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**4.5 stars**
In a sense, this was the best book in the trilogy. It was dark, gritty, horrific and thought provoking, managing to remind us of important lessons from our history: that war is not a game, that in a war any atrocity can be justified if it brings victory, that there’s no glory in killing innocent people, that the faces of a revolution/movement can outlive their usefulness (see Che Guevara or Malcom X), how revolutions sometimes are as bad as what came before (see Russia and Cuba) or ...more
In a sense, this was the best book in the trilogy. It was dark, gritty, horrific and thought provoking, managing to remind us of important lessons from our history: that war is not a game, that in a war any atrocity can be justified if it brings victory, that there’s no glory in killing innocent people, that the faces of a revolution/movement can outlive their usefulness (see Che Guevara or Malcom X), how revolutions sometimes are as bad as what came before (see Russia and Cuba) or ...more
November 2014: I remembered very little from my read of this except the very end, so it was fun to listen to it and get all the nuances. The author makes some salient points about war and power in the last sections.
August 2010: This was non-stop action and the story had many twists and turns. There were unexpected things happening and the story certainly went in a different direction than I had anticipated. A friend said she was glad the author didn't fix everything in the end and I think I agre ...more
August 2010: This was non-stop action and the story had many twists and turns. There were unexpected things happening and the story certainly went in a different direction than I had anticipated. A friend said she was glad the author didn't fix everything in the end and I think I agre ...more
Na 50 pagina's voelde ik het al: dit is niet zoals de vorige delen. Waar is de ironie, de relativerende humor? Spotgaai is grauw, een oorlog tegen het Capitool, president Snow en de rebellen van de districten 1 tot en met 13. Ik kreeg geen klik meer met Katniss en ik vond dit boek ook absoluut geen jeugdboek vanwege de politieke verwikkelingen en het oorlogsgeweld. Deel 1 en 2 gingen over Katniss en in dit deel keek je als het ware door haar ogen. Wel vind ik dit boek aardig overeenkomen met de
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A good finale to the Hunger Games trilogy. This book focuses on the rebel battle and how Peeta is treated after being taken by the capital. Katniss develops well as the mockingjay. I think the author did a really good job at depicting grief. I really liked the ending and thought it fit well with the series.
I love the way it ended. I couldn't be happier with how the series played out.
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This was my favorite of the three - I absolutely loved it!
Jan 02, 2010
Amanda A
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
own,
read-in-2010
Jun 12, 2010
Marla
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
young-adult,
girl-power,
middle-school,
award-winner,
series,
dystopia,
fantasy,
with-reservations,
science-fiction,
zz-2010
Nov 30, 2010
Leslie
marked it as to-read
