Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
★★★☆☆
In the final book of the Hunger Games trilogy Katniss fought back
against President Snow. She was the Mockingjay,
the symbol of the rebellion. She had to be an example and lead the rebellion
while also dealing with her emotions. The Capital had captured Peeta and the number
one thing she wanted was for him to be safe. The second thing Katniss wanted was
to kill President Snow for all the pain and destruction he had caused.
I was very disappointed with
this book, after being so excited to read it after finishing Catching Fire and loving it. I felt the
story lacked real emotion. It was more like reading a series of events, without
really feeling emotionally connected to the characters, like I had with the
other books. I read things that should have pulled at my heart but I only felt
disconnected from the story.
I don’t mean to be harsh but
after the beautiful work the author showed with the first two books this was a
huge let down. I’m perfectly happy reading books that aren’t all happy and have
fairy-tale endings. I read a ton of books that do not have happy endings. With
that said I need to feel the emotion that the characters are supposedly
feeling. I did not feel that in this book. This book gave me the feeling like
that author was done with the series and just wanted to end it.
I also didn’t like how the
future was tacked on. When I was reading it all I could think of is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It
was different because the story was not the same as Harry Potter. It showed her
about twenty years later, who she ended up with and how her life turned out.
This also made a statement from the author saying, “ok you know how their lives
ended up, I’m done.” It didn’t feel original or give me much of a feeling for
the characters’ lives.
The story line was a good
idea but I just felt that it was wrongly executed. She could have made this
last installment great but instead I feel like she ruined it.
There are people that enjoyed Mockingjay,
Claire from YA Bookie Monster loved it, read her review here.
