Mockingjay
Ratings2,138
Average rating3.8
I found the conclusion to the Hunger Games trilogy to be a grand disappointment. Gone is the strong, resourceful Katniss. She is replaced wholly by a whiney, self-indulgent teenager. That would have been fine at some point of the story arc, but not after all the life changing experiences she has been through. The deaths and violence often felt unnecessary, like they were just thrown in there to make the story more dark and grim. They didn't seem to.really serve much more of a purpose. Particularly the deaths of Finnick and Prim. Both of these felt like deaths thrown in there just to manipulate the reader.
Finally, the end left a really bad taste in my mouth. First off, the entire series starts off with the goal to protect Prim, and Collins doesn't even give that to Katniss. Second, I really didn't get the feeling at the end that the world was any better off than it was at the beginning. All in all, I don't plan to go back to this series again and am glad that I used the library.
2.75
I have to be total honest, this was lackluster. The first two books were entertaining and intriguing despite the dull writing, i was able to push through and have a nice time. This was terrible, despite the message it was trying to send. It took me so long to get through this that i settled on just skimming through the summary at the end
4.5/5
Such a sad book that feels a little rushed at some points, especially at the end.
Gale sucks
I originally rated this 3 stars when I created my Goodreads account. I had finished Mockingjay many years before that, so I rated the whole series the same. I knew I liked the final book less than the others, but oh boy did I forget how much less. I know I almost DNF'd it the first time around, and I almost DNF'd the audiobook this time. I almost never DNF audiobooks, and usually it's only because the narrator is annoying me.
I can't really put my finger on precisely why, but this book irritates me. It was such a lackluster end to a pretty good series. I felt for Katniss during the first two books, but I got really sick of the self-imposed martyrdom in this one. The fade-to-black should not be used for the conclusion of an entire series worth of physical and emotional conflict.
I liked it, but some of the things at the end just didn't make any sense... I'm frustrated. But now I can say that I've read The Hunger Games, I guess. Yay for me.
Nothing happens. Then people die. Then nothing more happens. I can't believe they're splitting this book in two movies.
While I really loved this book and thought it ended the trilogy well, I felt that it could have been better written. One of my friends gave this plot synopsis: “Get hurt, pass out, wake up on drugs, get hurt, pass out, wake up on drugs.” That's what the book feels like sometimes. However, the repetitive injuries didn't keep me from reading this book over and over.
89/100
Mockingjay is the best of the original trilogy, and while I haven't read either prequel in full yet, I highly doubt they will top it. This book is great. I love the way it focuses on the lore of the series, as well as the civil war that breaks out. This book is the best because it does what Catching Fire did great (read my review of that book and much of it applies here,) but adds an extremely engaging war with thematic purpose, Katniss' escalating involvement in the conflict, and so much drama that really feels meaningful and engaging. You have to read it to get why the drama is so good, at least to me, but it just is. I really admire how the series can rehash the “katniss gets mad at gale or peeta and then realizes she's being kinda a douche” thing several times and always have it be good. I keep going back to this, but the war is just so well played out. It's another thing you just need to see. The pacing is flawless throughout basically the whole thing, but the main thing I want to talk about is the ending. So, Prim's dead. Huh. I hated this decision at first. The entire series happened because Katniss wanted to keep her sister alive. So why, in the climax of the story, is she killed in a civilian bombing by her own side of the war? Well, it's to show that President Coin is really not that much better than Snow, their enemy. When Katniss finds this out, this gives her the initiative she needs to assassinate Coin, which is an extremely powerful move. In my opinion, this decision is to show that she doesn't conform to a particular side, person or country. Katniss does anything to protect what she loves, even when the Rebels helped her in a lot of ways. Because again, it's not about sides; the decision was about Coin in particular.
I want to say that I have an issue with the ending. The vote on having one last hunger games to punish those who subjected their citizens to the hunger games. This was stupid. The choice is obviously not to waste money and human suffering on petty revenge. The Rebels aren't necessary better than this, but Katniss absolutely is, and for some unexplained reason she votes yes. She wants to round up a bunch of Capital officials and have them as tributes in another hunger games. Don't ask me why. I don't want to give the impression that the ending is bad; it's generally great, and every second of it was very enjoyable except for the blemish I just mentioned. I won't go on for longer, but I'll close this by saying that the series is really great and deserved the attention it got, although I feel like it was popular for all the wrong reasons. While most know it for its love triangle, fights to the death and its popularization of the teen dystopian genre, I think its strengths lie in its bursting personality, mastering of plot structure and character, its accurate depiction of the human condition during times of poverty, and later war.
This is the third and final book of the Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss Everdeen has managed to survive both of the Hunger Games, but it is still not over. Now, Katniss must not only fight for herself and family, but she must lead an entire army to take on the Capitol since she has been named the “Mockingjay” – a genetic cross between a mockingbird and blue jay. This book is written in the first and present tense.
This book can very intense as we watch young teens frequently experience hard things like death and war. It can be inspiring at times, too, as we see a young female protagonist spearhead an entire revolution. The book is action-packed and may certainly appeal to boys. However, there is a bit of romance in the book (which at times feels forced), and it may be off-putting, especially with the intensity of war and destruction going around. This book is a good introduction to the utopian fantasy genre.
An amazing end to an amazing trilogy(real or not real?). I read this the day I got it and couldn't put it down. So much loss and hurt in this story though. I loved the series when I read it earlier this summer and was hooked into the world of Katniss and Panem. It had to be one of the most powerful books i've ever read as well
The people in the book are real and you feel every emotion that Collins puts into each character. My favorite character by far was Finnick, i think he had the greatest character development and i really like him at the end of the series. I literally got really teary eyed the moment he died with all he went through and when he finally got Annie. Definitely one of the saddest moments for me in the book
I think the part i like most is that nobody is really happy in the end, its not a happily ever after. If your life went through that, you would be scared for life as well. She was still terrifed about the world she lived in and wasn't sure about bringing children into it. That's war though, and tragedies happen.
Overall i kinda knew katniss would end up with peeta and what Collins writes on those last few pages really tell you why she chose him. And peeta got his family. Although i liked Gales character more and i wish their was more closure on him.
I loved the twist at the end to of when she killed coin. i knew she was gonna do that! But it was a great twist into the story and i liked that, i hated coin and knew something was up with her.
Overall, i loved this book and the characters in it. The powerful message and tragedies in it. It was a crazy rollarcoaster ride and it was a great run. Collins did a fantastic job on this and i hope they do a good job with the movie as well.
I hope this review was helpful and i hope some things people will agree with me on. I was a bit scattered writing this but still.
Just amazing! The story, the characters, the grey morality present in every moment. An amazing series, definitely one of my favorites!
The Hunger Games Trilogy was the first book series I'd ever loved deeply. Rereading them for the first time in a decade has been so emotional. I didn't understand the full implications of this third book as a teen, but as an adult Mockingjay hits so much harder.
Summary: After the most recent Hunger Games, which involved a plot much bigger than Katniss could have imagined, the rebels of Panem have entered a war with the Capitol, and Katniss must determine what her role in the battle will be and who she can trust to have alongside her.
FINNICK AND PRIM DID NOT DESERVE THIS ENDING. The deaths in this book were heartbreaking but it was still a good book with a better ending where you don't see either president continue with being in power.
The book was wonderful, but I did not like some of the stuff that happened. It had what I felt was unnecessary violence in some places and many died.
I did like the very ending/Epilogue. This series was wonderful!!!
This book tormented me emotionally. This book is the saddest of the three. I cried A LOT. The one person Katniss went into the games to protect ends up dying at the hands of the person she could supposedly trust.
Gale and Katniss' relationship has been permanently damaged due to the fact that Hale participated in the making of the bomb that would kill those kids as well as Prim.
Nearly everyone Katniss had in her life is dead. All because they had one goal, to kill president Snow.
Katniss had been through hell and back in these past three books and it's sad to see her ending so bitter-sweet. It didn't even feel real. I'm glad she got to spend the rest of her life happy with Peeta and eventually her two kids. But the journey those two were on will most likely haunt them for the rest of their lives.
Overall, I really enjoyed this series but the last book I feel could have been better in some aspects. I really wish Finnick would have lived. Of all the characters, Finnick deserved to live the most. I'm shocked Gale even made it this far.