Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) in Nothing But Reading Challenges

Aug 27, 2010 Lisarenee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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The final ending to a wonderful series. Perhaps a little heavy for tweens, but it's been working it's way there through the series. A month after Catching Fire ended Katniss stands in what was once her home district. Razed to the ground. Not all were lost as Gale's quick thinking saved a small portion of the district. Thankfully, Katniss' family was included in the survivors. The fate of certain individuals is unknown. Katniss is still recovering and the Rebellion has only just begun. Now Katnis ...more

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Aug 26, 2010 Sonya rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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“Real or Not Real?” Definitely Real. Given Suzanne Collins character development and gifted storytelling, there isn’t a moment where her futuristic dystopia does not feel real to the reader. Her ability to deftly draw you into every scene and absorb you into Katniss’s world enables you to suspend disbelief and “go” on the journey with her.

The Hunger Games series occurs in a future North America known as Panem, where government oppression severely affects the quality of life for the majority ...more

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Oct 19, 2011 Nairabell rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 3-star, teen-ya-dystopian, read-in-2012

Katniss Everdeen has managed to survive two rounds in the Hunger Games but she still isn't safe. A rebellion is unfolding and it seems everyone contributed to the plans apart from Katniss herself. District 13 is alive and they need Katniss's help in their rebellion against the Capitol. Katniss must become their Mockingjay no matter what the cost.

This is the third book in the Hunger Games series (after The Hunger Games and Catching Fire) and one I was really looking forward to after the dramatic Katniss Everdeen has managed to survive two rounds in the Hunger Games but she still isn't safe. A rebellion is unfolding and it seems everyone contributed to the plans apart from Katniss herself. District 13 is alive and they need Katniss's help in their rebellion against the Capitol. Katniss must become their Mockingjay no matter what the cost.

This is the third book in the Hunger Games series (after The Hunger Games and Catching Fire) and one I was really looking forward to after the dramatic end to the previous book. Unfortunately this failed to live up to my expectations and I was left feeling very disappointed. Parts of the storyline didn't work for me and while the tension did build towards the end, I was beyond disappointed in that.

The rebellion has been something that has interested me for a while so to see that in action was brilliant. The idea of dressing Katniss up was a clever way of playing on the Capitol's concepts and reclaiming the spectacle usually reserved for the Hunger Games. That said Katniss struggles to be more than a pawn in their plots and it was disappointing to see her exchange one manipulative group for another.

The love triangle was a problem for me again, even when Peeta isn't there. There were moments where I genuinelyy felt for Katniss but again she seems incapable of deciding what she wants. Gale is caught up with the rebellion and Peeta is caught with the Capitol so it is almost like the triangle is a way of showing the larger rebellion on a small scale. This is never really shown well which is even more disappointing to me as a reader.

The ending is the part of the book that I was most disappointed in. It is hard to discuss without spoilers but suffice to say I was horrified by the deaths of certain characters and even more so by the conclusion of the love triangle. Katniss entirely fails to make a decision at all and instead just goes along with what everyone else decides. Never before have I seen a love triangle concluded by what is geographically convenient and I truly hope never to see it again.

All in all this was an okay read and I'd recommend it if you are a fan of the series.

Plot: 7/10
Characters: 7/10
Ending: 6/10
Enjoyment: 6/10
Cover: 7/10

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Nov 09, 2010 Claire rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Couldn't write a review quite adequate for this series. Seems I'm still at a lost as to what to write here. Maybe I'm torn as to how I feel about the war; the deaths; the violence; the love triangle; the twist; the gladiator ways; the games; the end... I loved Peeta's character, Katniss and Finnik's also, just to mention a few. I'm still scatterbrained to write my coherent thought about this series. Can't wrap my mind around it. All I know is that I enjoyed reading all 3 books and hated it at t ...more

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