Mockingjay

Good series. I enjoyed the books because of the solid storyline, great characters and most importantly, because of the social commentary and serious themes.

The criticisms I have, may be a age related thing. The herione is exasperating in her struggles with over-complicating human interactions and misreading situations. Granted, she is 16 and 17 in the novels, but... she is not quite the “role-model” I would have expected. Even with some of her unexpected choices, I would have expected a bit more depth in her analysis of most situations.

Plus the endless “do I love him!?!?” theme throughout the books is maddening. But that is definitely an age thing. For the target audience, it is probably perfect. In fact, it's a teenage gal's perfect storyline, right?: Headstrong tomboy of a girl out-thinks adults and is deeply desired by multiple goodlooking young men. What teanage girl doesn't fantasize about that situation?

The real shocker of this series, though, was the bravery the author had in the choice of endings. Most of the series is a bit repitive and predictable (though still fun) but the ending is not. And I applaud the author for bravely rejecting what was expected and in the process, putting a nice capper on her stream of social commentary.