Did anyone find this book disappointing?

[Jordan]

I loved the first book, liked the second book, and thought this book was okay. It seemed so disappointing compared to the others.

[Danielle]

yes...I thought this book was a bit disappointing.

[Brian]

Hunger Games: amazing
Catching Fire: EPIC
Mockingjay: good; but boring; a little disappointing

[Renae]

Brian wrote: "Hunger Games: amazing
Catching Fire: EPIC
Mockingjay: good; but boring; a little disappointing"

I agree :)
Catching Fire is my favourite.
I think Mockingjay was trying too hard to be epic. I found it quite boring and I think the whole Peeta thing went the wrong way for me. The ending picked up a bit and I still love it (even though Finnick and Prim died) I just love the first two much more.

[Reyna]

Mockingjay really disappointed me. Somehow it wasn't as gripping as the other two and the plot seemed a little too drawn out. It doesn't live up to the first book in any way.

[Menna]

no, the epilouge did

[Alexandria]

I didnt really like mockingjay either. I thought Katniss just kept passing out at all the parts when she would originally have stood her ground and made it through. She went from being a tough heroine to being a shaky little puppet who allowed everyone to control and use her.

[Heather]

Jordan wrote: "I loved the first book, liked the second book, and thought this book was okay. It seemed so disappointing compared to the others."

That's exactly how I felt about it. I thought Katniss seemed very...tired by this book, which is understandable. I just didn't find her particularly interesting by then.

[Nicole]

I found this book a little boring. For some reason I think the beginning and the middle was spent with Katniss being depressed with a few pages of interesting action or plot. Then the end had more action, but felt a little rushed to me.

[Heather]

It might have been better if she was front lines instead just in planning meetings, but I think that was the point. She was a symbol to rally behind, a figurehead--the mockingjay. She was being used by everyone around her, and was well aware of it. She had no idea what was going on, with one side or the other painting her a certain way.

[Jordan]

Yeah, see I was so bored, I tried to rush through it, but it still took me forever. I don't even remember half of it. It was still a good book, but not compared to the rest of the series.

[Susan]

By the time I read Mockingjay, which I agree was the least of the three books, I was pretty tired of Katness and her selfishness. In all of the stories, she is surrounded primarily by people who do their best to make things better for Katniss, and she was too self-centered to really pay note to it. By the third novel, I'd had enough of her.

[Jazzy]

I totally agree. I didn't like this one as much as the others. I mean I wish Katniss would have chosen Gale over Peeta.

[Nurlely]

I don't think I count Mockingjay as disappointing, but it is certainly not as good as its prequels and less desiring compared to the best of the series, Catching Fire.

The Epilogue seems to be rushed to meet an end. There should be more to read before it comes to the end.

I still think Suzanne Collins is an awesome writer.

[Doreen]

yea... i agree, the only part i really clearly remember was when katniss shot the old woman .-.

[S.L.]

I'll be honest. I really didn't like this series for a few different reasons.

First, I find first person present tense difficult to get into when reading fiction. That being said, I know I CAN get into present tense quickly because it didn't take me long to get accustomed to it when reading Patrick Ness's dystopian trilogy. These books took longer for me.

Second, I think Collins was trying to show her audience how awful a society it was BECAUSE they would go so far as to pit child against child in a match to the death. But the way it was written, it felt to me like she was GLORIFYING it instead.

Third, the second book is a repeat of the first, plot-wise. Collins could have done so much better by making Katniss a mentor and forcing Prim into the ring. I wouldn't put it past Snow to do something that awful, would you? It would have given us a different vantage point and still could have led to the revolution in the third book.

[Renae]

You know, I'm still confused as to why they would split this book into two movies. That just doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure they could condense it into one.

[Jeanique]

Brian wrote: "Hunger Games: amazing
Catching Fire: EPIC
Mockingjay: good; but boring; a little disappointing"

Completely agree with you. Very unsatisfying.

[Heather]

Renae wrote: "You know, I'm still confused as to why they would split this book into two movies. That just doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure they could condense it into one."

Ordinarily I would say it has to do with there being too much material for one film. But I don't remember much happening in Mockingjay...

[Mary]

I found myself becoming more dissatisfied with the series as it went on. I blasted through the first book, and then started thinking of all the things that bothered me about it - I just found myself not believing that such a system would ever be feasible. The fact that it had been allowed to continue so long - the poverty, the division of commodities that each district was allowed to produce, but mostly the idea that people would stand for their children being chosen and taken away to fight to the death. And then I started wondering about the rest of the world, the other districts, so many issues. It literally destroyed my ability to really like the next two books. I attribute it to the books being YA, which I hadn't read much of since I was youg, except for the Harry Potter series.

[Liz]

I think it is going to take two movies to try to convey what happens in Mockingjay. There's so much going on but it is not action-filled scenes that take minutes to convey what is on the pages, (like the first movie) it is emotional thought processes that the director is going to have to show. That being said, I was getting tired of "Oh-no-Katniss-is-hurt-let's-rescue-her-and-then-have-her-mope-about-feeling-sick-but-then-let-her-do-it-again." It was frustratring and by the end, I was sick of her trying to be a "warrior." I am glad that Peeta finally called her out for who she was and am okay with them ending up together although I beleive it was forced and she settled. The ending was an all around disappointment. I wanted to know what happened in Panem. Who is leading and with what type of government but Collins was trying to force a love triangle that was fine in the first two books but was run dry in the last.

[Jordan]

Doreen wrote: "yea... i agree, the only part i really clearly remember was when katniss shot the old woman .-."

oh, haha see i don't even remember that! xD

[Jordan]

Renae wrote: "You know, I'm still confused as to why they would split this book into two movies. That just doesn't make sense to me. I'm sure they could condense it into one."

yeah i know, i don't even know where they'd split it!

[Destini]

In my opinion the first one was good the second one was action and twist packed this one just was depressing and made me wanna cry and i never cry (i didnt cry though)

[Amelia]

S.L. wrote: "Third, the second book is a repeat of the first, plot-wise. Collins could have done so much better by making Katniss a mentor and forcing Prim into the ring. I wouldn't put it past Snow to do something that awful, would you? It would have given us a different vantage point and still could have led to the revolution in the third book. ..."

That would have been so much better, and more meaningful too. Katniss and the other mentors could have worked to release their loved ones from the arena, leading into the rebellion. Catching Fire was good, but that storyline could have been epic.

[Hannah]

I really liked it, but not as much as I loved The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I feel like the first two books were more enjoyable than the last.

[Jordan]

Hannah wrote: "I really liked it, but not as much as I loved The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I feel like the first two books were more enjoyable than the last."

Yes! I feel like the book itself was good, but when you compare it to HG and CF it's not as good at all.