As the third book in The Hunger Games trilogy I had high hopes for this book. I was extremely disappointed with Mockingjay. At times it seems as though Ms. Collins was in a hurry and just pieced together a story so that we could all finally see what happens between Katniss, Peeta and Gale. This was my least favorite book in the series. However, if you are like me, someone who devoured the first two days in a matter of days, then you will have to read this book, just to see what happens to Katniss and her family.
Review by Mochateacher (LibraryThing), April 9, 2012 This is my favorite of all the books in the series. There are real surprises and interesting plot and it ends very well.
Review by KamGeb (LibraryThing), April 9, 2012 The third book in The Hunger Games trilogy is filled with examples of cruel and dictatorial government—an old one that is disturbingly corrupt and a new one that promises to be equally lacking in providing freedom and liberty to its population. But Katniss Everdeen has evolved into a type of folk heroine worthy of the popularity and accolades she is being groomed to elicit as the face of revolt—the Mockingjay—from the remaining District populations. This novel satisfies in nearly every way. A small criticism is the particularly lengthy sequence of Katniss and her group traveling to the Capital one final time to track down President Snow. However, the climax was well worth the trip, and the loose ends are nicely tied up. One thing that struck me is the variety of very strong female characters—both good and not so good. Besides Katniss, who is an obvious draw for girls, the new president and also Katniss’s mother are tough and resilient. The book and the rest of the trilogy have put much focus on the popularity of dystopian novels for teens, with a lot of other books of this genre getting renewed attention. I am not immune to this trend, and am currently reading The City of Ember. I see similarities to Mockingjay, and also think about how both of those books remind me of The Giver. While much talk has centered on suitability of the trilogy for students under 12, I think that the complex concepts of government described above, are most fully understood by high school-aged students. Target audience grades 7-12.
Review by karenamorg (LibraryThing), April 7, 2012 Great series. Although they were violent and at times terrifying events, the action was swift, the characters strong and they all kept me wanting to cheer for the survivors and hope for an outcome with hope for the future. A fast, action packed futuristic (I hope not) read.
Review by WeeziesBooks (LibraryThing), April 7, 2012 Between book 1 and this, they are my favorite of the series. I just love how the experiences of Katniss and Peeta evolve into something of a tragedy throughout. You're completely consumed by the possibility that neither will survive nor find happiness. The blossoming dandelion at the end was what was really redeeming. I genuinely hope that Suzanne Collins writes at least a novella describing their lives in more detail than in the epilogue. It is the love story that wraps you up, but the battle for survival that keeps you reading.
Review by pandawnmonium (LibraryThing), April 7, 2012 Katniss and Peeta make it out of the Hunger Games again, but Peeta is held prisoner by the government while Katniss becomes the face of the revolution.
Review by Joybee (LibraryThing), April 6, 2012 I so loved this series and Suzanne Collins did a wonderful job from start to finish. She created characters you could really love (or hate) and I was easily lured into the world of Panem. I'm not a movie-goer but I made sure to see the (first?) Movie "The Hunger Games" simply because I loved this trilogy and the characters so much. While the movie followed the book pretty closely, there was something lost in the translation of the movie; proving the writing skill of Suzanne Collins to be quite superior. She can relay information via the pen much more than the movie could. I did like the movie very much but it just made me want to re-read the books!
Review by Cobra1 (LibraryThing), April 5, 2012 District 13 is discovered to not have been distroyed by the capital and has created a new hope for the people in every district. With a new type of order it is hard to still do as you wish freely. Katnis joins the rebels and helps fight for freedom while her relationship with peta is fading with the capitals interference.
Review by HalletteLuedtke (LibraryThing), April 5, 2012 Suzanne Collins' "Mockingjay" is a young adolescent fictional novel. It is the third and final installment of "The Hunger Games" trilogy, and continues to follow the life of Katniss Everdeen who has agreed to lead the rebellion of Panem. I loved this novel, and would recommend it to everyone who is interested in The Hunger Games franchise.. Collins does a great job tidying up all of the loose ends, and leaves you wanting more. I am sad Mockingjay is the final book.
Review by KrystalAdcock (LibraryThing), April 4, 2012 If you have not read the first two books in the series recently, you should go back and review them or you might find yourself adrift for awhile. I read both in 2009, which put me at a disadvantage. The author does not do a good job of orienting the reader with subtle hints or memories of the first two books, so often, the reader will be confused about what is being discussed, or what is happening, or about some of the characters and the parts they played. They are only reviewed in the most superficial of ways. Like the other two books in the series, violence is no stranger. The characters do not seem to have matured from their experiences and although this is an excellent endeavor in science fiction, this book is the weakest link in the group. Katniss seems to have an unrealistic nine lives, surviving and escaping, again and again, when everyone else succumbs. She fights to kill her peers but then balks at killing her enemies with righteous indignation. After a failed people’s revolution, the dystopian society of Panem, formerly North America, is ruled by the powerful residents living in the community called The Capitol where the power resides. Using the 12 slave communities to provide their needs, all things of value are at their disposal. The 12 communities, however, live in poverty, hand to mouth, without either many creature comforts, proper shelter or enough food to sustain them, except minimally. Each year, The Hunger Games are staged by The Capitol, as a reminder to them never to revolt against the authorities again. In the Hunger Games, two children from each community are pitted against each other in an arena in which they must all fight to the death, until there is only one survivor, in staged settings of horror and death. This is a violent and bloody novel, horrific in the nature of the destruction, injuries and cruelty toward others, that it describes. Reading this final book, made me wonder why parents would allow young children to even read it. The concepts are too far above the emotional and mental maturity of a 10 year old, and yet many have been allowed to read it in order to feel cool, “in”, and to make themselves and their parents pseudo-sophisticates, after all, they are all bright enough to read this book, originally designed for young adults, defined variously as 10-20 and 12-17. One surely has to realize that the age range is too broad and parental guidance should play a major role before such a book is placed in the hands of a 10 year old, and yet they are even reading it with their parents’ blessings. How can the same concepts be appropriate for a ten year old and a twenty year old? It defies common sense. This book gave me pause as I realized that we “hunger”, to use the author’s phrase, for such tragic and monstrous plots and then expose them, perhaps irresponsibly, to our young. What are we teaching them? Why do we want to them read this, creative and well written, as well it might be? What do we all hunger for? Do we want a form of escape or is it a form of wishful thinking? Do we want revenge; is it about class warfare; is it about fairness; is it about power? Whoever possesses it, is the winner, so perhaps, it is not really about righteousness and survival and a restructuring of David and Goliath, at all? Perhaps as Lord Acton (1834-1902), British historian, originally wrote: it is about the fact that "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man." I thought that both adults and youths set a terrible example in this book. They all seemed self-serving and headstrong, thinking of nothing but their own needs, ultimately. That is a terrible lesson to teach the future of America. I realize that this review may make me sound a bit condescending, but I don’t feel that way. I feel genuinely sad that our children are being forced to grow up before their time, to read books inappropriate for them when there are so many wonderful stories out there without blood and gore that have just as much adventure and excitement. There are wholesome stories that reinforce healthy family and community values. It makes me wonder, is it any surprise that we have so much violent crime against each other, student against student, spouses against spouses, parents against children, so many random unexplainable killings? What example are we setting for them with our films and modern literature? I used to think inappropriate sex, which has become so prevalent in books to entice readers, was the problem, but I see it is more complex than that. Today, it would seem that anything inappropriate is deemed worthwhile if it gets readers interested, no matter what the future consequences may be. I am a bit surprised that Scholastic Inc. has promoted this for the young.
Review by thewanderingjew (LibraryThing), April 3, 2012 I read all three books of the trilogy in one (long) sitting. I can't imagine reading any of the books without reading all of them in order. The story is a compelling read and the action and tension of the story makes the books hard to put down. I found myself awaking thinking about the story situation that I had left at bedtime (late) and rushed to make a pot of coffee and jump into the story again. The story is rather dark and the principle character while sympathetic (father dead, mother in extreme depression) has beginning feelings for sexuality but, with the constant necessity for trying to satisfy hunger and provide for family, has little energy to pursue it. This breakout inclination is further distorted by being drawn into the "fight to the death" games fostered on all children age 12 to 18 from the former rebellion districts, by the government as a form of punishment and an example of subjugation, for the rebellion population. The reader is drawn into cheering for the principle character, Katness and her two paramours, Gale (her hunting companion) and Peeta (the bakers son and lover from afar). The story follows these characters through the evolution of their environment and their individual involvement initiating changes mostly through reacting to their situation but also by making conscious choices that create different possibilities and choices. The story is very convoluted and the changes of character's roles and their individual evolution in the story. I haven't seen the movie and suspect that I won't destroy my mental images of the characters by subjecting them to a movie. Definitely an adventure worth my time!
Review by JosephLYoung (LibraryThing), April 1, 2012 This book constitutes a perfect ending for the great series and a modern gem in a multitude of today's mediocrity. Book 1 and 2 I rated 'only' as very good (4 stars) . Are they Ingenious? Yes. Very well written, with great pace and engaging characters? Yes. Most of all - full of entertaining action? Yes. But deep in meaning? Not really. And the reason you've got this feeling of some profound meaning missing is because the series should be really treated as one book. And with only Book 1 and 2 read you can't really understand what this story is about. 'Mockingjay' gives the story a conclusion. And it's not only deep. It's brilliant. Breathtaking. Heart-wrenching. Soul-shattering. The majority of the readers who posted reviews of this book seem to treat this shift from 'more action' to 'more meaning' as a disappointing surprise. Go figure. For me it was a shift from 4-star literature to 5-star perfection.
Review by hungrytales (LibraryThing), March 31, 2012 A great finale to a compelling series. In some ways anticlimactic, but it couldn't have ended any other way. Very violent and gut wrenching; may not be appropriate for younger readers. Katniss is a great flawed heroine.
Review by hjjugovic (LibraryThing), March 30, 2012 Mirroring some of other reviewers, it's the weakest book from the series. Katniss becomes very annoying with all the whining. It's difficult to see that she could be inspiring any rebels. Action is still good enough.
Review by everfresh1 (LibraryThing), March 30, 2012 This is the third and final book to the Hunger Games series. I thought it was the best out of all of them. It's more about taking over the Capitol and killing President Snow. Katniss is the face of the revoulution and her mockingjay pin is the symbol. Everyone tries to keep her under protection but she wants to be out fighting. She wants to kill Snow. In the end she kills the leader of District 13 but Snow dies anyway. She stood up for the Capitol's children by killing District 13's leader who wanted to put them through the Hunger Games. I thought that it was a great ending for a great series. I hope Suzanne Collins writes more books. If this book is made into a movie, it won't beas good as the book but it will probably be the best out of all three of the movies. I liked taht katnis stood up for the children at the Capitol. She did it even though the Capitol had been so cruel to the other districts. It was sad when her sister died. I loved this book. It was so awesome.
Review by Ryanne.Thompson (LibraryThing), March 29, 2012 This is the third book in the Hunger Games Trilogy. Katniss is rescued from the Quarter Quell in the last book and is taken to District 13. There she goes through rehabilitation and agrees to become the Mockingjay. Peeta though was captured by the Capitol. Katniss first starts making movies for 13. Later Peeta is rescued but is hijacked and thinks Katniss is evil. Then she becomes part of the star squad, where they make more movies. Also Peeta somehow becomes part of the star squad. Later though they are in the Capitol and things go bad. Many people die including Finnick. Katniss, Peeta, and Gale have to kill Snow. They split up but 13 drops bombs on Capitol children then Katniss's little sister Prim goes and tries to help and dies. Katniss kills President Coin and goes back to 12 where she marries Peeta and has kids. This was an amazing book. It was not as good as the other books but it is hard to beat a book that well. The only thing I did not like about it was that Finnick dies. I really like how Katniss kills Coin. Coin was always mean. I was happy to find out the Palor became the new president. I really liked the epilogue. It was cool to see that 12 was rebuilt and Katniss had kids. This was a great book to end the trilogy. I only wish that there were more books to read.
Review by Aaron.Korff (LibraryThing), March 28, 2012 In MockingJay we continue where Catching Fire left off. To avoid spoilers this is all I will say of the book. I gave this book a 4 out of 5 because I felt that there were so many things that happened that didn't need to happen to still stay true to the grittiness and realness of the series. I pointed out in my last review that both the PRO and CON of this series was the fact that it was shockingly gritty and realistic. It was unique, heartbreaking, but at the same time disappointing come MockingJay. Suzanne Collins is a fantastic author. This series was entertaining, heartbreaking, and dynamic. The world of the series was so elegantly crafted, and the characters were all loved/hated and made you feel for those you were supposed to feel for. Having read the whole series, I will say that I am indeed a fan. So comes the end of this review of the final book in this series. Although this third book ended on a bittersweet note, it was still an ending to remember, and the hype around these books is well deserved. So here is to Katniss Everdeen....the girl who was on fire!
Review by RJGonzales (LibraryThing), March 26, 2012 Mockingjay is wildly different than both The Hunger Games and Catching FIre. Instead of the staged hunger games where children/teens must fight to the death as was the main dramatic event of the first two books in the series, the rivalry here is between the rebels and the Capitol. Katniss is taken out of her second Hunger Games by the rebels and taken to District 13 where she learns Peeta has been captured by Snow and Captitol and turned against her. And her District (12) has been destroyed. Gale and her family have survived, though and - along with some others - are forming a rebellion. The districts are at war with the Capitol once again. And they want Katniss, the Mockingjay, to be their star, their leader. Mockingjay doesn't have all of the action and suspense that the first two books had (though it has its fair share) but to simply put the characters into another Games would have done them - and us, the readers, a great disservice. We've been reading about how the Capitol is this horrible thing and the bad they can and have done, the end of this trilogy needed to take them on. While, at times, Mockingjay did feel a bit like a mash-up of Battle Los Angeles and The Hunger Games, it's a brilliant book. The characters are more a part of it this time than I think they ever were before. We see how they react to very adverse situations both together and independently - and with more characters involved than if there had been another arena isolating just a few of them with others left home in their district. I wasn't entirely sure about this book (having heard different things and how people didn't like how it ended) but it really could not - and should not - have ended any other way. It's really a brilliant ending for the series and one that draws on things from the other books, too.
Review by BookSpot (LibraryThing), March 26, 2012 Fantastic character development that mostly takes the heroine, Katniss, from the emotionally-clueless girl of the first book to a reluctant Joan of Arc-like symbol for the rebellion (only with media-savvy PR operators replacing the voices from God). It was also greatly satisfying to see her open her eyes to the fact that no one group ever holds the whole truth. I also loved the ending although I thought she overdid a little what Peeta had to go through to open his eyes to who Katniss really is. In the end, I hoped they will slowly learn to know each other and cherish one another for who they truly are. Although I felt this installment was particularly bloody and bleak, with so many loved characters dying, I found the overall development arc of the trilogy deeply satisfying. I read the books one after the other over a weekend, finding it hard to put them down and I feel I was fully rewarded. Excellent!
Review by AramisSciant (LibraryThing), March 26, 2012 I thought it was a good ending to the series. I was saddened by several things that happened toward the end. I was sad to see the series end.
Review by TFS93 (LibraryThing), March 25, 2012 Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay is the final book in The Hunger Games series. This particular book is completely different from the other two. Instead of fighting in the hunger games, the battle becomes a real one between the rebels and the Capitol. The story is about the separation of Katniss and Peeta, District 13 (rebels) and the Capitol, and Katniss and herself. Katniss is asked to be the face of the rebellion, but she does not know if that is what she wants. She is unsure why she has done any of things that she has thus far. Katniss must find herself and find what she believes in. The battle is long and hard, but the reality is that power corrupts and humanity is flawed. Is it President Snow who is evil, or is it the power and total control that he has? Katniss must find out. Somehow this book was my ultimate favorite. The excitement and anxiousness of the hunger games is absent in this book, but so much value and importance is found in this particular book. Suzanne Collins demonstrated her creativity and brilliance as a writer in this third book. From the intricate weaving of “real and not real” and “girl on fire” blew my mind. I also found the power of the series from the third book. The reality is that humanity is flawed, and that is not going to change. However, there are people who can and will try to make a difference. It is hard and not easy, but through Peeta’s character we get to see that they are huge impacts. He is the one who allowed Katniss to be all that she is and he never got to be the Mockingjay, but he allowed her to step to the plate. This series and this book is complete magic and so important for people to read. As I just stated, this book is the way to understand the full purpose of the series. The magic of the books come to life by reading all three. Therefore, one must read the third and final one. I would recommend this book to anyone I ever met. It is absolutely amazing. These books meet everyone where they are at. This series can be read so many ways, for so many readers.
Review by Kek146 (LibraryThing), March 18, 2012 Mockingjay was a good book but it didn't quite live up to the excellence of the first two books in the trilogy. I liked the examination of war, specifically the use of nuclear warfare and the psychological aspects of a revolution. However, I felt like many of the important deaths were brushed over in this book and they weren't given much meaning or recognition. Also because the book is written from Katniss' present point of view and she is constantly knocked out, drugged, or sleeping she never knows what is going on and neither does the reader (and not in a suspenseful way). Also the conclusion was extremely rushed and didn't feel thought out.
Review by alexa.kirk (LibraryThing), March 18, 2012 Although I felt like she rushed the ending, it was still an amazing ending to the hunger games. I didn't really expect Katniss to turn out like that in the end. It does make sense that she did though. Especially after all that she's been through. But, I did expect her to choose the right guy when it was all over, which she did. I'm not looking forward to this one becoming a movie. There is so many scenes that would be even more heartbreaking on film than they already are. Overall, a good ending to a great trilogy.
Review by ToxicMasquerade (LibraryThing), March 17, 2012 Mockingjay is the third and final book in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. President Snow is as vindictive as ever and is determined to break Katniss at all costs. Katniss has been pushed into the position as the Mockingjay; a sign to rebels throughout the districts to stand up against the Capitol. But Katniss is on the verge of breaking due to the terror that is being placed on Peeta after being captured by the Capitol. In book three, we are able to learn more about Gale and what drives him – specifically his attitude towards the Capitol and his willingness to harm innocent lives that get in his way of bringing down the Capitol. We also get to see even more of Peeta’s character and see exactly the lengths that he will go to in order to prove his love to Katniss. I’m finding myself having mixed feelings about the final book. Katniss flips back and forth so many times that it tends to be confusing. Admitting that she has feelings for Peeta and can’t live without him one moment and then wanting to shoot an arrow through his heart the next. She does the same thing with her feelings for Gale. I was happy with the epilogue although I wish it would have led up to the end result in the last few chapters instead of just diving into it in the epilogue.
Review by JaidisShaw (LibraryThing), March 16, 2012 Mockingjay is a very interesting book with many twists and turns. Katniss Everdeen has many problems. Her home has been destroyed, Peeta’s been captured, and she has to lead the rebellion. The capitol has burned all of district 12 besides the Victor’s Village, but her family is alive and well. Katniss travels to district 13 where she finds that her family is alive and well and Peeta has been captured. Then she is asked to lead the rebellion against the capitol and agrees. Katniss has a lot to deal with. Mockingjay is my favorite book in the Hunger Games series. I would recommend this series and especially this book to anyone. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. ryan
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