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Mockingjay
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September 7, 2010
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September 30, 2010
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Jennifer
Apr 04, 2012 rated it liked it
You know it was better than what people told me it would be. I can see their issues with the change in sense of the character but I think the change was natural. You can not go through torture and killing others to stay alive without getting a little messed up. I did not find this book as page turning as the last 2 but I felt the story remained fluid. Two deaths really upset me and I wish it wasn't written that way but it is fiction after all. It's strange how when you read a book you can get so ...more
Lala Tee
Sep 02, 2012 rated it liked it
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what to expect what to expect. O.O

OK now that I've finished it. WHattttt!! that's it?! WHY? Yeah you can torture the characters in the book all you want but not the readers. Please not me.. is this really it? I was so enjoying Book1 and Book2 and now why? Why do you have to end it up like that? And why do those people were killed? like.. like.. no they can't be dead. And at first i was liking everything that's going on but no not with Peeta no I dont agree at all.. and not with Gale to.. And not
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Rob
Feb 03, 2012 rated it really liked it
This is the last and in my view best book of the trilogy. The first one was fairly slow and drawn out. The second starts out as a teen love drama but builds into a violent ending. This book is all about overcoming the powers that hold these characters down. The characters are violent, dirty, and have to fight for every little bit of life they have. My only complaint is that at times it felt like the author didn't know where she was going next, so she just rushed ahead blindly. A few times this l ...more
Jen
Apr 06, 2012 rated it it was ok
Most. Annoying. Book. Ever.
Susy  V
Apr 28, 2012 rated it liked it
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Good story, but depressing. I guess it could not have taken any other direction.
Mejša
Jul 26, 2012 rated it really liked it
poutava serie,zajimavy napad /lehce pripomina turnaj kouzelniku z Bradavic/, neotrela charakteristika postav.. jen ten happy end me moc nebavil..
Jamey
Aug 01, 2012 rated it liked it


This got really slow in the middle, picked up, teetered off again, and then it was over. It wasn't the ending to the series I expected, or wanted. I'm a but underwhelmed I guess.
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