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Mockingjay

(The Hunger Games #3)

Suzanne Collins

4.05 · Rating details · 2,479,166 ratings · 105,996 reviews

MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOUR

"If we burn
you burn with us"

Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But she's still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans -- everyone except Katniss.

And yet she must play the most vital part in the final battle. Katniss must become their Mockingjay -- the symb ...more

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Published December 2011 by Scholastic Children's Books (first published August 24th 2010)

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Aug 26, 2010 Tina rated it it was ok · review of another edition

SPOILERS AHEAD!!

What. the. f***. Words can't begin to express my disappointment. I bought Mockingjay the first day it came out and I was preparing myself for a truly epic novel, one worthy of its predecessors. I loved The Hunger Games; it was fast-paced, thrilling, suspenseful. Catching Fire wasn't as good but it was still enjoyable (I was majorly impressed by the game arena). I wasn't let down by Catching Fire though; I figured it was just a transition novel, build-up to what would undoubtedly ...more

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Dec 03, 2009 Tatiana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: anyone who prefers to think instead of obsessing over love triangles

Shelves: 2010, 2020, favorites, 2014, ya, 2013, 2015, dystopias-post-apocalyptic

I keep switching the rating of this book from 5 to 4 to 5 again, changing my opinion with each reread. On the one hand, it has so many wise things to say about war, propaganda, grief, trauma and healing. It touches and breaks my heart every time, like very few books do. But, on the other hand, there is a large chunk of this novel (in part 3 mainly), that objectively makes almost no logical sense. I wish Collins took more time to work it to perfection, like she did with the first two.

Going back t ...more

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Jan 28, 2010 Hope rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: best-characters, 2010-reads, reviewed, best-couples, to-reread-someday, bittersweet, favorites, thought-provoking, heroines-i-love, dystopian-utopian

I’m never very good at predicting outcomes. Nothing I could’ve predicted would have been quite as good as this. Although I did get close (a very distant "close") on a few things, and I was right in saying that it wouldn’t be walking through a field of flowers and sunshine.

A book like this just couldn’t be.

It's good, and yet not good. Because it’s good in a very heartbreaking, chilling, haunting, intense way.

Katniss is a different person from the first two books. I found her softer, more though ...more

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Nov 25, 2015 Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it it was ok · review of another edition

WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF AN ENDING IS THAT?! SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF AN ENDING IS THAT?

Ok, short summary. This is day 3 of my Hunger Games binge after I watched the last movie last Saturday without knowing anything about the books and not having watched any of the movies. First book. Awesome. Second book. Glorious. Third book. FUUUUUUUU *wails out something that sounds like "fuck you, Peeta!!!!!!"*

So now I know what a Mockingjay is (and I can probably eat it), I know who Coin is, I know wh ...more

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May 24, 2020 Kat rated it really liked it · review of another edition

anyone who said this books didn’t do THAT is incorrect (i respect ur opinion but also im trying to type this while crying so let me be aggressive) did she drag in the middle? maybe. do i refuse to acknowledge the epilogue? yes. but chapter 27 is where it’s at and i will not hear any disagreements thank u and goodnight.

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Feb 09, 2014 Jayson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: subject-war, author-american, 400-499-pp, genre-young-adult, genre-dystopian, read-in-2014, genre-science-fiction

(B+) 78% | Good
Notes: Rather than tell an interesting story, it's meant above all to repulse us into reflection on the cruelty and horror of war. ...more

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Feb 11, 2010 Annalisa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cover, young-adult, cried, sci-fi, dystopia

3.5 stars

Well, hmmm. I'm not sure how to react to Mockingjay. I didn't love it and I'm not sure it satisfied me, but it was a disturbing read that will stick with me. Sadly, I can't say that I'll be recommending the series as fervently as I did after reading The Hunger Games. Not that the series isn't good, but I'm not longer sure it's for the masses of YA readers.

Like Catching Fire, Mockingjay took awhile for me to get into. When the pages turned into the triple digits and I wasn't hooked, I go ...more

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Sep 25, 2020 Jayson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: author-american, genre-dystopian, genre-science-fiction, genre-young-adult, subject-war, audiobook-audible, read-in-2021

(B+) 78% | Good
Notes: Numbing nihilism, singing blues with every breath: of war campaigns' unebbing strain, and the callous kiss of death. ...more

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Feb 21, 2012 Kiki rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, dystopian, choking-noises, lost-the-will-to-live, love-stinks, zombies, books-to-use-as-weapons

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. [This just in: the movie adaptation, Mockingjay: Part 1, was absolutely outstanding. I've seen both of the other movies for this series, and while I enjoyed them greatly, the third instalment was on another level entirely. It's one of the best movies I've seen in a very, very long time. Good job, movie people. You made a meh book into a stellar piece of cinema.]

Those two stars are for the last ten pages, which were absolutely outstanding. Probably the best ten pages of the series. The 380 pages ...more

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Dec 27, 2009 Michelle rated it liked it · review of another edition

i NEVER thought i'd ever rate this book below a 5...but here i am....and the only reason i gave it a three even is because the first two books of the hunger games were just SO GOOD they brought this one up...by three stars. honestly, i’ve waited so long for mockingjay to come out. i practically peed my pants on august 24th and now that i’ve finally finished the book (thanks to a full day of obsessive reading-meals not included) all i can feel is…annoyance. annoyance and disappointment. annoyance i NEVER thought i'd ever rate this book below a 5...but here i am....and the only reason i gave it a three even is because the first two books of the hunger games were just SO GOOD they brought this one up...by three stars. honestly, i’ve waited so long for mockingjay to come out. i practically peed my pants on august 24th and now that i’ve finally finished the book (thanks to a full day of obsessive reading-meals not included) all i can feel is…annoyance. annoyance and disappointment. annoyance that katniss let herself be so easily used, didn't really care about anything, and was idle for so much of the book. and disappointment that you never really get any closure with gale, peeta wasn’t there for a third of the book, and he “wasn’t himself” for almost all of it. but mostly just mad that nothing really happened for large portions of the book. like…katniss seemed kinda…stuck all throughout. i’ve always loved her because she was a character that didn’t break down easily but mental breakdowns seemed like her favorite activity in this book. she spent like a fourth of the book missing peeta but she never actually DID anything about it. and then when he was saved she barely even talked to him let alone tried to help him. okay *spoiler alert* one of the only bright spots of this book is finding out about finnick’s past. i was definitely surprised by all he had to say. it made me like him even more. i can honestly say he was the only character that didn't annoy me once in mockingjay…AND THEN HE DIED. i am SO MAD that finnick and cinna’s death were pretty much considered inconsequential. like yeah, katniss was sad, but neither of them got like a dramatic tragical death. it was just “yeah. they died. it sucks.” and that really bummed me out cause i LOVED them both. i thought finnick's death was three times as devastating as prims, mostly because i feel like we never got to know prim well enough to really mourn her death. but for finnick i had to go back and reread the page several times before i could actually accept that he had died. and even then i hoped he would magically pop to life again. and not a single tear shed for him from katniss? NOT. OKAY. even though this was the book where the most characters died, it was also the book where i didn't cry once reading it. mostly because katniss didn't seem to really even care about anything which sort of killed my sympathy and sparked annoyance instead. and yeahh…so back to the whole non-closure thing with gale? it was just so…anticlimatic and…lacking. i’ve been a peeta supporter since the first chapter of the first book and even i hated how katniss and gale ended. i don’t know. i just think that maybe i was expecting this last book to follow basically the same format as the hunger games and catching fire, and i’m just ridiculously (like seriously to the point where it’s pathetic) disappointed that it took such a different turn. …and now that i know the entire series is over so that’s the only ending i’m gonna get....:'(
katniss’s shining moment appeared near the end though. when she decided to shoot coin instead of president snow. it almost brought back the old hunger-games-and-catching-fire-rational-and-strong katniss. almost. but then she had to go and try to get herself addicted to morphine in a suicide attempt. bleh. i always knew this was a somewhat dark series, but this book was just. so. bleak. reading it was pretty much equivalent to cutting my wrists. perhaps no amount of writing could ever have helped suzanne collins live up to my sky high expectations of this book but still….

the book could have been better. a lot. better.
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Feb 17, 2010 Kat Kennedy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kat-s-book-reviews, oppressive-dystopian-regime, to-ya-or-not-to-ya

This review has spoilers!

Bitches...

What were you doing when you were 16? Checking your boobs each morning to see if the Boob Fairy had paid you a visit? Sneaking out of the house to the park down the street where you and your six friends would share a single can of beer and pretend you're drunk? Making out? Homework? Fighting with your parents? Watching scary movies?

Katniss is sixteen years old and she's been in two Hunger Games, fighting against twenty-odd opponents to the death. Then she becom ...more

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Aug 24, 2010 Jayna rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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Dec 30, 2009 Kaela rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Mockingjay, the final book in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games Trilogy. For a year, I had been anxiously waiting to read the about the adventures of the rebels, the hopefully happy ending. How wrong was I. There is an ending - but it is not as happy as most expected it to be. The rebels fought, they won. But in a sense, Collin's shows us that when violence is used to such extremes, no one wins; yes, a winner is declared - but the sadness and loss of both sides proves that no one really wins in war Mockingjay, the final book in Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games Trilogy. For a year, I had been anxiously waiting to read the about the adventures of the rebels, the hopefully happy ending. How wrong was I. There is an ending - but it is not as happy as most expected it to be. The rebels fought, they won. But in a sense, Collin's shows us that when violence is used to such extremes, no one wins; yes, a winner is declared - but the sadness and loss of both sides proves that no one really wins in war. While reading this book, I felt almost as depressed as a sober Haymitch.

There is a lot of death throughout the book (I sobbed at Finnick's). However, even though there is so much death in this book, most of it comes to new characters; the leader of district 13, Coin; Bogg, one of Katniss's bodyguards; mostly new or unknown characters that pass on. But alot of the death-related sadness in the book comes not from individual characters, but more from Katniss's vivid description of the mass homicide that they are left with at the end of the war. The group of children murdered on President Snow's doorstep - Prim included. The workers trapped in the Nut, a mountain in district two. The hospital burned down in district eight. That, more than anything, sets such a depressing tone.

In my opinion, however, it wasn't death that made such a sad air around the book. Some of the tortures make it worse. Peeta's hijacking, Finnick's molestation, Johanna's physical pain. And to top the list, Katniss - expected to be the rock strong Mockingjay when all of this happens around her. All this pain that she goes though, and so much more, should make her deserve a happy life afterwards. However, instead of in the company of her surviving friends and family, she finds herself alone, in a burned-down district, sitting by the fire in her Victor's house. That, more that anything, saddens the reader. When Katniss deserves someone with her, to make her feel less alone, the only person to console her is herself. Yes, in the end she and Peeta end up together. But during the book, she is always alone.

Even though this book is a far departure from the first two books, I believe that Suzanne saved her own series. She, like Cinna, made sure that no one would forget the 'girl on fire'. When so many books have slightly bittersweet endings, this book is much heavier on the bitter, distinguishing itself from so many others. There is no Disney ending to the Hunger Games, and I believe that if there was one than it would ruin the message of the series.

Suzanne Collins created her third bittersweet masterpiece, completeing one of the most different and best trilogies in YA Fiction today.

**note** its beautiful writing, too. suzanne collins has a gorgeous voice. ...more

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Dec 04, 2009 Heather rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

How do I begin to convey my disappointment? I suppose it all comes down to expectations and as mine were not met, I feel vastly underwhelmed, and a little bit devastated. When I read HungerGames, I was enthralled. I thought Katniss was intelligent, resourceful, and displayed tremendous strength in character. Moreover, Katniss’s arc appeared to parallel with the overall arc of the story/series. As Katniss grew more bold, so did the remaining characters and the uprising initiative. I expected this How do I begin to convey my disappointment? I suppose it all comes down to expectations and as mine were not met, I feel vastly underwhelmed, and a little bit devastated. When I read HungerGames, I was enthralled. I thought Katniss was intelligent, resourceful, and displayed tremendous strength in character. Moreover, Katniss’s arc appeared to parallel with the overall arc of the story/series. As Katniss grew more bold, so did the remaining characters and the uprising initiative. I expected this to continue in Catching Fire. However, Katniss appeared to stagnate, whereas the remaining characters and overall story arc continued on without her. By the end of book 2, Katniss was still in “survivor” mode, and failed to deliver anything beyond demonstration of those already proven survival instincts that we readers discovered in book 1. Nonetheless, my love for HungerGames left me with hope that Katniss would finally step into her role as not only a symbol of hope and rebellion against tyranny, but as a leader in an uprising that opposes oppression, and emboldens freedom of choice and will. Much to my dismay, it never occurs.

Perhaps I am mistaken, but I was under the impression that this series was meant to be about revolting against a corrupt, freedom suppressing government and replacing it with a new government that not only condones freedom in all its forms, but fosters it, allowing it to thrive. For this to be an achievable story arc, Katniss has to develop into something more than a resourceful hunter, shooter of arrows, and unpredictable pawn. She has to embolden herself, as the districts have had to embolden themselves, grab her title as MockingJay by the balls, and make her own choices, cut her own path, and shoot down those who stand in her way literally and figuratively. Otherwise what is the point of revolution if the very person who made it possible doesn’t follow through?

But in MockingJay we don’t get an emboldened Katniss, we simply get more of the same, actually, we get less than the same. When Katniss isn’t hiding in closets, passed out from injuries, strung out on morphine, or walking around the compound in a near catatonic state, Katniss will exert herself in her typical yet unpredictable brash reactor form, always manipulated by those around her. She still lacks control over her life. She isn’t a warrior in the rebellion, she is a weapon, a tool, a pawn. Other times she is completely useless all-together. She is dictated to and she may or may not deliver. Where did the potential leader go I ask you?

This late in the game, Katniss needed to grow as a character, to complete the story arc, if not her own character’s journey, properly. Katniss has been used to spur the other districts into revolution because she is supposed to possess strength in character as seen in the Hunger Games. She is now the face of the revolution, whether she meant to be or not. The districts have become inspired by the ball busting Katniss they perceive her to be, and it’s a lie. Turns out she isn’t opposed to being used as long as it’s people she knows calling the shots (District 13). I would have been fine with this course of events had they appeared in CatchingFire. But by the final installment, Katniss needed to be in charge of her own fate, to understand her role, to be a role model. Instead I felt as though I was reading the POV of a mentally unstable drug addict.

Then there is the rebellion itself. I was expecting carnage, war, suffering, and terror seen through the eyes of our previous heroine (Katniss) and hero (Peeta). Instead we suffer through ad campaigns and one unnecessary adventure that doesn’t occur until the last portion of the book, and even that is unsatisfying with all its useless deaths (Finnick and Primm). Frankly, Finnick was the best part of MockingJay and I couldn’t even mourn him properly as his face time was so minimal and his death so swift. But back on point, what was the purpose for Katniss’s man killing mission? Is she really so daft that she can’t see the bigger picture? Can’t she rise above baser human emotions, and the events that pertain only to her? Can’t she at least attempt to be worthy of the responsibility that has befallen her? Can’t she at least strive to earn it? And what’s most pathetic is that the revenge attempt that cost the lives of Finnick and Primm was all for nothing. Snow lives, until TB takes him. At least that’s what I assume happens, it never is very clear on how he died.

But my biggest question is, why does Collins hate Peeta? When she wasn’t making him an invalid in books 1 and 2, he shined. Now in book 3 he has forgotten his love for Katniss and has been programmed by the Capital to kill her. What the hell? Why? Why not let him finally prove his worth, achieve his greatness? Why did she have to make him someone’s bitch?

This book is a sham. A cop out. And it destroys the integrity of the previous books in the series. The characters fail to develop and even digress into wretched states. The ending is a crap shoot, and that epilogue was bullshit. I’m Team Peeta through and through, but I feel ripped off. Katniss didn’t choose him, she resigned herself to him because he was the one who came back for her. There was no declaration on her part, no acceptance or confession of her feelings. Peeta deserved better. We readers earned better.

To those of you reviewers who will scoff at my review, claiming that this book was perfect because it was "realistic", I say give me a break. This series was never meant to be a war documentary. It is a Young Adult Sceince Fiction book. This book contains mutant animals and insects for Christ's sake. In what reality other than "make believe" does a teenager fuel a rebellion? Millions of girls adore Justin Beiber but he isn't going to become the next president. We didn't wait on pins and needles for realism. That's not why readers devoured The Hunger Games. We fell in love because the plot grabbed a hold of our minds with an enthralling story filled with worthy engaging characters. Sadly, somewhere along the way, Collins lost track of the story she was telling and got off course by deciding to get preachy. I didn't want a victim for a heroine, I wanted a victor.

After two rather epic books, I expected more, these characters were worthy of more. It’s terrible what was done to them and to us for having to read it. While reading MockingJayI felt like Katniss, a pawn.
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Mar 25, 2010 karen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: why-yes-i-ya

these are the things i have done for this book:

i have given up my birthday, waiting in line from 5 until its midnight release, braving the crowds and noise and commotion...

i have missed my subway stop and ended up taking the crappy way into work...

i have seriously considered calling out of work to sit at home and finish it...

i have read in elevators, while walking down the street, walking up the stairs, while eating dinner without even tasting it...

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May 15, 2014 Sean Barrs rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, sci-fi, 1-star-reads

Here's seven reasons why this trilogy sucks:

1. Katniss has the personality of a vegetable

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2. Peeta is a needy little baker boy

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I’ll never get over how the author can justify his camouflage techniques born as a result from his cake decorating experience……

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3. The world is completely unacceptable and unbelievable.

No collective nation would be so morally depraved as to watch the murder of children for entertainment; I cannot accept this idea.

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4. This book did not make me think, as everythi ...more

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Dec 18, 2010 Nataliya rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: awesome-kickass-heroines, for-my-future-hypothetical-daughter, i-also-saw-the-film, lodestar-and-andre-norton-awards

All Katniss really wants is to not be "a piece in their games". But nobody apparently got the memo. Once again, she is a pawn in somebody's power games. Same shit, different day. Only the Gamemakers have changed.

The above are synonymous in the eyes of the Capitol. Or District 13, for that matter.

Even free from the clutches of the Capitol, Katniss still has a role to play - whether she wants it or not. This time it's Mockingjay, the face of the rebellion she unwittingly helped to bring. But the p ...more

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Oct 26, 2010 Mike (the Paladin) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: rereading, fantasy

Below is my original review. I'm leaving it as it's still essentially how I feel still. I have however decided that the overall story of the book rates a higher rating than I originally gave (you'll see below). The biggest problem for me was that Katniss seemed to grow some throughout the first and the second book, yet slid back and forth/up and down throughout this. I just didn't think it was still Katniss in some ways.

To each of course and I'd say try it yourself and see how you feel/what you Below is my original review. I'm leaving it as it's still essentially how I feel still. I have however decided that the overall story of the book rates a higher rating than I originally gave (you'll see below). The biggest problem for me was that Katniss seemed to grow some throughout the first and the second book, yet slid back and forth/up and down throughout this. I just didn't think it was still Katniss in some ways.

To each of course and I'd say try it yourself and see how you feel/what you think.

Some spoilers in review as I do discuss some things about the conclusion of the book.

***************** Spoilers in Review below *******************

(view spoiler)[ Okay, just us now...a lot of people loved this book. I'm not one of them. I liked the first book immensely, I also liked the second volume. I appreciate the inspiration behind the books. I considered 3 stars here, as there are times when some very good writing comes through. But in the end for me to say I really didn't like the book wouldn't fit with a 3 star rating. There were too many times I skimmed through this one, too many times I came very close to abandoning the read all together simply due to the story and it's telling.

If you read my review of the second volume in this trilogy you know that one of the things that bothered me most was the immature and selfish character of Katniss. I observed at the close of that volume that this had probably been intentional on Ms.Collins' part and that Katniss seemed to be growing out of it after the hard and troubling events at the end of said volume.

Well, Katniss had a relapse...big-time. Apparently in all the wars and all the revolutions and all the tragedies of all time NO ONE has suffered as she has. Am I the only one who got so tired of her constant bemoaning of her own fate...as the world is flying apart around her? She forces the rebels to take her back to her blasted and burned former home where she apparently wanders around saying things like "I brought this on you"... GOOD GRIEF. No Katniss, the people who dropped the bombs brought it on them...the people who ordered it brought it on...the people who have been forcing children to kill each other in arenas to hold the entire populace under their heel FOR GENERATIONS brought it on. The world didn't start when you were born Katniss.

The book becomes, it seems to me very much of a one trick pony with Katniss constantly discovering more pain and more woe. It turns into a story where the rebels seem often to be as bad as the oppressive government they seek to overthrow. A book that comes very close to one of those pompous tomes (and for that matter movies, short stories etc.) that defined itself as "anti-war" as if people sometimes get together and say, "hey, let's have a war." War is nothing more than an assault or an armed robbery writ large. Very few actually "want war" it doesn't make one extra righteous to say "I'm taking a stand against war!", just self-righteous. The choice in the story Ms. Collins wrote is the same as it has been often...war or enslavement. You can accept what your handed and live with it, let them take your goods... your children, or you can resist. The longer you wait to resist the worse it may be. Thus the 1 star rating. It seems to me Katniss is an annoying character who (I think) became badly one dimensional. There are a few bright spots and some good prose, but over all, I'm not taken with the book.

For me one of the most telling moment in the book was in a conversation between Gale and Peeta (the boy named after pocket bread) when they are having a conversation about which of them Katniss will eventually "choose" and Gale hits it on the head. He says she'll pick the one She can't survive without. Of course from Katniss we get the obligatory self recrimination, "am I that bad", well I don't need either of them, internal monologue..but (when proverbial push comes to proverbial shove) that is exactly what she eventually does.

In the end so far as I can tell after all that's happened, after all the death and loss the world still revolves around Katniss at least so far as Katniss is concerned. (hide spoiler)]

I found this an unsatisfying book and conclusion to what had been up to now a pretty good trilogy and if my children were still young I'd definitely discuss this one with them to see what they took away from it. Not my cup of tea, and puts my retention of the other two in my collection in question...I regret the money spent on this book and the time invested in it, a bad sign. The first book is a very good read, the second is pretty good, but this, the end volume is very, very weak. My opinion of course.

Update: Sadly this volume ruined the entire set for me. I sold all 3. ...more

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Dec 04, 2009 Meredith Holley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, best-of-the-year, reviewed, chosen-girls, classic-young-adult, monsters, influenced-me, girls-rule

I guess, sometimes our emotional bones need to be re-broken in order to set them right. Maybe this was a common experience for those who read this book, but a lot of its most emotional points were like reading a bizarre dream about the last few years of my own life. I’m not going to go into it because that would be, like, an unacceptable amount of over-share, even for me. That’s just to say that I have no ability to be objective about it. This story: real or not real?

I love Mockingjay like I lov ...more

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Mar 05, 2014 Mohammed Arabey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

أهلا بك في نهاية أهم ملحمات الديستوبيا في العصر الحديث

"Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.”

"هل تأتي، هل تأتي الي الشجرة
حيث علقوا منها رجلا يقال أنه قتل ثلاثة
أشياء غريبة حدثت هنا ولكن لن يحدث الأغرب
في حال تقابلنا هنا بمنتصف الليل، عند مشنقة الشجرة"

الحبكة التي يراها البعض خطرا علي بعض انظمة الحكم

أحداث ثورية واقعية علي نظام فاسد ديكتاتوري، يمتص ج

أهلا بك في نهاية أهم ملحمات الديستوبيا في العصر الحديث

"Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man they say murdered three.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.”

"هل تأتي، هل تأتي الي الشجرة
حيث علقوا منها رجلا يقال أنه قتل ثلاثة
أشياء غريبة حدثت هنا ولكن لن يحدث الأغرب
في حال تقابلنا هنا بمنتصف الليل، عند مشنقة الشجرة"

الحبكة التي يراها البعض خطرا علي بعض انظمة الحكم

أحداث ثورية واقعية علي نظام فاسد ديكتاتوري، يمتص جهد شعبه من أجل مصلحة ورخاء الأقلية الأثرياء، الطبقة العليا والرئيس وحاشيته

ثوار حقيقيون يريدون العدل، أو يريدون فقط الحياة الكريمة...يريدون حــياة حرة فحسب

ونوع أخر من الثوار، يريدون قصاصا دمويا فحسب، لا يقلون ديكتاتورية عن النظام الفاسد الحالي...قد يصل بهم الأمر لقتل الأبرياء فقط لأسقاط النظام والوصول للسلطة مكانه

وبين هذا وهذا، نوع فريد من الثوار... كاتنيس أيفيردين

وهي اعتبرها أقوي ما في الثلاثية..شخصية فريدة وضعت في ديستوبيا أورويلية..تكاد تكون واقعية

كـالجزء الثاني ستجد نفسك امام احداث تتشابه مع واقعنا في الربيع العربي المزعوم
احداث ثورية علي نظام فاسد ديكتاتوري بخداعه وتعذيبه وقمعه، ونجحت المؤلفه في أضافة مواقف كثيرة خلال هذا الجزء توضح فساد النظام -حتي فساد الأستغلال الجنسي للمشاهير والتي تتشابهه كثيرا مع ممارسات حدثت في مصر منذ اواخر الستينات علي يد المخابرات وحتي التسعينات
-المهم أن كل هذا بدون حشو وايحاءات والفاظ بذيئه كعادة الكتاب الشباب العرب-

بل ومفاجأة غريبة ستجد احداث تتشابهه كثيرا مع "موقعه الجمل" في مصر او حتي ضرب الاطفال بالكيماوي في سوريا ولن يكون هناك تأكيد في الأحداث من قام بها بشكل واضح لانه -دعونا نتحدث بصراحة- لا يوجد شئ مؤكد في لعبه الصراع علي العروش والكراسي القذرة ولعبة السياسة النجسة...فكما قلت كان هناك البعض مستعدا للتضحية القذرة ببعض الأبرياء في سبيل أسقاط النظام, وأعتلاء السلطة

حتي ان كان هذا يؤدي للتضحية الغادرة بالأبرياء
-وجاء الفيلم مباشرا بهذه النقطة بشكل ممتاز-
حتي الرئيس يدافع عن نفسه في الرواية بعد هذه الأحداث الدموية بـ "لم اكن انتوي البقاء في السلطة وكنت انتوي التنحي ,وأنا أخاف علي مصلحة الشعب وحياتهم"

كما ستجد هناك ثوار يطالبون بالدم من اجل الانتفام فحسب , يطالبون بديكتاتورية أخري, واذا لم توافق فانت "خائن وعميل" واعتقد انه اذا كانت "فلول" لها تعبير انجليزي لتم استخدامه في الاحداث

“Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where the dead man called out for his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.”

"هل تأتي ,هل تأتي الي الشجرة
حيث نادي الرجل الميت حبيبته لتهرب
أشياء غريبة حدثت هنا ولكن لن يحدث الأغرب
في حال تقابلنا هنا بمنتصف الليل, عند مشنقة الشجرة"

ولندع الواقع الضائع,المقيت جانبا ولنبدأ بــ

الأحــداث
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تبدأ بعد مرور وقت قليل من نهاية الجزء الثاني الرهيبة
ألا أنها لم تكن بنفس السرعة كالجزء السابق وكانت أبطأ كثيرا

كاتنيس بعد معرفتها بما حدث للقطاع 12, وانتقالها لثوار القطاع 13 , يتم تدريبها هناك بالرغم من حالتها النفسية السيئة لتكون رمزا للثورة, الصورة الدعائية لها, وتوافق لأمر واحد...فهي تريد العيش بحرية وكرامة... ولكن لا يمكن أن يحدث ذلك دون القضاء علي الرئيس " سنو" الذي احال حياتها الي جحيم ,ودمر حيوات اكثر

ولكن الاهم يجب انقاذ "بيتا" من ايدي الكابيتول كما انتهت الأحداث السابقة..ثم لتبدأ الحرب

وهذا هو اكبر عيوب الجزء الاخير .. ودون الخوض في تفاصيل بالأخص لهؤلاء المعتمدين علي سلسلة الأفلام

لان الاحداث تدور من وجهه نظر كاتنيس فحسب, بينما الاحداث الهامة والمبني عليها احداث الجزء الاخير من تخطيط للحرب والصراع لا تستلزم وجودها في البدايه, او وقوعها الدائم في صدمة من توالي الاحداث الصعبة التي لم تكن نهاية الجزء السابق سوي بدايه لها يجعلها لا تتابع كيف يدور الصراع
فجائت الأجزاء التي تمر بها في اثناء تلك الصدمات النفسية بطيئة جدا

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مقارنة لا بد منها

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Vs. Mockingjay
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Vs
شعرت طوال الاحداث بانني امام نسخه اخري من اخر اجزاء هاري بوتر, حيث يتشابهه الاثنان في ان الخيط الاساسي في الاحداث الذي ظل ثابت في الاجزاء السابقه لينقلب ويتغير تماما في جزءه الأخير
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أولا: تغيير جذري في تسلسل وأماكن وقوع الأحداث بين الجزء الأخير والأجزاء السابقة

هاري بوتر كل جزء يبدأ بانتهاء الصيف ثم المدرسة وايام الدراسة و حتي الامتحانات
ماعدا الاخير لا يوجد مدرسة ولا امتحانات والاحداث بعيدة تماما عن مكان المدرسة التي اعتدناها طوال الاجزاء السابقة

في العاب المجاعات دائما هناك الحصاد ,ثم التدريب , ثم ساحه القتال.. ولكن هنا في الجزء الأخير الامر اختلف تماما, لا حصاد, التدريب مختلف تماما والقتال في شوارع العاصمة "الكابيتول" والذي اعتقد انه من وجهه نظري اكثر الاجزاء الغير مقنعه بالنسبه لي, فوصف الأكشن به كان صعبا جدا بالأخص في وصف كيف تمت كل تلك الصراعات في شوارع الكابيتول,وهذا يحتل مساحة ضخمة من الجزء نفسه

قد يكون الصراع بشوارع العاصمة "الكابيتول" دمويا كالأرينا "ساحات القتال" ولكن يظل الوصف مطولا ومرهقا ومختلفا عن نوعية الجزئين السابقين

كما ان هناك تطويل شعرت به منذ بداية الاحداث حتي مابعد منتصف الرواية
-كما قلت الاحداث من وجهة نظر كاتنيس فحسب-
اما تتداعيات النهايه فكان الجزء "الاكشن" بها غريب , حتي الوفيات به كانت "متسارعة" فلم اشعر بالحزن الا تقريبا بعد الاحداث الرئيسية وقبل الخاتمة الجميلة
Bittersweet
وهذا ايضا يتشابهه مع هاري بوتر وكثرة الوفيات في جزءه الأخير

وهذا ذكرني ايضا بنهايه روايه

Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth

والتي فاقت كميه الوفيات اكثر من هنا بالرغم من انها مازالت في جزئها الاول, كما ان اكشن "حرب الشوارع" لم يكن مقنعا بالأخيرة ايضا

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ثانيا : كلمات تؤثر القلب Always VS Real or Not Real

يبدو ان كل عشاق هاري بوتر شعروا بان تلك الكلمة -دائما- تعتبر كعلامة مسجلة لسناب في اخر مشاهده في الجزء الاخير من هاري بوتر, قصة الحب الخالدة بالرغم من مأسويتها

هنا ايضا تم أستخدامها بشكل رومانسي جدا ولكن يظل استخدام المؤلفة ل"حقيقي ام لا" هو اكثر ماشدني بهذه الرواية وأثر في بطريقة ممتازة و"اوريجينال" جدا ليكون مسجل لقصة الحب هنا والتي تبادلها الأثنين
حقيقي أم لا

وقد استخدمها بيتا وكاتنيس كثيرا في الاحداث مما يمنحك نوستاليجا للجزئين السابقين

"You’re still trying to protect me. Real or not real,” he whispers

وقد وظفتها بشكل رائع خلال الاحداث فعلا حتي نهايتها , وأثرت في جدا

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ثالثا : الخاتمة EPILOGUE

تتميز هنا في العاب المجاعات ان اخر فصل في النهاية اقوي وملائم بشكل اروع للسلسلة, بعكس نوعا ما في هاري بوتر والتي كان بها "كلاشيه" النهاية السعيدة المعتادة -وحتي ندمت عليها لاحقا جي كي رولينج في أمر رون وهرميوني

أعجبني جدا النهاية لكل الشخصيات "التي بقيت علي قيد الحياة فقط بالطبع" وحتي نهاية الطاغي /الطغاة

والسؤال المعلق...هل فعلا القادم سيكون أفضل؟
أعتقد ان النهاية جائت واقعية
وكيف تؤثر الثورة في نفوس البعض
سواء بالايجابية او بالسلبية

-وظهور القط في النهاية كما ببداية الرواية جعلني اتأثر كثيرا , المشهد تم تقديمه بشكل ممتاز في الفيلم الأخير-

“Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where I told you to run, so we’d both be free.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.”

هل تأتي ,هل تأتي الي الشجرة"
إلي حيث قلت لكي أن تهربي ,لنكون سويا أحرار
أشياء غريبة حدثت هنا ولكن لن يحدث الأغرب
"في حال تقابلنا هنا بمنتصف الليل, عند مشنقة الشجرة

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رابعا وأخيرا : حكايه الاخوه الثلاثه و حكاية شجرة المشنقة

قصة, هي دائما قصة من التراث الموروث في عالم الرواية..قصة تتردد منذ بداية الجزء الأخير
قصة قد تشعر انها قدر البطل حتي يتمرد عليها بثورته

في هاري بوتر قصه الاخوه الثلاثه كانت تصور ان النجاح والنصر يحتاج الي "مقاومات الموت" بالهروب منه بعباءة أخفاء..حجر أعادة الحياة أو عصا القوة ولكن الامر لم يكن هكذا ابدا بالرغم من انك ستعتقد في الجزء الاخير عند ذكرها ان "مقاومات الموت" هي طريقته للنصر

اما في هنا فأغنيه شجرة المشنقة, والتي أرويها لكم بلغتها الأصلية منذ بداية الريفيو اوحت للبطله ان الهروب من هذا الجحيم والاستبداد لن يأتي سوي بترك الجحيم تماما والاستسلام للعدم,الموت..وذلك قبل النهاية

وهي من اقوي الاجزاء بالرواية ايضا واعجبتني جدا بالرغم من طابعها التشاؤمي , الا انها للاسف تليق بالاشياء الغريبة التي تحدث الان في العالم الحقيقي,والتي تعدنا للأسف كالاغنية ان الاغرب بالفعل يحدث..ولكن الرواية تدعو لعدم الأستسلام..عدم الهرب بهذه الطريقة..وهذه هي قيمة الرواية وقوتها..قوة كاتنيس أيفيردين

“Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.”

هل تأتي ,هل تأتي الي الشجرة"
أرتدي عقدا من الحبال , جنبا الي جنب معي
أشياء غريبة حدثت هنا ولكن لن يحدث الأغرب
"في حال تقابلنا هنا بمنتصف الليل, عند مشنقة الشجرة

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النهاية
*****
ولندعنا من كل هذا التشاؤم ولنري ماتفوقت فيه بحق المؤلفه
وما بدأت به الريفيو, الشخصيه الثوريه الاقوي في روايات الديستوبيا من وجهه نظري
وتطور شخصيتها من أروع وأدق التطورات في الروايات من ذلك النوع

لم تأتي ثورتها وتمردها امرا مبالغ فيه, برعت المؤلفه في رسم كيف بدأت كواحده لا تفكر سوي في الهروب للعيش مع اهلها فحسب في الغابه بعيدا عن اي شئ..ثم إلي تحولها رمزا حقيقيا للثورة, وكيف تم في البداية استخدام الرمز بشكل "مهين" للفكره الثورية بحجه الدعاية , ولكن بشخصيتها وتلقائيتها تحولت الي شعلة ثورية حقيقية بعيدا عن الزيف والنفاق
تحولت الي طائر حر, يرفض القمع والاستبداد أيا كان مسماه
الفتاة المشتعلة اشعلت اللهب في الفساد واللاانسانية ,وحلقت كطائر حر

حلقت بعيدا عن الطغيان...اي نوع من الطغيان
طغيان حاكم , او طغيان ثوري جامح
ليس للانتقام وانما...لحياه للبشريه اجمل, قد لانصل ليوتوبيا, ولكن فقط نحاول الا نجعلها ديستوبيا

قد يكون الجزء الثالث هو الاقل تفضيلا بالنسبة لي "ازيد من 3 نجوم بقليل" ولكن السلسلة بوجهه عام وتطور شخصية كاتنيس والنهاية هي ماجعلت التقييم يعلو,ويجعل السلسلة من وجهه نظري فعلا تستحق القراءة كواحدة من اجمل الروايات الثورية

سافتقد جدا القراءه لكاتنيس ايفيردين..وسماع صوتها وهو يترنم...تلك الانشوده

"Deep in the meadow, under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
And when again they open, the sun will rise.

Here it’s safe, here it’s warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.

والي ريفيو للثلاثيه معا ان شاء الله

محمد العربي
من 5 مارس 2014
الي 16 مارس 2014

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تحديث في 22 نوفمبر 2014
بعد مشاهدة الفيلم

ينبغي أن اقول ان الفيلم فعلا تفوق علي الرواية في هذا الجزء بالأخص, اشعر دائما ان كاتبي السيناريو يحاولوا سد العيوب ليروا السلسلة كاملة بنهايتها بعكس المؤلف الذي قد يقع منه قليل من الأحداث

كعودة شخصية أيفي مثلا والتي افتقدها جدا بالرواية, لتكون موجودة منذ بداية الجزء الثالث
وبالطبع كما قلت ان الاحداث من وجهة نظر كاتنيس فقط في جزء هام كهذا جعل بعض الملل يتسرب إلي أثناء القراءة , ولكن الفيلم قام بتلافي هذا حيث يقدم الأحداث من أكثر من وجهة نظر وليس من جهة كاتنيس فحسب

أما أكثر ما عجبني فهي جملة علي لسان الراحل "فيليب سيمور هوفمان" في دور بلاتشر أنه غير كلمة حبل الي أمل في تلك الأنشودة التي غنتها كاتنيس...بدلا من حبل المشنقة حولها الي أمل

وهذا يتلائم بالتأكيد مع نهاية الرواية...بالطبع دون مشانق
لا تستسلم أبدا للموت, لم يكن قتل النفس أبدا حرية

أثرت في الأغنية جدا بصوت كاتنيس, وسعدت عندما حاولت تعديل الريفيو أن وجدت أني قد أشرت لها من قبل مشاهدة الفيلم فلم أقم سوي بتعديل بسيط في الريفيو وأضافة ترجمة لها بدلا من الاغنية بالانجليزية فحسب

أثرت الأغنية بشكل أقوي في بسبب الحوادث المؤسفة التي صرنا نراها بشكل دائم...نسأل الله أن يخرجنا مما كل هذا الوجع
ويحسن ختامنا

“Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Wear a necklace of HOPE, side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.”

هل تأتي ,هل تأتي الي الشجرة"
أرتدي عقدا من الأمال , جنبا الي جنب معي
أشياء غريبة حدثت هنا ولكن لن يحدث الأغرب
"في حال تقابلنا هنا بمنتصف الليل, عند مشنقة الشجرة

“Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where I told you to run, so we’d both be free.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met up at midnight in the hanging tree.”

هل تأتي ,هل تأتي الي الشجرة"
إلي حيث قلت لكي أن تهربي ,لنكون سويا أحرار
أشياء غريبة حدثت هنا ولكن لن يحدث الأغرب
"في حال تقابلنا هنا بمنتصف الليل, عند مشنقة الشجرة

رابط للأغنية بصوت جينيفر لورانس / كاتنيس أيفيردين وموسيقي الرائع جيمس نيوتن هاورد

ملحوظة في 21 نوفمبر 2015

الجزء الثاني من الفيلم كان مؤثرا بشكل رهيب
اكثر من رائع
حتي الاكشن فيه افضل من الكتاب
ولكن يظل النهاية ملائمة تماما للكتاب ومقدمة بشكل عبقري يحبس الانفاس

لا تفوت قراءة تلك السلسلة
ولا مشاهدة افلامها ...more

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Jul 26, 2018 ~Poppy~ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

“You love me. Real or not real?"
"Real.”

"Friend. Lover. Victor. Enemy. Fiancee. Target. Mutt. Neighbor. Hunter. Tribute. Ally. I'll add it to the list of words I use to try to figure you out.”

“Stay with me.
Always.”

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Jun 21, 2017 Khurram rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book is a page turner; the revolution is in full swing. Katniss must accept the responsibility of becoming the Mockingjay the symbol of the revelation. The main problem I have with this book is similar to the first book many of the battle scenes do not make sense to me, they are as confused as Katniss' mental state. As interesting as the book was to read I just could not give it 5 stars simply for the confusion of so many of the scenes. Other thing that do not make sense is the rebels are u ...more

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Dec 25, 2009 Melissa ♥♫ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This review is supposed to be hidden by the spoiler alert, but everyone is yelling at me telling me I spoiled the whole story so idk I'm really confused and I've checked that the review is hidden like 3 times and I do have it checked to "hide entire review because of spoilers" so I'm just putting this here, honestly this is probably the least spoiling review...if that makes sense. Sorry to anyone who's enjoyment of the book was ruined, just go find other reviews to read, nobody's perfect.

Also I This review is supposed to be hidden by the spoiler alert, but everyone is yelling at me telling me I spoiled the whole story so idk I'm really confused and I've checked that the review is hidden like 3 times and I do have it checked to "hide entire review because of spoilers" so I'm just putting this here, honestly this is probably the least spoiling review...if that makes sense. Sorry to anyone who's enjoyment of the book was ruined, just go find other reviews to read, nobody's perfect.

Also I changed some parts because, again, the review should be hidden but...yeah
Parts I change are lower case in the middle of the caps, it should be pretty obvious
*I hope I changed all the parts that people were upset about with spoilers and just let me know is anything else is a spoiler.

OMG I CANNOT BELIEVE all those people DIE!!!!!!!!!
AND the end with gale/petta thing
AND Katniss DOESN'T EVEN CARE what happened?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I MEAN AT FIRST I WAS A TOTAL TEAM GALE BUT THEN I WAS LIKE WELL PEETA IS OKISH I GUESS MAYBE BUT AS LONG AS GALE STILL HAS THAT SPECIAL BOND AND HES HER BEST FRIEND AND HES THE ONE SHE CONFIDES IN AND STUFF AND SHE LOVES HIM AS A FRIEND THAN OK FIND GO MARRY PEETA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CANNOT BELIEVE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I AND DID SC HAVE TO KILL ALL THOSE PPL?????
AND WHAT HAPPENS TO HAYMITCH?
I WISH THEY HAD MORE OF HAYMITCH'S HUMOR
THIS BOOK NEEDED MORE HUMOR, MORE HAYMITCH
THE BOOK WAS STILL REALLY GOOD AND I REALLY LIKED THE PARTS WITH PREZ COIN AND PREZ SNOW AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE BOOK WAS DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST I'D SAY THE SERIES BOOKS GO LIKE THIS
gale might as well have died
i also wanted more finnick and annie

1.)Catching Fire
2.)The Hunger Games
3.)Mockingjay

if u read this sorry about all the caps

UPDATE
ok so first yeah sorry again for my caps lock but I don't think I should change it as it reminds me how strong my feelings were then I guess so i don't hate Peeta now. But yeah no favoritism here haha
So Katniss as a mother was... strange, weird, it felt wrong
the whole voice and feel of the ending where katniss is talking and says "the girl knows" it just felt awkward with Katniss as a mom and since it was 1st person she also sounded so disconnected (as Hannah commented below Katniss sounded lifeless and I agree) like she didnt even bother to call her kids by their names just "the girl" I still need 2 get used to it
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3), Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. After the events of Catching Fire, Katniss Everdeen, her mother, her sister Primrose Everdeen, mentor Haymitch Abernathy, and her friends Finnick Odair and Gale Hawthorne, along with the survivors from District 12, adjust to life in the underground District 13, headquarters of the rebellion in Panem. Katniss reluctantly agrees to act as "the Mockingjay”–the symbol of th ...more

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1.) The Hunger Games ★★★★★
2.) Catching Fire ★★★★

Hello, I am here to finish off my breakdown reviews of The Hunger Games Trilogy! And ironically enough, Mockingjay was the last book I read in 2020! I will say, I feel like the series does get a little less enjoyable as I progressed through the trilogy all these years later, but I still think it is a solid series and I truly do think The Hunger Games itself is a masterpiece. But please use caution, because this breakdown will be filled with spo 1.) The Hunger Games ★★★★★
2.) Catching Fire ★★★★

Hello, I am here to finish off my breakdown reviews of The Hunger Games Trilogy! And ironically enough, Mockingjay was the last book I read in 2020! I will say, I feel like the series does get a little less enjoyable as I progressed through the trilogy all these years later, but I still think it is a solid series and I truly do think The Hunger Games itself is a masterpiece. But please use caution, because this breakdown will be filled with spoilers for each and every chapter of this book!

“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.”

➽ Chapter One:
District 12 is gone, but Buttercup the cat is alive. Truly this opening chapter was so dark and really set the tone for this entire book, and Snow’s rose? Truly so scary and horrifying and a good reminder at how evil he actually is. Peeta is gone, and Katniss is officially with the previously thought dead District 13.

➽ Chapter Two:
Peeta is a guest being interviewed by Caesar for the world to see. And they are also showing the bombing of District 12 over and over to remind people what happens with you rebel against the capitol. We also get to see the hidden, unground District 13 base, and how they are very ready to rebel against the capitol and nothing will stop them. Katniss is going to officially be the Mockingjay to help rally as much support as they can get, while also trying to instill hope for a brighter future.

➽ Chapter Three:
We get to see what it is like to live in this new world that is the hidden District 13 and what is left of District 12, and we are easily seeing that things are very unfair here too.

➽ Chapter Four:
And Katniss is even starting to see how President Coin might not be too much different than President Snow, just a different guise for their evil.

➽ Chapter Five:
Katniss is getting fed up with always being used as a tool for someone else, but she finally has her bow back and is hoping the make the best of what she has left, even with Coin making her say lines to instill hope for the new war that is beginning.

➽ Chapter Six:
But it is getting harder and harder for Katniss to rally the districts without Peeta, because she has never been the best speaker, especially compared to him, and especially because him being held captive is impacting her so greatly. But truly, the foreshadowing in this chapter is very insane.

➽ Chapter Seven:
A hovercraft takes Katniss to see the sick people at a hospital, and the capitol bombs them immediately after. Gale and Katniss fight, and we start to see that they are believing two different stories, but Katniss and her anger at the capitol is growing and growing and because its on public display it is automatically rallying more and more people.

➽ Chapter Eight:
The Cinna mentions truly rip my heart out every time. But Katniss also is sneaking watching Peeta’s clips that the capitol is showing and the more and more distrust of District 13 is building and building.

➽ Chapter Nine:
The infamous hanging tree song, that still makes me a bit uncomfortable, but we get to really meet Katniss’ camera crew and see the torture they have also endured. Katniss and Gale reminisce about when they were kids, but Katniss is truly proving to the reader this was never a love triangle more and more because she deadass is like “I like that Gale likes to hunt” and it makes me truly giggle. Also, Peeta is getting tortured for information. :[

➽ Chapter Ten:
But Peeta still is able to warn District 13 of an incoming attack. So much foreshadowing with Prim, but Gale helps her find Buttercup and they make it safely to the evacuation zone before the first bomb hits. Katniss and Prim finally have a moment just for them and just between them and it really broke my heart because I have read this book before, hahaha! And Katniss and her trauma and anxiety making her feel like she is having a heart attack? Heartbreak again.

➽ Chapter Eleven:
More bombings are happening, but this time it is just to ensure that Katniss stays off television so she and her message will stop giving other rebels hope! Katniss and Finnick finally get to talk and Gale is annoyed with Finnick for no reason other than Gale is truly stupid and the bane of my existence. But Katniss leaves the bunker and Snow has left her more roses and every time it gives me goosebumps in the most disgusting way. Truly harrowing each time. But the resistance has decided they are going to do a rescue mission for Peeta and Annie! Also, let me just note that Katniss is mean to Buttercup in this chapter and it annoyed me too, lmaoooo!

➽ Chapter Twelve:
Finnick goes on the broadcast and talks about how he was sex trafficked as a child alongside many of the victors of the hunger games, and how Snow would kill their loved ones if they did not “willingly” participate. After, they are able to rescues Annie, Johanna, and Peeta. But… Peeta, because of the torture and brainwashing he has endured, tries to kill Katniss.

➽ Chapter Thirteen:
We get to learn a bit more about Peeta’s torture and the tracker jacker venom they used to “highjack” his memories.

➽ Chapter Fourteen:
They send Katniss to District 2 and fake Gale love triangle angst ensues.

➽ Chapter Fifteen:
Rebels start fighting other rebels and Gale is just… stupid. And Katniss gets shot.

➽ Chapter Sixteen:
Katniss is healing up slowly after what happened in District 2, and she is helping Annie find a wedding dress with the things she still has of Cinna’s, so that she can get married to Finnick finally. Please, I am crying.

➽ Chapter Seventeen:
Katniss is getting stronger and stronger. This chapter really shows how different everyone lives and tries to heal after the hunger games they’ve been a part of. And Peeta just has so much anger in him still.

➽ Chapter Eighteen:
They are all fake practicing storming the capitol, with fake gas and everything. We get to learn how Johanna was tortured (with water) and how that has very much impacted every day of her life since. But they all realize that this will be their last arena ever, but it fills them with hope to storm the capitol for real.

➽ Chapter Nineteen:
Peeta’s memories are reconstructed and he goes with them to end this once and for all. But a bomb gets triggered once they are in the tunnel.

➽ Chapter Twenty:
An emergency broadcast announces to the world that Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, and everyone else are dead, and this could work in their advantage because Snow will not be expecting them, but they have to make it out of the tunnel with the mysterious black gel.

➽ Chapter Twenty-One:
They have their first death with Boggs :[ and they get to see this funeral for Katniss being broadcasted while they are all trapped and not trusting anyone.

➽ Chapter Twenty-Two:
Peeta is whispering “Katniss” all creepy-like, but they are able to break through this tunnel that they were trapped in with lizard-like people monsters. But… Finnick dies protecting them and it truly is the most sad and unnecessary death in this book and him and Cinna just deserved so much better. But Katniss kisses Peeta and I’m still giggling that people think this series has a believable love-triangle.

➽ Chapter Twenty-Three:
Katniss gives Gale stitches, and then Gale and Peeta have some sort of weird heart to heart together. This story really doesn’t have the “who will Katniss pick in the end” vibe so many people lead you to believe it does. We also meet the “tiger woman” and I was side eying a little while reading about her ten years later. But they are ready to finally go head to head with the capitol once and for all.

➽ Chapter Twenty-Four:
Listen, I don’t mean to laugh, but Gale trying to get Katniss to shoot him and her being like “no, you’ll be fine” and lets the capitol take him sent me a little bit, I am sorry. But we get to see how Snow has tried to protect himself by barricading the capitol with children, because he is banking on no one being cruel enough to kill them while trying to get him. But, parachutes come and… when I say this is the most harrowing and fucked up thing in this book… I mean it. The way these parachutes have been seen as a symbol of hope and healing for the recipients who get them in the hunger games, so the kids are happy to see them…. Only to have them explode and kill them, like… truly I don’t even have words for how heartbreaking that is to read and think about. But then, to add more heartbreak, Katniss sees a braid and a duck tail and… I truly am crying typing this. All this, everything, Katniss being selfless, Katniss willing to do everything to protect her sister, Katniss proving over and over she will do anything, only for the resistance to kill her so heartlessly. I truly weep. Prim’s death truly will always stick with me, and it is why I was impacted so viscerally when rereading The Hunger Games earlier this year and seeing the foreshadowing in that very first chapter.

➽ Chapter Twenty-Five:
Katniss is told that she is “lucky” to be alive after the bombs detonated, but she truly feels lost and that everything feels a little hopeless even now at the end of this war. Snow is to be executed, but Katniss visits him and she realizes that he is not the one who killed the children and Prim.

➽ Chapter Twenty-Six:
Katniss is questioning everything, including who chose to put a 13-year-old in combat. She goes to talk to Haymitch, but he is drunk. Katniss is stuck with her own thoughts, thinking about what life would have been like without the games, and if her and Gale ran away from District 12. She is also very much questioning if it was Gale’s bomb that killed Prim, and she knows she will question that for the rest of her life. But once she thinks at least everything is over, Coin states that she wants one last hunger games, for revenge, and it will star the kids of the people who were for the capitol. Katniss is supposed to be the one to finally execute Snow, but when her arrow flies, it flies straight into Coin, killing her and her idea for a new plan for evil.

➽ Chapter Twenty-Seven:
Katniss is captured and thinking of suicide. She learns that the people “crushed” Snow to death, and maybe not ripped him apart like in the movie. But we get to see Katniss grieving and finally feeling like she can grieve unapologetically for everyone she has lost, Prim, Rue, Cinna, Finnick, everyone. We also learn that Annie and Finnick got pregnant before he passed away, and maybe that is a new symbol of hope.

➽ Epilogue:
Katniss and Peeta have two kids, and it took Katniss a very long time to actually have them, even though Peeta really wanted them from the start. The games are still over, but we see the grief and PTSD will always be in their lives. And even though they are trying to do the best for their kids, it haunts them that they are playing on a graveyard they will never fully understand.

Truly, this series is haunting and there are a lot of parallels that can easily and obviously be made to the world we are living in 2020. My heart does go out to Katniss and I do really like her as a character. I do feel like the series got a little less and less enjoyable as they went on, but the basic premise is just so unique and solid and really helped start the dystopian (and YA) surge. And Katniss and Prim’s relationship just really settles heavy in my heart, and it truly makes you think about a lot of things you’d be willing to do for the people you love. I do still giggle at the people who ship Katniss and Gale, because they must really like eating crumbs and my heart goes out to them too. But Finnick and Cinna are truly the brightest shining lights for me, and I’m so sad Suzanne Collins didn’t give us a proper spinoff of their past! But maybe one day.

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Trigger and Content Warnings: torture, death, murder, war themes, blood depiction, talk of (fake) miscarriage, bombings, anxiety depiction, ptsd depiction, loss of a loved one, forced drugging, thoughts of suicide, talk of alcoholism, talk of rape in the past, talk of pedophilia in the past, talk of sex trafficking in the past, and slavery.

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Feb 02, 2010 Baine rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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"THERE IS NO DISTRICT 12."
Period. End of sentence. End of story. Biggest. Cliffhanger. Ever.
Oh. my. gosh.

I CANNOT WAIT!!! August 24... Someone could tell me the world was ending August 23rd and i'd say, no it isn't! Mockingjay isn't out yet, stupid! The world can't end! What about August 25th? Hah! well i'll have red it by then, so im good.

Was it just me or did everyone else frantically flip the pages after finishing Catching Fire? I was like,
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Feb 12, 2010 Penny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Updated! November 25, 2014 New 2nd addendum below the 1st addendum. Further thoughts/explanations as to why I gave this book five stars at the end of the original review. Warning: addendum contains some spoilers.

I've thought long and hard as to how I should review this book. For starters I feel I need to say upfront, this book is not for everyone. Mockingjay is the darkest book of the Hunger Games trilogy, containing excess violence, brutality and ugliness. People die. It would be naive to expe ...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Maureen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This series will never get old for me - it's fantastic.
I like the ending a lot better after rereading it I have to say!

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Jan 20, 2010 ★ Jess rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Fans of 'The Hunger Games' and 'Catching Fire'

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Spoilers.

When I first read 'Mockingjay' I was a silly little fourteen year old, drunk up on the fast paced action and immediate danger Katniss faced in the first two novels. Given her weakness and exclusion from important events, not to mention my almost 12 month wait for its release, I was bitterly disappointed.

Perhaps, reading now, I appreciate Mockingjay more because of my lower expectations. Perhaps it is because I can look at it in a new light. Perhaps its both.
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