes in this grueling conclusion. A veteran commented on Amazon how it is a real book on war and the sacrifices it involves. The feeling is dark and sad with plenty of action. This satisfactory ending to the trilogy has 400 pages with an important epiloge that leaves some hope for the future.
Review by sgrame (LibraryThing), September 1, 2011 It's a good book, very well-written and had a great story where the Hunger Games from the previous two books have finally caused the pending revolution to finally play out in full. Katniss's role in the revolution is well-plotted and brings light to her character. What's missing, and was missing in all the books is that there is no character development for anyone but Katniss, who's character is always being discussed and pondered over. There were some great characters I wanted to see much more involved, more thought out. That would have made the read so much better. I had a few other minor disappointments, such as the new system of government being proposed was exactly like America's (c'mon, give me something to think about here!) but they were minor compared to my real complaint. Therefore, what could have been a great series in general, only succeeds in being a great YA series.
Review by Valleyguy (LibraryThing), August 31, 2011 I loved this trilogy! I can't wait until the movie is released! I was a little disappointed about how the book ended but I don't know if that's because I didn't like the ending or didn't want the book to end at all.
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