Mockingjay
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Did anyone else loathe the third book of Hunger Games?
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It is one of those very very rare cases where I found myself hoping that the film would deviate from the book. Unfortunately, it didn't. The same traditional lazy writing and cheesy below average ending you get when you aren't even trying to be creative and just attempting to meet a deadline.literally ruined the whole trilogy for me.
Reading through the hateful comments on Mockingjay on this thread is just amusing and it shows more about the idiotic nature of some reviewers rather than the book or Collins. In particular, the posts that believe because they don't like the book or think it sucks, then everyone MUST think this way because goodness forbids different opinions, lol.Here are some reviews that make sense about Mockingjay:
Entertainment Weekly: ‘riveting final instalment … Collins has kicked the brutal violence up a notch in an edge-of-your-seat plot that follows Katniss as she tries to fulfil her role, protect her mother and sister and, in the end, finally choose between her two greatest loves.’
Publishers Weekly: ‘the best yet… a beautifully orchestrated and intelligent novel that succeeds on every level [with] sharp social commentary and nifty word building.
Kirkus Reviews: ‘exactly the book its fans have been hoping for. It will grab them and not let go, and if it leaves them with questions, well, then, it’s probably exactly the book Collins was hoping for, too.’
Los Angeles Times: ‘fans aren’t likely to be disappointed … Mockingjay finally settles the question of Katniss’s true affections, and it takes some truly surprising twists and turns to get there. Unfolding in Collins’s engaging, intelligent prose and assembled into chapters that end with didn’t-see-that-coming cliffhangers, this finale is every bit the pressure cooker of its forebears.’
Baltimore Sun: ‘the heart-breaking effects of war and loss aren’t sugar-coated. This is one young adult novel that will leave you thinking about the ramifications of war on society, not just the coming-of-age of a young woman.’
New York Times: ‘not as impeccably plotted as The Hunger Games’ but still retained ‘its fierce, chilly fascination.’
Agreed, the third book did not pull me in like the first book did. The second book was not very exciting either.
I didn't like this book either. I honestly believe she should have just left it with one, it's my favourite book in the series. I liked the second one but I liked it a lot less. The third one did not make sense to me. It wasn't really realistic, it felt like some plastic story.
Its absolutely awful. I tell everyone reading the series NOT to read the last book and instead imagine a better story ending, ANYTHING would be better. It ruined the book series for me.
I second this! I hated the third book on the outset. By the way, not all dystopian fiction ends miserable (read Unwind series!). This was too dark and too bleak.
Awful. Absolutely awful.I loved the first book, liked the second, but Mockingjay was a disaster. Nothing made sense, the characters were boring and either emotionless or overly emotional, and everything was so unexpected and left me disappointed and confused. The ending was also too sudden and had loose ends. Overall it was rushed and awful and left me not even caring anymore because it was just so strange and detached from the other books. 0/5
Terrible. I especially loath the end part where Prim dies. After that the story was all too different than I had expected . It was like Suzzane had a deadline to finish the book so she sat overnight wrote down something rubbish just to finish the story. I liked the beginning of the first book but as the end came closer I was like what the heck! No offence to those who love romance novels but I really hate love triangles. Yet I picked up the second just for a friend and it was nice. it was best book in series . It kinda made up for first. But the Mockingjay ruined it all ....
I definately disliked the third book WAY more then the other two. I don't really know why, but it deffinately just went downhill!
I actually liked the third one the best, maybe because of the fact that I love the political genre. The first maybe 100-150 pages of Catching Fire was very dry and slowly paced for my taste, I generally don't mind slow paced books, but that was just the wrong place for slow pacing for me at least.
Whenever I hear the word Loathe, my mind immediately goes to the musical Wicked :)
I read the entire series four or so years ago so I don't remember a lot of details, but I do remember really liking the first two and being very disappointed by Mockingjay. I had a hard time reading it and it wasn't as epic as I expected
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