So Mockingjay is the final book in the Hunger Games series and it was a true disappointment. The Katniss character lost the spark that made her "The Girl on Fire" and never found it again after the Hunger Games. The ending was disappointing in many ways, but I will be careful not to ruin anything for anyone.
REVIEW: 3.0 stars
Writing: 3.0 stars
This book was MUCH more gory and violent than the other two books. To me, it felt gratuitous and unnecessary. Suzanne Collins writes for the Young Adult audience, but it was more violent than I would expect for a 12+ rated book. The series as a whole did NOT live up to the writing of the Hunger Games at all.
I felt like the author had not planned to write more than one book and was on a time commitment after the first book in the series took off. The writing had deteriorated and just was not as strong with each successive book.
Also, AGAIN, while listening to the book was the overuse of "I say" or "she says". It didn't add clarity and was highly annoying.
AGAIN, Tatiana Maslany does a fabulous job as the narrator!
Character development: 3.0 stars
Again, there were a LOT of characters included in the plotline, but just too many were thrown away in grisly deaths which was disturbing. There was no real character development for them.
The Katniss character became personally and physically weaker as the book progressed. I expected so much more from her. At the end of the book in the epilogue, she settled. She did NOT put herself first which was incredible considering just how strong she was in the first book.
Since this book is going to be read by impressionable young adults, Katniss becoming a strong female character again would have been so much better.
Storyline: 3.0 stars
I mean how much war, violence, and horror can Katniss and her friends really endure? Well, the storyline proves that there was not enough in the previous two books! Let's just shovel more and more violence into this book. This was just over the top for me. Yes, war is ugly, but I don't read for pleasure to read about ugliness.
The ending and the epilogue were just not believable to me. It was just too tied up in a big bow. YUCK!
Book cover: 3.0 stars
Flat and uninteresting.
Book title: 3.0 stars
Mockingjay. It really was not about Katniss - it was about power, control. and a horrible war. The title should have been WAR.
Gut feeling: 3.5 stars
It was not what I expected. Disappointing!
LUKEWARM RECOMMEND - read to complete the series
INFORMATION/LINKS
Mockingjay (Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
400 pages or 11 hours and 19 minutes
3 days to listen via audiobook (I had a migraine and listened to it)
Listened to as a library audiobook - Los Angeles Public Library
Release date of 08/24/2010
https://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5579681464
https://www.scholastic.com/home
Happy reading,
Dorothea 💜
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