Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) in Crazy Challenge Connection

May 12, 2012 Anne (Booklady) Molinarolo rated it liked it

Shelves: good-fiction, permanent-library, young-adult, sci-fi-dystopia, summer-2012

3.5 Stars

I couldn’t wait to read MOCKINGJAY to find out what happens to Katniss and the other characters I fell in love with. And after reading the conclusion to the Hunger Games I was left dumb-founded, saddened, and angry; angry at Collins mostly. While her writing is still quite beautiful and descriptive, she surprised me with some unpleasant twists of plot and characterization.

When Katniss visits her home in the Seam for the first time, I felt her sadness and vulnerability. She still hasn’ 3.5 Stars

I couldn’t wait to read MOCKINGJAY to find out what happens to Katniss and the other characters I fell in love with. And after reading the conclusion to the Hunger Games I was left dumb-founded, saddened, and angry; angry at Collins mostly. While her writing is still quite beautiful and descriptive, she surprised me with some unpleasant twists of plot and characterization.

When Katniss visits her home in the Seam for the first time, I felt her sadness and vulnerability. She still hasn’t fully recovered from the concussion that Joanna gave her in the Quell Games. She feels as desolate and vulnerable as her surroundings and responsible. Her arrow piercing the arena force field brought the fiery explosion and Snow’s bombers rained fire, destruction, and death upon her people.

She reluctantly lets herself become the rebels “mockingjay” on her terms. She still wants to protect Peeta and the other victors that were captured by the Capitol. By forcing President Coin to accept her terms, Katniss becomes a pawn in the leader’s own agenda, and Katniss is very expendable. So are the other Hunger Games Victors. Coin is as much of a despot as Snow is. The evidence is the harsh and rigid living conditions in District 13. She doesn’t realize her influence upon the citizens of Panam. We readers get a glimpse of it when she visits District 8. Her visit to the hospital, her jump to the rooftop to down Capitol hovercrafts, her defiant pledge to Snow: If We Burn, so will You. The girl on fire when she is spontaneous has a truly warm and giving heart. Her views on the killing of all the people in District 2’s Nut is also evident, but her decision to kill the Capitol woman and her vote in whether or not hold a last Hunger Game floored me. I cheered her action at Snow’s execution.

But what Collins did to Peeta, Finnick, and Prim really surprised me into a furious rage against Ms. Collins. I absolutely loved those characters. Poor Haymitch, he was getting so likable and strong, only to end up a drunk once again. The resolution of the love triangle surprised me, but really didn’t. It had to be resolved in that way for the girl on fire, since the trilogy really was Katniss’ story. I have to admit that I again teared up, especially in the epilogue; a fine way to end the Hunger Games saga with children playing in the Meadow. My emotional reaction clearly is entwined within my rating of MOCKINGJAY, but I can’t help it.
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Jan 16, 2011 Melissa Wehunt rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, war

I was almost positive that I was going to end this book and be disappointed...and in a way, I guess I was. But really, I'm not sure that you are meant to be completely satisfied with the ending to this series...afterall, so many horrible things happened. But alas, I was crying through the last chapter...and I have to agree with Katniss when she talks about Gail...sometimes we don't need someone like ourselves, we need that certain someone who balances us out and helps us see through the nightmar ...more

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Jul 23, 2012 Nancy Brady rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, library-book

The third and final novel in the series has Katniss becoming the face of the rebellion against the Capitol. Not content with that, she becomes a soldier in what seems like the final 'Hunger Games', but this time her family and friends are all dealing with what both the Capitol/President Snow and the leader of the resistance are dishing out. This time, will anyone survive? ...more

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May 10, 2011 Samantha rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

I kept hearing this one wasn't as good as the previous two but I disagree, I think it is different and the characters are different, but in a series you need growth. The only time I cried in this entire series was in this book, it was when Katniss and Buttercup made up at the end. I'm so glad they included the Epilogue, I would have been lost without it. ...more

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