Who did really, really love Mockingjay?

[Amanda Stephany (mandsandherbooks)]

Sometimes comments and reviews read make I feel like I'm part of a minority, of the ones who honestly loved the last book of the trilogy. I consider it to be quite different from the previous two, maybe more depressing and less thrill-filled, but I thought the emotional conflicts, among others, were so human and real that I think this book is actually magnificent. So... who's with me?

[Ruth]

I loved it!

[Suzanne Richardson]

I loved it as well, and I will explain why: it was messy. While part of me was upset about most of the events that transpired, it fit so well. This was not a 'everything ends up for the best and the world is better than it was before' ending, and it would not be true to the world Suzanne Collins created.

Panem was at WAR. War does not always end well, especially when there is the fall of a dictator. People die, people lose their minds, and even though the war ends there is that sadness that lingers.

Something else I appreciated was the battle sequences. Everything happened so fast and it was frustrating, but as frustrating as it might have been, it's realistic. Katniss can only take in so much and comprehend events so fast, and we saw everything through her eyes. It was gritty and dirty, but it was real.

[Matt]

I wouldn't say I loved it, but it ended the series well. It was too heavy to "enjoy" if you know what I mean. It finished off the series and it did it well, continuing to develop the characters and the overall storyline.

I've come to appreciate when authors can make me feel WITH the character. For example, when reading of a character trudging through a monotonous desert, it should be a bit of a "trudge" to read through that part. You in some sense experience it with them as opposed to "watching" the characters experience it.

Collins did this very well with the ending of Mockingjay. You feel broken, incomplete, unresolved. Some people attribute this to a bad side effect of rushed writing. But I think it was intentional on the author's part. Not giving Katniss' children names is, I think, a very strong point in favor of this point of view. It would have been such an easy thing to pick two throw-away names. But instead they are deliberately left nameless.

[Addee]

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Yes, thank you!! I loved it, Mockingjay was absolutely awesome, it was my favourite book in the series by far. I can't see what's not to like. It was the only book out of the three that I DIDN'T find depressing. I loved Peeta's role in this one, it was so satisfying for me, cause I didn't like Katniss either. Then with Prim, it seemed to be her destiny in the end. I felt everything fell into place perfectly. Nothing seemed unresolved to me & I wonder if I have read the same book as those who say that it was rushed, don't know what they mean by that? The series was awesome but Mockingjay was fantastic & made the series for me.

[Alese]

I'm reading The Hunger Games Trilogy over again.. because I haven't read Mockingjay.

[Margaret]

Hated it, never even finished it because Katniss was so whiny and dumb.

[AgCl]

it was good, at least the author was brave enough to shake things up and not play safe. It was brutal and bloody but at least it wasn't boring...

[Kevin]

I am really glad that Suzanne Collins decided to express her versatility as a writer in Mockingjay by "shaking things up." That being said, the last book was my least favorite. Katniss perservering in the corrupt world that was Panem was my favorite aspect of the series. For Katniss and those of the other districts life could not have a "perfect" happy ending, but I disliked the grim tone that progressed through Mockingjay. That being said, the ending of the book inparticular and the cast of characters that live through it thoroughly disappointed me.

[TJ]

I loved it. I didn't like some parts-prim dying, gale her supposed killer-but You're not goig to agree with everything an author does. I loved the story and how katniss ended up with peeta; i loved katniss' courage and willingness to sacrifice for the people she loved. It is my favorite book of the three.

[Camille]

It's my favorite in the series in terms of emotional and psychological contents :) I felt Katniss' emotions, losing a person you cared for most, the one who could understand and love her changed drastically (Peeta).. It showed how the characters were affected by the war, and how it "breaks" them. One could never be the same. Katniss at 17, she was able to endure the Games but the pressure of the war on her was so great... And the people saying that the deaths were unnecessary and foolish, it's a war, and since book 1, we saw how many people were killed for the Games or the rebellion. This is the side of war that's really happening. It's a warning to us all that this could happen and we should learn from all the blood and grief that a war could bring.. I loved the epilogue, it's not "happy", since they're broken, it takes a lifetime to fix one another. Being left so much to the readers to reflect upon, this book is also a glimpse of the reality we have..