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 17, 2010 Savannah (Books With Bite) rated it it was amazing

Katniss is down to her very last straw. She has had enough of seeing people she loves get hurt or worse killed. It's now or never......

What a way to end the series! I was just astounded at the bang Ms. Collins brought. This book was, just unbelievably good. I do feel terrible for all the suffering Katniss wentr through. She has just gone through so much!

This final book in the triology was everything I expected. The characters, the drama, the writing, the plot....I could go on and on about this ...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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Oct 19, 2010 Danya Bakhbakhi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, young-adult, science-fiction, gcas-winners-2010, dystopian, ebooks

W O W. Haven't seen any of it coming. It twisted in every direction and then finally took the best imaginable course. I hated it most of the time for being so unfair and sad but that's the way things are isn't it? Although the end had a ray of hope, not bright or anything but it promised a new, kind of peaceful life to the new race of humans in that world. And maybe this time it'll work out. ...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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Oct 27, 2010 Mandy Reads Indie rated it it was amazing

absolutely with out a doubt one of my most fav reads of all time...not just this book, but all 3. would love love for there to be a spinoff, sequel something.

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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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Nov 27, 2010 Jesi rated it it was amazing

I always get sad at the end of a series that I really like. Part of me just wants it to go on and on. I want to know what is going to happen to the characters after the final curtain. So, it was with a heavy heart that I finished Mockingjay, the last book in the Hunger Games Trilogy.

While I really liked this book because I was so invested in the series, I had a few problems with it. Let’s start with what I liked.

Mockingjay finds the country of Panem in a full revolution led by the President of I always get sad at the end of a series that I really like. Part of me just wants it to go on and on. I want to know what is going to happen to the characters after the final curtain. So, it was with a heavy heart that I finished Mockingjay, the last book in the Hunger Games Trilogy.

While I really liked this book because I was so invested in the series, I had a few problems with it. Let’s start with what I liked.

Mockingjay finds the country of Panem in a full revolution led by the President of District 13 against The Capitol. Because of Katniss’s popularity and identification with the rebellion, she is enlisted to become The Mockingjay, the face of the revolution. Peeta is being held prisoner in The Capitol, where he is compelled to give interviews condemning the rebellion. I really think that it is in this book where Katniss goes from being girl to a woman. She is no longer playing a game, but using her skills to further a cause which will change the whole country. This series is a rollercoaster ride of action and this book moves super fast!

Now, for my concerns. We get a chance to see more of Gale in this book, which is nice, but I really thought we would have seen a more intense love triangle. Gale didn’t fight for Katniss, and that seemed contrary to his character. This wasn’t hugely distracting, since this is more of an action series than a love story, but I saw it as a missed opportunity.

My main problem with this book was the change in the writing style. Collins had so much that she needed to pack into this book, that she forgot one of the basic rules of writing – Show Don’t Tell. In between the main action scenes, there were long passages of the author telling the audience what happened, rather than allowing the reader to experience it with the characters.

Overall, I give Mockingjay…

Plot – 4 bookmarks
Character Development – 4 bookmarks
Love Story – 3 bookmarks
Social Commentary – 5 bookmarks

Dream Cast (otherwise known as who I pictured while reading) – Kristin Stewart (Katniss), Hunter Parrish (Peeta), Phillip Kelley, my best friend from high school (Gale), Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Haymitch), Megan Mullally (Effie), Tim Gunn (Cinna), Chris Pine (Finnick), Kelsey Batelaan (Prim), Andre Leon Talley (Plutrach) ...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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Aug 15, 2011 Stacey (sassysreadingnook) rated it it was amazing

Wow! I was a little apprehensive about this one cause I'd read a lot of mixed reviews. But I was quite happy with the way it ended, this book is different from the other 2 but in a good way. It gives us closure.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing these on the big screen, brought to life.

A must read series, one that'll have your heart pumping and on the edge of your seat. ...more

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