This book took me FOREVER to read. I just could not get into it until after the mid-way point. I did like how the story ended for the most part though.
Review by boredness (LibraryThing), February 22, 2013 A bit of an anti-climax. Breathlessly written but not necessarily well-written.Worth reading just to see what happens to the main characters at the end.
Review by charlie68 (LibraryThing), February 19, 2013 It took me a long time to finally read the last book in this series- so much violence and death that it was hard to continue reading. It was a very disturbing book but well written. I'm just glad it's the end of the series.
Review by GirlsonFire (LibraryThing), February 17, 2013 Another amazing book by Suzanne Collins! There were times when I wanted to scream obscenities at the characters, and times when I wanted to hug them and tell them that they're wrong and things will work out. Wish this wasn't the end of the series!! I'll miss these characters too much...
Review by drimeth (LibraryThing), February 6, 2013 [he Hunger Games and Catching Fire were 2 of my favorite books I read last year. I was so excited to read Mockingjay, the final installment in the series! Now that I have read it I am sad to announce that it fell far short of my expectations. An abundance of sub plots, mundane details, characters introduced only to be killed off a few pages later, and outright implausibility kept me from enjoying this book. Incidentally the ending I'd been hoping for not only didn't happen, but came to an abrupt, screeching halt. I almost feel like Suzanne Collins died and her husband finished writing the series for her. Of course if you've read the first two books I recommend you read this one. You have to find out how it all ends, right? I'm honestly hoping you won't be as bitterly disappointed as I am.
Review by PaperbackPirate (LibraryThing), February 6, 2013 A good ending to a great series. A dark story and a bit of a downer this title ties up the end of the series nicely. Katniss suffers from PTSD throughout the story, and it is portrayed (in my opinion) in a truthful manner, describing many of the symptoms those who have suffered heavy trauma actually suffer. Much of the story involves her thoughts and actions which might not be easily translated to the movie screen. SPOILER: Not your typical happy ending. Most of the characters are dead at the end of the book. I wonder if they will stay true to the storyline or if it will be deemed too dark for the movie-going public. But isn't that how war really is?
Review by janiereader (LibraryThing), January 30, 2013 Personally I would have to say that this one was choppy...I understand that the author was trying to wrap things up but I felt that the book was quite rushed at the end jumping forward in time too quickly without building up the the out come. I'm glad to say that I have read the series and it was a quick easy read at that.
Review by gopfolk (LibraryThing), January 26, 2013 For me, this is an excellent conclusion to the series. I stayed up all night reading this book. I got it and was done reading it within twelve hours, so you know I loved it. For me, this book finally lets us fully understand Katniss, lets her understand herself as well. I can't say I come to like Katniss. She is far too traumatized, and therefore self-centered, for me to like her, but I do see her as a self-aware adult rather than a petulant child. Using her, Collins demonstrates how much violence takes from everyone involved, how violence creates more violence. We've heard this message before, of course, but there is something about watching Katniss, who knows the horror of the Hunger Games because she has lived it, vote to put other children in the arena that demonstrates how deeply the human need for revenge has rooted itself in our hearts. Collins doesn't flinch away from making her heroine act like who she is, a traumatized girl from a poor coal-mining district who sees survival itself as a luxury. As a psychological portrait of Katniss, this book is astounding. I will also say that I have a weakness for Peeta, who in this novel is fairly stereotypically drawn. He is the longing hero, corrupted but somehow still pure. He is the one that the government could not destroy. He is Edward from Twilight (who is Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights, but given a happy ending), afflicted by a curse deep within him and yearning to hurt the one he loves but restrained by his internal devotion and her faith in him. Does this matter to me at all? Nope. I adore Peeta, and I was so happy to see that we got more of him in this novel. In the end, this was my favorite book of the series. I enjoyed it much more than the others because of the lack of an official arena, which always freaked me out terribly. In this book, there is still a significant amount of action, but the main focus is character development, which was a nice way to wrap everything up. Four stars for Mockingjay.
Review by HopingforChange (LibraryThing), January 21, 2013 Wraps up the story nicely, but not in a perfect, contrived sort of way. There's a good dose of misfortune and tragedy as Katniss helps set things right.
Review by psychedelicmicrobus (LibraryThing), January 19, 2013 The Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins is the third book in the Hunger Games series and it carried on the mood of the last two books. Just like the first books Katniss is still very unpredictable and is still having wars with herself. When Peeta is brought back her conflict between Gale and Peeta comes back. This book has a lot of action and is very unpredictable which gives the series its edge and appeal. The book seemed to be moving to fast and blows by some important things and takes too much time on unimportant things. The books starts out with Katniss getting used to district 13 until she finds out that Peeta is being held by the capital. A broadcast comes on and Peeta is talking and he seems relatively fine and is trying to talk Katniss out of being part of the rebels. When they find Peeta they realize that the capital has done something to his brain and it is aimed toward Katniss. When the rebels set the plan in action and they try to take the capital over there is something that happens that no one sees coming. It hits Katniss incredibly hard and fill her with pain and it feeds the fury towards President Snow. When she gets her opportunity to kill President Snow the question is will she take it or do something unexpected like usual. This book really has some things where there are no signs it is coming. But when it happens it may seem like it was not needed but it has a purpose. I would recommend this to people who have read books 1 and 2 because this book would not make any sense without reading the first two. All around this is a very good book.
Review by br13zana (LibraryThing), January 17, 2013 Slow in the beginning.
Review by M_U (LibraryThing), January 11, 2013 I enjoyed this book until the end. I felt like Kat gave up and fell into her new life and it didn't seem like the Kat we'd known in the other two novels.
Review by astults (LibraryThing), December 25, 2012 Ok, I may take a hit from those that enjoyed the series, but I'm writing based on the way my stomach felt after setting it down, which was meh... . I know this is YA genre and judge it accordingly, but the third book really felt weak with little character growth. The story bounces between hysterias and basic Shoujo manga. I had the same feeling when I watched Susan's character from Doctor Who, Hartnell era, deteriorate with each progressing episode. I'm not referring to who she assassinated at the end but her excusing of Gale's actions plus the back and forth fluff mentioned earlier. oh, well, they can't all be crackerjacks; however, I did enjoy the first two.
Review by revslick (LibraryThing), December 22, 2012 “People of Panem, we fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice!” District 12 is gone. Katniss has escaped from the Quarter Quell along with Finnick and Johanna, but Peeta was left behind and may be dead or being tortured by the Capitol. Gale is poor comfort to Katniss, given that they are stuck in underground bunkers and cannot hunt. And now the leader of District 13 wants to use Katniss as the face of the rebellion… Mockingjay is at once a wonderful and unsatisfactory ending to the Hunger Games trilogy. The political revolution and the war that must come in order to end the Capitol are expected and necessary, but brutal and overcooked. So many people die. The huge final battle goes on for ever and you read faster and faster trying to get to the end of it and you end up getting lost because here’s another terrible thing – snakes! Treacherous ground! Mutts! Sirens! It’s a bit “here be dragons” except over and over and over again. Much like the last instalment of Harry Potter. Gale and Peeta are both developed thoroughly as characters in volume three, and both discover very dark sides. Gale’s proficiency at war design is frightening; Peeta’s brainwashing is awful and terrifying – particularly as he never seems to fully shake it off. His strength becomes a liability, rather than the boon it was in the first two books. The love triangle is eventually resolved; I don’t think I would have minded which one she ended up with! But Mockingjay is full of personal tragedy for Katniss. As in Catching Fire, Panem’s political system has some surprises for us. Coin, the leader of the rebels, is not all she seems. Katniss does something extraordinary towards the end of the book and is then isolated during its aftermath, so we don’t really see the aftermath very well.
Review by readingwithtea (LibraryThing), December 18, 2012 MOCKINGJAY Mockingjay was a very good, book it had a lot of drama in it. It is the last book in the hunger games series. I did not think it was the best one in the series, well that might just be because I stop reading. I stopped reading because my friends rouwen the ending for me, and plus I did want it to end like that. I will not tell you the ending, but I bet you will be shocked. Over all I hope you have a great time reading Mockingjay.
Review by br13rosa (LibraryThing), December 17, 2012 Mockingjay was a fitting end to an amazing series. Not wanting to put this series in my past, I held off on listening to the final book for as long as I could. Once I started, I could tell that this installment would give me a satisfying closure for the trilogy. Katniss gets caught up with the rebel alliance that is located at District 13. Her family and Gayle are with her, but her thoughts are filled with Peeta every day. The Capitol captured Peeta after the jumbled Quarter Quell and have been holding him hostage. Katniss knows that his life hangs in the balance every moment he is in their custody. After much persuasion, Katniss agrees to become the face of the Mockingjay, satisfying all the residents of Panem that are in support of the revolution. A big driving force for Katniss fulfilling this role is the knowledge that one day she will have the opportunity to be alone with President Snow, at which time she will be in control of his demise. I don't think I've given any important details away. Of course Katniss's romantic life is still in turmoil throughout most of the book, as she struggles to find out who truly owns her heart. This will also be resolved by the end of the book, but I'm not going to tell you who she chooses! This is a series that I didn't think I would enjoy, but SURPRISE, I loved it! With themes of love, friendship, and survival, there is much in these books to ponder. I don't know if I would necessarily suggest these books as a book club selection, but I don't hesitate in recommending the entire series for leisure reading.
Review by jo-jo (LibraryThing), December 16, 2012 In the book “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins, seventeen year old Katniss Everdeen has been taken out of the Quarter Quell to find out her district has been destroyed and that those who survived have been moved to district 13. She has accepted the role of the Mockingjay in which she is the leader of the rebellion. In return of being the mockingjay she gets immunity for her friends and the permission to kill president Snow. Peeta is captured in the capitol's hands. Its Katniss’s job to kill Snow, save Peeta and lead the people of Panem to freedom! After reading Mockingjay, I thought the book wasn’t as good as the other two books. It was boring for a majority of the book. There wasn’t as much violence as “The Hunger Games” and “Catching fire.” I didn’t like how Katniss did all this footage of her in fake combat when she could have been actually fighting. I did however liked the ending because it wasn’t a cliffhanger but Collins could have added a couple more pages to get her point across instead of a straight dull ending. Overall i disliked the book because it was very slow but the ending was amazing!
Review by br13maoro (LibraryThing), December 14, 2012 A brilliant series, and thoroughly deserving of its popularity. I found 'The Hunger Games' original, 'Catching Fire' a bit samey, but this rounded off the trilogy perfectly. Plenty of action, but what appealed to me was the clear-eyed look at politics, relationships, the importance of media and its distortions, the rules of society, and, and and... And a surly heroine to boot. I didn't know how this novel was going to end, and almost for that alone it gets 5*'s from me.
Review by LARA335 (LibraryThing), December 9, 2012 Mockingjay by: Suzanne Collins was the third and final book in the Hunger Games trilogy. It was about Katniss Everdeen and how she becomes the face of an uprising against the capitol of her country Panem. Katniss fights along side district 13 in hopes to ruin the capitol and overthrow President Snow and his government. The book was very boring yet interesting at some parts although the ending was horrible. Collins totally rushed the ending and did not resolve any of the semi-major problems such as, does Katniss ever talk to her mum or Peeta again? or what happens to the country of Panem after the war? Collins definitely should have written a fourth book or extended the ending of Mockingjay. There was enough unresolved issues that could be made into another book or even made into an extension to the ending of the book. Because of how poorly Collins wrote Mockingjay, I would give it a 3 out of 5.
Review by br13naau (LibraryThing), December 7, 2012 Fe Martinez Anonymous Book Review
Such A Pretty Face
Edited by Ann Angel Such a Pretty Face has really nicely described short stories that portray beauty in a beautiful and understanding way. In one story, a girl realizes that in the process of maintaining outer beauty and popularity, many people get hurt, but only after her sister betrayed her to please her popular friends. She would rather not have outer beauty if meant hurting the people she cared about. Since these stories were written by individual people, many other people can relate to them. Ann Angel and all the writers of these stories did a great job connecting with the audience and guiding others to true beauty. Even with all these wonderful stories that can be used in real life situations, I still dropped the book. “‘ I fantasized I was masturbating.’” That seems like a excellent reason why. In that story, a young man was finally fell in love, it was a shame that it happened after his car crash and she was his nurse. All the late night conversations, while the nurse put ointment, grew them closer together. The young man told her a story of his dare with his girlfriend. He claimed that the morphine made him a little crazy and told about all the intimate details. That one story ruined the whole book and its theme of true beauty. Details and words like those are not necessary to get a point a across. That one story made me put the book away. True and honest beauty lies in that book that thousands of people try to find, but those words will keep it hidden.
Review by br13fema (LibraryThing), December 7, 2012 Summary- This is the last book in the trilogy finshing the story of Catness and her family and friends.It tells of the rebellion and the preparations that took place to ensure freedom. Personal Reaction: I did not like the ending of this book, it seemed very unfinal- sad. Classroom Extention: Final thoughts on the trilogy litature group How would you have ended the story?
Review by parkerthompson (LibraryThing), December 3, 2012 Enjoyed it very much but it felt, for better or worse, like it was written by a different author, someone impersonating Collins. I think that's because of the focus on mechanics of the Game and how they beat it.
Review by patsemple (LibraryThing), November 30, 2012 I can’t find the words to express how sad I am this series has come to an end. Yes, I loved it. Yes, I believe Mockingjay was best in the series. Yes, Suzanne Collins wrote a brilliant trilogy. And Mockingjay is the very best kind of novel. There are many things I can gush about. I loved Katniss in this installment. Although she remained true to character, in Mockingjay Katniss blossomed into a wonderfully complex woman. Suzanne Collins did a brilliant job of showing her vulnerability, which is such a stark contrast to the strong fearless leader we have seen in the Hunger Games stadium. I love Peeta’s dark side. I love how steadfast and faithful Haymitch remains to Katniss. I love that we finally spent some time getting to know Primrose. I’m happy Ms. Collins developed her as a real character. I felt that in the past she existed only for Katniss and not for the rest of us. I loved Prim. I loved that like Prim, we got to know Gale more. I have a new appreciation for him that I didn’t have before. In the first two novels, I couldn’t separate him from his desire for Katniss. Mockingjay was the first time I saw him as a man with his own plan. Ms. Collins throws plot twists in with such ease, I never saw them coming. And the ending! Oh, I thoroughly enjoy how believable and realistic it was. I think that is what impressed me the most. For a dystopian society, I could see it happening exactly as written. There isn’t much else I can say without ruining the entire novel. If you have read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, Mockingjay is a must. And yes, you should read all three.
Review by ForSix (LibraryThing), November 28, 2012 If you have not read this series, you are missing out! I could not put it down. Katniss is a true hero!
Review by amanda_reid (LibraryThing), November 27, 2012 Like all dystopia fiction I read, I was once again unsatisfied with the ending. As a somewhat optimist, I always hope that they will end happily, but they never do. This final installment of the Hunger Games trilogy was particularly upsetting for a multitude of reasons which I cannot say, or else I would spoil it for potential readers. If you like YA fiction and dystopia I would recommend this book.
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