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Mockingjay
by Suzanne CollinsSeries: The Hunger Games #3
Published by Scholastic Press on August 24, 2010
SubGenres: Young Adult Dystopian, Young Adult Fiction
Format: AudioBook, eBook
Pages: 339
Narrator: Tatiana Maslany
Length: 11 Hours And 19 Minutes
Source: Library - Libby
Audience: Teen & Young Adult/12+
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The greatly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss Everdeen. The final book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins will have hearts racing, pages turning, and everyone talking about one of the biggest and most talked-about books and authors in recent publishing history!
I’ve finally finished The Hunger Games trilogy (not counting the prequels), and I wish I could rate the trilogy more than five stars because it truly deserves it. I can’t believe it took me this long to read this trilogy. Suzanne Collins made me care deeply for Katniss, as well as other characters that were mentioned. Here was one reader who was ready to read Snow’s downfall, especially after reading his book. (What an evil man.)
Before starting Mockingjay, I knew it was going to be emotional since I’d already seen both movies, but some parts still caught me off guard when reading the book. Katniss Everdeen will always be one of my favorite heroines, and Jennifer Lawrence did a great job playing her character in the movies. All of the actors did an amazing job. Once again, I really felt for Katniss and everything she went through. She didn’t deserve any of it for being so young. She deserved a childhood, and she didn’t deserve to lose someone she loved. I understood her choices at the end, and I also understood Peeta’s character a lot more. I felt so bad for Peeta and everything he had to endure from the Capitol and everything really. He didn’t deserve any of it either. He will forever be a sweetheart in my eyes, even if I didn’t get to read his POV.
I’m still that reader who doesn’t like Gale and will never like him, especially after what happened in this book, and that’s all I’m going to say about him.
I want to mention that there was another villain in this book besides Snow, and I’m glad that person got what they deserved, even if some readers might not agree. From the start, I didn’t like how this person used Katniss and how they were willing to sacrifice her. She was a child!!! I know this person wasn’t the only one who used Katniss, but in the end this person was truly evil, just like Snow.
I almost feel like I should send Suzanne Collins a therapy bill after going through some of these deaths again, this time in the book. My heart could only take so much, and I needed tissues, even though I already knew who was going to die due to already watching the movies. It was still hard reading it.
Overall, this trilogy is fantastic, and I give it five stars. I’m really glad I finally took the time to read these books. If you haven’t read the trilogy yet and you enjoyed The Hunger Games movies or like dystopian stories, you should definitely give these books a try. It’s a fast-paced read with lots of action-packed scenes and lots of violence; just make sure to have tissues on hand. You will definitely need those tissues.
Audiobook Recommendation: I highly recommend the audiobooks of The Hunter Games trilogy, especially since Tatiana Maslany narrated them. (The new versions of the audiobooks) She did a fantastic job narrating Katniss and the story. I absolutely loved Tatiana’s TV series, Orphan Black, and highly recommend it if you love Sci-Fi Thrillers.
Favorite Quotes:
What they want is for me to truly take on the role they designed for me. The symbol of the revolution. The Mockingjay. It isn’t enough, what I’ve done in the past, defying the Capitol in the Games, providing a rallying point. I must now become the actual leader, the face, the voice, the embodiment of the revolution.
“Fire is catching!” I am shouting now, determined that he will not miss a word. “And if we burn, you burn with us!”
“But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.”
About Suzanne Collins
Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days.
While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try.
Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. What you might find...? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part series, The Underland Chronicles. Suzanne also has a rhyming picture book illustrated by Mike Lester entitled When Charlie McButton Lost Power.
She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard.
The books she is most successful for in teenage eyes are The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. These books have won several awards, including the GA Peach Award.
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