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Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) |  | Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 400
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.4
ISBN: 0439023513
EAN: 9780439023511
ASIN: 0439023513
Publication Date: August 24, 2010 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she’s made it out of the bloody arena alive, she’s still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what’s worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins’s groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
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 I hate war stories but... September 5, 2010
*Caligirl_08* (San Diego)
I HATE HATE HATE war stories. I only read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) because I wanted to read a story similar to Battle Royale: Director's Cut (Collector's Edition). This 3rd book turned out to be a WAR STORY. Blood, guts, people being tortured, blown up, killed. CHILDREN dying, important cast members dying, important cast members being permanently bodily scarred. I actually was impressed, she wrote war but she wrote it realistically. There's nothing that annoys me more than a war story where the hero and all the hero's loved ones and love interest get away unscratched, Mockingjay was satisfying in that the author allowed her characters to get hurt and suffer and lose.
Honestly, I read the bad reviews and I understand how a lot of readers were upset about certain people dying and whatnot but I was satisfied with the ending. I don't think a trilogy where children have been sent to a televised in order to KILL EACH OTHER for the last 75 years could have ended in a soft fluffy way all wrapped up in a tidy little bow. I think the author fulfilled her promise and did a solid job wrapping up the story.
 Can we get a "Do-over"? September 5, 2010
G. Jorge (Deer Park, NY United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok...I have been waiting & waiting for this book for such a long time. I read it in two days.....I still can't believe the series is over.... and in such a disappointing way! It's like having gourmet Hors d'aeuvres only to be served frozen pizza as the main course! Peeta's barely in it & when he is, he is nothing like his character in the past 2 books. Katniss is a total mess and is flat out mean to Peeta. Gale wants to kill everything & everyone. Finnick finally gets some depth only to die in five seconds with barely a backwards glance. Prim gets killed...PRIM!!!! The whole reason Katniss entered The Hunger Games was to prevent her death!!!!!!! Other characters that I wondered about were barely mentioned: Effie shows up at the end, where was she? Cinna (was obviously killed but there was no closure!), Madge & her family & of course Haymitch (we find out they killed everyone he ever loved) President Snow's death & Darius and the other Avox girl (all the other Avoxs too) Johanna & not to mention the addition of so many ''red shirt'' type of characters!!!!!!Finally we resolve the "love triangle" as what feels like an afterthought!! It felt rushed and almost like someone had "hijacked" Suzanne Collins & forced her to write the book as quickly as possible, regardless of the quality!!!
 Reading with Tequila September 5, 2010
Jennifer Sicurella (New Jersey, USA)
With Mockingjay being one of the most highly anticipated books released in 2010, expectations ran high. So high, that I don't think Suzanne Collins could have possibly satisfied all Hunger Games fans no matter how she decided to end the trilogy. I'll admit, I expected this book to be monumental. After two books that were some of the most amazing I had ever read, only epic greatness would have ended the trilogy in a manner it deserved.
I'll start with the bad first. I feel that Collins too the easy way out. Sure, things happen - important things at that, but everything has a hint of predictability. Those jaw-dropping, tear-inducing, completely rip-your-heart-out moments that made the previous books were surprisingly absent in Mockingjay. There was no instances of the big, ugly cry. Never once did I have to stop and think "Wow, she really just did that."
My other complaint about Mockingjay is the pacing. The book is SLOW and doesn't pick up until the third part, about halfway through the book. We see a lot of thought and internal issues with Katniss and planning by the rebels, but no real action. A book that should have kept me glued to its pages, took me three days to finish reading because the first 200 pages weren't all that enthralling. I put the book down to do other things constantly. This was a huge change from the first two books where nothing in the world could have dragged me away from word one.
Now, the good. We get answers. Absolutely nothing is left unanswered. Too many series end without tying up loose plot points, so the fact that we know everything in the end is very important.
The story is complete. Along with answers along the way, we get answers to what we may have wondered about the future. An epilogue, a la Harry Potter, allows us a quick look into the future and we know for certain how things continue to play out after the book ends.
The romance aspect of the story will be interpreted by readers depending on what team (Peeta or Gale) they've been on throughout the series. Looking at it as unbiasedly as I can, I'll say it was good in that I really didn't know which way it was going to go until late in the book. It felt at times that each guy had a chance. I don't like the reason the book romance worked out the way it did. For such a strong character, Katniss has always been way too wishy-washy about her love life. I feel there should have been a firm decision made by her as to why she ends up with the guy she does, instead of kind of just accepting the situation that presents itself.
As always, Suzanne Collins as given fans a good story. It's no where near the emotional roller coaster it should have been, but it ends the trilogy in decent, acceptable way. I feel let down by the book, which is partly due to my personal expectations, the huge hype and the lack of shocking moments I loved in the previous books. Mockingjay will definitely be debated by fans for years to come.
Why did it have to end? September 5, 2010
D. Laney (Long Beach, CA)
Okay, I'm a Hunger Games fan... but I have to admit I'm quite sad to see it end. Now I'm scrambling to find something to fill the void.
This book is superbly written, as are The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. The first chapters grab your interest and hold you until it finally lets you go. Not for the young one's though, much of the book has graphic violence and I would think it would frighten those under thirteen. I read through the book slowly as to savor it, but once the chase was on I couldn't put it down. I only wish the epilogue would have been a fourth book - I would have loved to learn more about the (happy?) days together and rebuilding of society.
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