Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) in Once Upon a Twilight blog

Aug 24, 2010 Shaun Hutchinson rated it it was amazing

Mockingjay broke my heart. It was a beautiful way to end the series. I couldn't have imagined it done better. ...more

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Aug 24, 2010 Kit rated it really liked it

I'm going to be purposely spoiler free here. I love this series and I love these books and mostly I love Katniss. I wanted badly to give this book 5 stars, but I felt it was missing something, and the thing it missed for me was Katniss and Peeta. Not their relationship necessarily, but their individual personalities that I have grown to know and love. I knew they would emerge changed after their last time in the games, but I missed them all the same. On a personal note, I also really hate epilog ...more

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Aug 24, 2010 Elizabeth *Swords for Fighting* rated it it was amazing

Mockingjay was an extraordinary end to a series. I absolutely loved it! It was completely unpredictable to me because nothing that I thought would happen did. I had no idea where Suzanne Collins was going to take Katniss in this book, which made it all the more exciting to read.

When I first received my copy of Mockingjay in the mail, I was literally shaking because I was so excited to read it! I immediately started to read it the moment it was in my hands, and I could not put it down for anythin Mockingjay was an extraordinary end to a series. I absolutely loved it! It was completely unpredictable to me because nothing that I thought would happen did. I had no idea where Suzanne Collins was going to take Katniss in this book, which made it all the more exciting to read.

When I first received my copy of Mockingjay in the mail, I was literally shaking because I was so excited to read it! I immediately started to read it the moment it was in my hands, and I could not put it down for anything but an emergency (which is in fact why I did not read it in a day, but everything is okay now). It was definitely the most anticipated book for me this year.

Mockingjay started off in the most gruesome way with Katniss walking around District 12. It was definitely not a happy beginning, but how could it be with the way Catching Fire ended. Everyone that survived District 12 is now living in District 13, but District 13 has its own problems. In fact, it is not as great as it sounded in the previous books. I would even go as far as to say that it is as bad as the Capital. The head honcho there, Coin, may seem like she wants to overthrow the Capital to get rid of President Snow's horrible ways, but I think that she is as bad as Snow. She likes power, and power is what she wants.

President Snow is probably one of the most evil villains I have ever read about in a book.He enjoys messing with Katniss' head, so he is still as evil as ever in Mockingjay. One detail I was looking forward to was why Snow's breathe smells like blood. The reason was fascinating and further displays Snow's evilness. I would have never guessed it.

I felt really bad for Peeta in this book. What happened to him was horrible. It was awful to read about, especially when Peeta was always such an all around good guy in the previous books. I would never wish it on anybody, but it further shows what Snow and the Capital are capable of.

It seems like many of the characters changed in Mockingjay, but with what they have gone through it is understandable. Katniss and Finnick are both mentally unstable. Katniss constantly pushes away everyone who loves her and wants to help her. Gale really opens up in this book, and I discovered that Katniss and Gale are extremely similar to each other especially when it comes to violence and anger. I like how Gale is extremely observant of Katniss and how they can speak to each other without actually talking. They know each other so well, but I think that is because they are so alike.

From the beginning, I kept thinking who is going to die in this book. Believe me when I say, many people do. Some of the deaths definitely hurt. There were so many deaths in this book, and some of them were extremely sad and had me on the verge of tears.

Mockingjay was a superb book. I loved everything about it. It was definitely an addicting page turner that I could not put down. I would plan on reading only one more chapter, but ended up reading three more before I even realized it. Suzanne Collins is an amazingly talented writer. The way she writes had me on the edge of my seat while I read. It was so exciting and unpredictable with a few OMG! moments. ...more

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Feb 06, 2010 Larissa rated it it was amazing

*Contains Spoilers if you haven’t read The Hunger Games or Catching Fire.

After all the painful wait the conclusion to the amazing Hunger Games trilogy has arrived. I just finished Mockingjay a couple minutes ago after spending all night reading it and I have to say it was more then worth it.

Katniss Everden has gone through more tragedies and tribulations than you would think possible for a 17 year-old. She has gone through not only one Hunger Games, but two in the past year and not her home and *Contains Spoilers if you haven’t read The Hunger Games or Catching Fire.

After all the painful wait the conclusion to the amazing Hunger Games trilogy has arrived. I just finished Mockingjay a couple minutes ago after spending all night reading it and I have to say it was more then worth it.

Katniss Everden has gone through more tragedies and tribulations than you would think possible for a 17 year-old. She has gone through not only one Hunger Games, but two in the past year and not her home and all that she has know have gone up in flames and she is the symbol of a revolution that she accidentally started.

The war is full on and in Mockingjay we finally meet the mysterious District 13 and it’s nothing like I imagined it would be. The whole war is being controlled from the bowels of the underground system that comprise Panem’s former military installations and at the leadership position we have President Coin. Now, I have to say that from the first moment she appeared in the book, I absolutely disliked her, she just gave me a creepy vibe and just reminded me of a more outwardly tamer version of the ruthless leader of the Capitol, President Snow.

Mockingjay is not as full of action as The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, but only by a very small margin. One of the things I most enjoyed about it was the in depth view we got of Katniss state of mind throughout the book. I have only one word for out heroine for a lot of Mockingjay, MESS! I am not criticizing her, she has all the right to be a mess, the destruction and deaths caused by the war just keep on piling up and being pullen in a hundred different directions is not something easy to deal with.

However, regardless of how much of a mess Katniss is, she braves through and rises in the story, showing how much she has grown since the first book. I love her braveness, loyalty and fearlessness even though I felt like punching her at times.

I really don’t want to spoil anything because I believe that the enjoyment of Mockingjay, is very much connected to it’s power to surprise you, so I will make this review shorter than I feel it could be and keep clear from plot points.

The Hunger Games trilogy is an YA series, but it is not an easy one to read, specially Mockingjay. At it’s core is some very powerful political and social criticism that cannot be ignored. Our society’s obsession with perfect beauty, corruption of power and selfishness, just to name a few. The people of the Capitol are a gruesome and scary look at what out society’s future might be if we get out of hand in idolizing fake beauty and plastic surgery.

The death toll in Mockingjay is indescribable, if I thought J.K. Rowling was brave to kill beloved characters by the end of the Harry Potter series, I have to say that Suzanne Collins is fearless. She does not pull punches and no one is safe. I cried and suffered with Katniss and loved every minute of it.

Mockingjay is the end of an amazing trilogy that I will miss dearly. Suzanne Collins had given life to so many wonderful and rich characters that I could not help but fall in love with and I just wish we could read more about them. But, I LOVED the ending and I feel she has closed this remarkable trilogy just as it should be and I just know that these will be books that I will read and re-read over and over again for the rest of my life.

If you haven’t read this trilogy yet, I seriously suggest you do something about it really soon, I could not recommend it enough!

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Apr 17, 2010 Mette rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-books

I sit here completely stunned, I cannot remember when I last read a series that made me think so much about life and dead and everything in between.
It really made me think about how our world is and how we treat our self and other people.

Many books has touched me but not as much as this, this book touched something deep inside of me.
I actually feel a little lost like Katniss does some places in the book and I mean that in a good way.

This series has made me go through all of my emotions from laug ...more

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May 08, 2010 Len rated it it was amazing

The Games have ended and turned into a larger arena where everyone is a player. And Katniss Everdeen is more than a player now - she's hailed as the rebel's image of hope, the Mockingjay. Just like in every war, there are a lot of casualities, sacrifices to be made, politics and powerplay, and truths that everyone need to accept. Feelings are raw, emotions are high, and stakes are larger than the last two books.

I had to remind myself from time to time to breathe while reading this book. From st ...more

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Sep 09, 2010 Yin Chien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Peeta is captured by the Capitol. Katniss is saved, but broken. She keeps blaming herself for unable to save Peeta from the Capitol's iron grip. She has only one way to rescue him, and that is to act as the Mockingjay and fuel the rebels' determination to overthrow the Capitol. But what she does endangers Peeta's situation even more.

Katniss is not the brave, strong-willed heroine anymore since she realizes that Peeta has not been saved. She is consumed by her own pit of despair and is on the bri ...more

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Sep 07, 2010 Kimberly Frost rated it it was amazing

Amazing series; very thought-provoking. Collins is a master storyteller.

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May 06, 2010 Coral Duran rated it liked it

I was left wanting more! I felt that the character development in this book was rushed and I didn't care for what happened in Peeta! He was made into a "monster" who wanted to kill Katniss! I didnt like this because i love the Peeta who was warm and caring and protective of her! It just wasnt the same! I felt the deaths of Finnick and Prim was rushed and we did not get to mourn them like they deserved! Ugh! ...more

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Jun 14, 2010 NocturnalRavings(Jodie) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, i-own, dystopia

"But there are worse games to play." First,thats just an awesome last line.Second,I almost resent that this series has to end.But end it has and what an ending!I love this book,this series! ...more

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