Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Why read this one? Mockingjay is the final part of the trilogy by Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two offerings so I anticipated a great finale. The book was on offer at Tesco for £3.86 so I couldn’t go wrong really. Short synopsis… Katniss Everdeen has survived two gruelling; and character building rounds, of the big brother style reality TV show that is known as The Hunger Games. At the tender age of 17 this girl has survival skills that modern day adventurers would be proud of – having lived in District 12 which supplied coal ... more

Katniss Everdeen has now survived two rounds of the Hunger Games, albeit in thanks to a conspiracy to use her as the spearhead of an intricate rebellion this time around. Having been protected by others in the arena and subsequently broken out of the arena by a crack-team with the most unlikely of members, Katniss finds herself in district 13, the district previously thought to have been destroyed seventy five years ago. This time around, Peeta is nowhere to be seen. After being split up, Peeta has been captured by the Capitol and President Snow is now using him as a pawn in his game against ... more

Mockingjay is the third and final book of the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Picking up where book 2, Catching Fire left off we rejoin Katniss who has just been rescued from almost certain death in her second Hunger Games. Alliances had been formed, thoughts of rebellion had been sown in the minds of the populace of the various Districts but now after recovering from her violent ejection from her last combat trial Katniss has no idea who is friend or foe any more. Most of her new life is documented in District 13, no longer a far off mythical place. Now set in concrete or rather ... more

In The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is one of twelve children sent to fight for their lives in a cruel arena for the entertainment of the Capitol. She survived in a way that made the game creators, and therefore the government, look bad. In Catching Fire, she learns that her actions have stirred up unrest in the districts that serve the Capitol. President Snow himself tells her that he will hold her responsible but she doesn’t know how she can quench the rising flame of revolt. In this conclusion to the fantastic trilogy, the unrest has become outright war. Katniss is forced to take on the ... more

Within minutes of finishing Catching Fire I grabbed my copy of Mockingjay eager for more. However, I'm sorry to say that I was bitterly disappointed by the final novel in The Hunger Games trilogy. I'm a sucker for a good love story so after Catching Fire I was looking for many more romantic moments leading up to the end of Mockingjay, but I did not find them. Instead I was presented with a story miles away from its two predecessors. The atmosphere was completely different with characters separated and all over the place as well as numerous new additions. Some people see this book as a ... more