Book Review :: Mocking Jay, by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Series: The Hunger Games #3
Published by Scholastic Press
on August 24th 2010
Genres: Dystopian, Young Adult
Pages: 392
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My name is Katniss Everdeen.Why am I not dead?I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.
It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans--except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the personal cost.

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I finally finished Mocking Jay

And I must say straight away, that the reason it took me so long to read Mocking Jay (unlike the first and even the second book, which only took me a day and a bit), was because it really wasn’t as good as the first two. I had to force myself to pick it up when I couldn’t put the other two down.

The story continues on from Catching Fire and the first chapter is Katniss visiting District 12 which has just been blown up. The rest of the book is pretty much just Katniss and the main characters (minus Peeta for a lot of it because he is elsewhere (won’t tell you where just in case you haven’t read it)) hanging about in District 13, occasionally going out to make videos to show the country of Panem about the Mocking Jay – Katniss – and the rebellion. And only nearer the end does anything really happen.

Yes, it had its good bits: the bit right before the end chapters was exciting, but then it was disappointing. And the very very end, chapter 26 was a bit confusing at first, but after about five pages I kinda understood what was going on. The two very end sentences before the epilogue were super cute, so I was happy with THAT ending, and though the epilogue wasn’t really needed I don’t think, it was a nice picture to finish the series.

All in all, the Hunger Games series gradually decreased in awesomeness, which makes me a little sad really, especially after all the hype around it (and I’m still excited to see the movie when I eventually get round to it). But if you’ve read the first one and the second one, you kinda have to read the third one. It does tie up some ends, and there are “What?!” moments, as well as the usual love triangle still consistent, and some more deaths and some more characters rocking their minor roles. Go ahead and decide for yourself, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I was expecting.