Overall, I found Suzanne Collins' "Mockingjay" to be a mostly satisfying end to a pretty great series. This third and final book in the "Hunger Games" triology follows the Katniss as she navigates a world in rebellion. Still in a fight for her life, Katniss learns throughout the book that the games have truly not ended for her. I didn't think the second or third book in the series was quite as strong as the first, but I still tore right on through them both without putting them down. The depiction of war is pretty grisly, as you'd expect, but the political maneuvering (often just hinted at) behind the scenes was pretty interesting. "Mockingjay" has some nice twists and turns in it that I didn't see coming and nor could you really see where the love triangle was going to end up either. This series was just plain fun to read.
Review by amerynth (LibraryThing), June 29, 2012 Again another book that was hard to put down. Each and every chapter left me wanting for more. Unbelievable ending and I felt like I was saying goodbye to family friends at the end of the book. Such a fabulous series.
Review by tinkerbellkk (LibraryThing), June 29, 2012 The third in the Hunger Games Trilogy. Mockingjay had it's suprises and requires your full attention. I couldn't keep my eyes away from the pages! Even little things made me so sad or other things made me laugh. It shows us what can happen if you take too much advantage of what you have. FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC, FAN.TAS.TIC!
Review by Chuggles (LibraryThing), June 28, 2012 For some strange reason this was my least favorite of the triology. Katniss really annoyed me in this book. I did however like the way Collins ties up all of the loose ends.
Review by whidbeysue (LibraryThing), June 28, 2012 So the last of the series, a bit disappointing but overall an excellent series! I really enjoyed the storyline and the characters. I felt as though the author rushed things sometimes and didn't always know how to have closure. I really felt the characters spent too much time in some areas (such as the basement of the fur shop, Katniss left alone during her trial) and not enough time fulfilling some details (such as storming the Capital, the trial of Katniss and Snow, the return to District 12, etc.) Still...one of my favorites that I'll recommend to many friends! Like Melissa said - I'm so glad I didn't wait months between these - there is something to be said about waiting until a series is done and then reading them all in succession!
Review by karen.collins (LibraryThing), June 27, 2012 This book was disappointing after reading the other two. It takes place in the capital which becomes the setting for the games. I did not find it as engaging and the lost a couple of characters that I had become attached to was devastating. I read it because I loved the first two books and wanted to see how the series would end, but I felt a big let down.
Review by lalfonso (LibraryThing), June 22, 2012 a good end to an amazing series. it actually made me cry. however, i don't think that it was as good as the first, but it was deff. better than the second.
Review by sassybrunette (LibraryThing), June 19, 2012 I finished the final trilogy in five days. Excellent read.
Review by DocWalt10 (LibraryThing), June 19, 2012 Disappointing read.. Admittedly got me reading it but only to find out it was just another version of the previous book. Scan read the last 10% because it was that exciting. Definitely glad I have to read no more and will not be returning to this author.
Review by Moonlightfaery (LibraryThing), June 3, 2012 This book ends the trilogy well, and goes deeper into the theme of manipulation and power. Even though she is the "mockingjay", and the symbol of resistance, she is never the real symbol. She is consistently manipulated, even by her childhood friend. EVerything is to be subdued in the name of the cause, and in the name of those in power. Her final act, when she kills the new president, is a powerful indictment of those in power. Revolution never really builds a new future for the masses. It builds a new future for those who lead the revolution. The final climatic scene where she looks into the eyes of Snow, before firing her arrow is a fitting end to the trilogy indeed.
Review by RajivC (LibraryThing), June 3, 2012 To me, it was so sad and confused, unrealistic conclusion. If the author had had much strong war story telling power, it'd have been better. Gale and Katness relationship ending and Finnick's so simple death are disappointed. But overall great.
Review by daebarkee (LibraryThing), June 1, 2012 Like the Harry Potter series, the Hunger Games series wrestles with big issues that become more dire as the stories progress. Where The Hunger Games is shocking but still retains some innocence, by the time we reach Mockingjay we understand the depth and breadth of the evils in the world. Is this as dynamic and riveting as the first two? No. But it is the natural conclusion of the series, and frankly I would be rolling my eyes if Katniss, Gale and Peeta got roped into another Games (which I confess to doing when I learned the premise of Catching Fire). My biggest complaint about the series overall is that Katniss is not very... empowered. While she invariably ends up the hero, her confidence is seriously lacking and it gets annoying. Just once, FINALLY, I would have likes her to be the willing hero, instead of the unwilling pawn in a bigger plot.
Review by tulikangaroo (LibraryThing), May 30, 2012 disapointing after the first two books. The ending was so depressing!
Review by bribre01 (LibraryThing), May 29, 2012 Well done! This third and final book in the Hunger Games Trilogy was just as good as the first....and the second. Lets hope the movies live up to book, though they usually don't.
Review by GiselleD (LibraryThing), May 29, 2012 The book I read was Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. The protagonist was a girl named Katniss Everdeen and the antagonist is a man named President Snow. Mockingjay is the third and final book in The Hunger Game series. In this book Katniss and her District 12 companions Peeta Mallark and Gale along with her fellow Quarter Quell Hunger Game members help her bring down the Capitol and President Snow. The design on the cover is a picture of the Mockingjay and the background is very light blue color. It is a very appealing book cover. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves action books, but I would also recommend it to people who like love books as well.
Review by lchs.mrso (LibraryThing), May 22, 2012 Hard to know where to begin with this one. I'll start out by saying that I didn't like it, but for totally different reasons than why I didn't like the first two. First, the positives. The writing style continues to improve over the previous volumes. Nothing was rehashed, like we got in Catching Fire. But really, I found very little to like about the characters. Katniss became thoroughly unlikeable to me, or at the very least unrelateable. Without that initial investment, I had no desire to endure the repeated rounds of psychological torture, injury and anxiety and despair and hate. Would those things have been powerful if I cared about the participants? Probably, but I was lost, I think, before I began. To be fair, I'm not the target audience for this book. But as I read, I couldn't help but wonder who the target audience was.
Review by shabacus (LibraryThing), May 21, 2012 This book is definitely different from the first two as other reviews have mentioned, but I thought it was for the better. There is one word that I think can truly encompass this book - haunting. A haunting image of the effects of torture and war on the mind and the different ways people react. Also a haunting image of the human instinct for power and control. I will be thinking about this book for a very long time.
Review by LVassmer (LibraryThing), May 20, 2012 Loved the trilogy, hated the ending. And when I say i hated it, I mean I DESPISED IT!!!!!!!! Why, Katniss? WHYYYYY?! I wish I had never read that god forsaken epilogue. I shall now spend the rest of my life waiting for that man to return to me. I'm torn between giving it 3.5 stars or 4. I'll give it 3.5 stars for now because of the demise of a few characters i grew to love and because the ending broke my heart :( I don't think I'll ever be the same again...
Review by cindyXIII (LibraryThing), May 19, 2012 Interesting, but not compelling. The pacing of this book is hard to describe. I had a hard time making myself finish it and was not rewarded with much of an ending.
Review by levasssp (LibraryThing), May 18, 2012 Not quite the same as the first two books, this book has a grittier more complex feel. The plot focused on the war between the oppressors & oppressed. The love triangle resolved predictably. The war casualties were a bit unpredictable, one in particular. The epilogue was haunting.
Review by luvlylibrarian (LibraryThing), May 16, 2012 Well, I finished the series... finally! I really don't know what all the fuss was about. Sure there were some good qualities about the series... they were fast reads. But, I just couldn't bring myself to actually like them. I couldn't identify with any of the characters. Katniss was way too whiny and weak. Every time things got a little rough she gets injured and then spends lots of time recuperating, and walking around in a drugged daze. Not very exciting... The whole love triangle thing between her, Peeta and Gale was eye-rollingly sickening. Pick one already! Or better yet, don't pick one, grow a spine, and help reconstruct a better way of life for people. The ending was so abrupt and final - it didn't leave you wanting more. Maybe that's a good thing...
Review by Ginerbia (LibraryThing), May 16, 2012 This novel deeply impacted me. I had to let the review sit for awhile before I could coalesce my thoughts on it because I kept replaying the many aspects of the series over and over in my head, wondering if the series could really have ended any differently. I suppose if some of the key characters had made different decisions, there would have been some difference, but keeping everything else the same, Katniss really could not have responded differently. I felt that this book was much more realistic regarding the behavior of a 17-year-old in her circumstances than many other books I have read of the Young Adult genre. I felt that the second and third books revolved largely around what it would take to break Katniss. The reader can guess the answer quite easily, but Katniss is haunted by not being certain of this answer. She is only a young adult after all, not even experiencing all of the atrocities that the Capital visited on the other Hunger Games victors before her. She is naive in many ways, though her inner strength and determination to survive are great personal motivators. There is maybe one part of the book that I really wish would have happened differently, and that is what happens to Finnick, especially given his reunion with Annie. I could not understand how it was so necessary to the continuance of the main plot, and I felt sad for Annie. I don't want to give away the ending for Katniss's personal story, but in the grand scheme of things, even this was necessary for Katniss's personal survival, as well as the betterment of the remaining districts of Panem. While that statement is appropriately confusing, the way I described the ending to my husband, who still needs to read the second and third books, is the ending was bittersweet - heavy on the bitter and light on the sweet.
Review by JacobsBeloved (LibraryThing), May 16, 2012 I believe mockingjay is a really good book.During the war between Distirct 12 and the capitol,Katniss Everdeen is with District 12.Peeta was at the capitol.Katniss and Peeta are still in love. Peeta gets abused if he doesnt do what they want.When Peeta tells Katniss something he shouldnt,somthing really bad happens.Read the book to find out.
Review by Mockingjay12 (LibraryThing), May 14, 2012 Katniss never wanted to stand for something, everything she has done has been to protect a loved one, never did she dream of being the poster child of a Revolution. Now with Katniss out of the Arena for good and the war against President Snow raging on, Katniss has no choice but to be the symbol of hope for all twelve (er, thirteen) districts. The final installment to The Hunger Games and it does NOT disappoint. Not at all. While I thought that there would be more action than there was (you know...there being a Revolution going on and whatnot), emotions still flared and the death count continued to rise. Some deaths and actions downright took my breath away. We learn more about some of the characters, a lot more. This book nicely wraps up everyone's story (unless...you're Gale) and history. Along with further developing her characters, Collins introduces a new world, District 13. Besides all of the great characterization....something changed. By the end of the book I couldn't help but think "man, Katniss is a total b*tch." Which I still stand by. She makes some decisions that have me wanting to scream "no no no! this is madness" but! I understand. After all that Katniss and Peeta have gone through, it is safe to say that they are not the same people we met during the first Hunger Games. They have seen tragedy, they have killed, and all before they turn 18. Katniss is progression to instability is almost beautiful.... because it happens to subtly. I am still not Team Peeta or Team Gale, frankly I wouldn't have a problem is Katniss ended up alone, but I completely understand what Suzanne Collins did (well not the Gale part). Quite personally I'm a bigger fan of Finnick/Annie than I am Katniss/anybody. I think the writing is at its strongest here. Collins creates so many crazy twists and turns and accompanies them with beautiful songs. Collins really outdid herself, especially with the epilogue. The voice and so pained that it fits the story nicely. Mockingjay is an incredible conclusion with an amazingly comnplex female lead. If you're ready to cry your eyes out, read this book.
Review by HarkiQuinn (LibraryThing), May 14, 2012 This one is hard to review. The Hunger Games series overall is an excellent piece of writing. The action, characterizations, plotting, story, all ring true and I would still recommend this series to anyone interested in reading it. Now comes the hard part, reviewing the third book (without spoilers)… This book tore at my insides every step of the way. It’s a violent and gritty book, more so then the first two but when a writer deals with war, that should be expected. When I finished Mockingjay, I still felt uneasy. I thought about the book constantly for two days which is a good thing, good writing should leave you with something to think about afterwards. Just to let you know, this isn’t a book you’ll finish, toss to the side, and pick up a different book to read…this one forces you to sit down and think about it. For me, this is one of the big positives of Mockingjay…it evokes strong feelings within the reader. And since this same feeling happened to me, I can’t give a strictly negative review of this book because writing that makes you think should be celebrated. So if I used only that criteria for my review, then I would give Mockingjay five stars…but I just can’t do that. To be honest…I thought I liked the ending at first, but then when I really thought about it…the ending bothered me. The story didn’t feel resolved. The epilogue wanted me to feel good I think…but it left me numb instead. Not happy. Not sad. Just numb. Perhaps this was Collins’ intention, to leave the reader still distressed…still on edge…still not fully whole. But if it wasn’t her intentions, then the book fails miserably at giving a reader closure because I never felt that. I needed more pages to convince me that all the awful things that went on…was all worth it. Because as it’s written, a part of me didn’t think so. Now to more specific items… Please forgive the football analogy but I don’t want to give things away. The kick ass hero who I so love, Katniss, was put on the story’s bench instead of being the story’s quarterback. I kept waiting and waiting for the story to throw Katniss into the mix but it takes far too long before she’s put in. The league is moving forward with all its games yet Katniss is watching the outcomes happening around her. I so wanted Katniss to break out of her “luxury” suite and join in the action, to affect the course of the season like I’ve been promised after reading the previous two books. But no. She’s put into the fourth quarter when she should have been there for the kickoff. Another thing that bothered me…why does a certain someone have to die under the silver parachutes? Seemed quite pointless and I felt it only served to cause Katniss more grief. And then what happens to Katniss right after that…I see the dark irony in doing that to her…but it was just too much for me. Isn’t witnessing the death of that certain someone enough to devastate her? After that point of the story the numbness began…all the way to the end of the book. A good thing was when Katniss raised her bow and arrow to favor another target. I totally saw her motivation and I do applaud Collins for writing it that way. It showed Katniss affecting change, what she should have been trying to do the entire book. To me, it was the only “bright” spot in the third half of the book besides the Epilogue. Peeta and Gale. I’m glad the way this turned out. Although the one character should have a more meaningful send off. The last chapter of the book seemed too rushed. I think my issues about closure would have subsided if the other characters who survived were given more time, even if it meant adding another chapter. With all the awful stuff that occurred in the story, I think the reader needed more time to relax within that world and take it all in because the release should be just as effective as the tension which caused it. So what am I really saying? If you love the first two books, how could you not read Mockingjay? You can’t avoid it…trust me…you will want to. But be prepared because it will affect you. Is the book itself as strong as the first two? No it’s not, but it does finish up the series…even if you don’t like how it’s necessarily done. By the way, teens fourteen and over could stomach the violence but I wouldn’t recommend this YA book for kids under fifteen. It’s just too intense. I’m forty-one and I got all worked up about it. UPDATE: This Goodreads review by Tina captures EVERYTHING that bothered me about Mockingjay. WARNING: This review has tons of spoilers.
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