Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins



Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. 


Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

3/5 A Decent Finish.

I was a tiny bit disappointed by this book. The first two books were amazing, but this one didn't wrap them up quite as well as I think they should have. Throughout the book distance is built between the reader and one of my favorite characters, Peeta, only to have him return in the end as though things never changed. There was a pattern of a lot of buildup for some intense scene, only to have Katniss knocked unconscious and wake up in a hospital. That was very frustrating.

The book had a pretty good sense of closure, though it wasn't as deep and awe-inspiring of one as I thought it would be. It was a good book over all with a lot of unexpected twists and turns and new characters that I kept falling in love with. Collins truly has a gift with creating individual characters that seem to leap off the page, and this book was as good of an example as any of that strength. Nonetheless, the overall plot was lacking. It was totally worth reading to finish out the series, but it could have been better.

If you've read the first two, go ahead and read this one, but remember that the first one is the best it's going to get. It was a decent finish to one of my favorite trilogies of all time.

See Also: The Hunger GamesCatching Fire

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