Mockingjay The Hunger Games #3
Reviews
fuck this series is so much better than i thought it was
So gripping, the epilogue will never not be the most bittersweet, perfect ending to a series ever!
I found the book to be interesting but some parts of it to be a bit cringe.
The entire series is so perfectly crafted and this was a brilliant ending. It shows that some demons will never go away but we can always grow, move on and remember.
i cant even,, im sobbing so much dude im so&!*#;#
Note: My last year read
“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.” ... Final book of trilogy. It is slow paced in comparison with other two and felt little extra stretched at some places. Catnis was irritating at alot of events. But the end is so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. It was a way better trilogy than my expectations.
** spoiler alert ** There were so many details I didn't remember, like Johanna and Katniss sharing a room in 13 (honestly how the fuck did i forget that) and the bond they create the way they can. it felt good to go back. Still not giving it 5 stars because you can't convince me that killing Finnick off had a narrative point or any impact to the storyline. It was purely shock value and that's a no from me. It's just another name to the list and it's honestly cruel. On the other hand, I appreciate the ending a lot and, I don't know now, but I remember back in the day people didn't like it much because it felt rushed. But to me it matches the pace of the entire series. The Hunger Games is extremely fast paced, it only made sense it would end like that, too. It also leaves the reader to wonder how did Katniss and Peeta actually grow back together. We've seen them do it for the sake of the games, leaving the ending to us actually gives them the privacy they needed in the first place. I've never doubted their feelings for each other, specially since Catching Fire, it's just like Finnick says: anyone paying attention can see it. I love that District 12 becomes the district of healing. it's interesting that the most valuable thing to protect was lost to both of them, with Prim dying and Peeta being hijacked and turned into something he was not. It's nice to read they managed to live with those losses and eventually found happiness, even if the scars would never actually vanish. That's human nature. Now for my favorite quote: "Several sets of arms would embrace me. But in the end, the only person I truly want to comfort me is Haymitch, because he loves Peeta, too."
the hunger games series is a modern classic.
But there are much worse games to play. suzanne collins does an amazing job depicting grief and ptsd and effects of war. this should be required reading in every school
** spoiler alert ** 5 ⭐️ The most perfect ending to this trilogy. I know a lot of people enjoy the first two books more and I can’t blame them because I also agree. But honestly I think this book is so so underrated. The politics are so interesting and the plot is arguably more devastating than the first 2 books. I will never get over losing Finnick AND Prim. Again, I’m repeating myself here but there are so many details that I wish they kept in the movies. Also I need to mention Finnick again, I will NEVER get over his death.
Well this was fucking depressing
Like so many dystopian stories, the trilogy suffers from problems of scale. Despite Katniss traveling from district to district, there's never a good sense of how big each district is. When speaking of them in the abstract, they seem huge. When traveling through them, they are small enough to fit the needs of the plot. http://pussreboots.com/blog/2019/comm...
Le Sigh. Ripped my heart out in so many places. Couldn't stop myself from continuing to read it, though. I just had to know what was coming up next. It was great.
I enjoyed reading this but not as much as the other books in the series. I know Katniss was supposed to be recovering and stuff, but it just felt like she was kind of just floating around. I mean she wanted Peeta back so bad, but he comes back damaged, and she acts like she wants nothing to do with him. I felt like it was kind of rushed as well, them making their way through the capital and all, even though we were gearing up to that the whole book. Overall, still an amazing book, just not my favorite in the series.
2.5/5 Unfortunately, my least favorite book from the series. I don't know why, but the plot didn't interest me as much as in the previous parts. I also forgot why I don't read books with love triangles. But this book reminded me why.
Ya basta, lloré mucho, pero que bien armada la historia.
i prefer really not to um.. not to speak.. if i speak i am in big trouble
When I read this the first time most of the thing flew right by my head. I remember the characters who d1ed and how it happened really fast that I as a reader cant process it well. This time, everything slaps me in the face. Just how good this trilogy actually is? Jujur gue STRES BANGET bacanya karena its about war— so everything happens really fast. Terus pas beneran turun ke jalan MALAH LEBIH CEPET LAGI. Kupikir Suzanne Collins udah gila bikin Quell di CF only happens like on the last third of the book, TERNYATA MOCKINGJAY LEBIH SINTING.
I remember this being my least favorite book and that still definitely holds true. While it's still pretty gripping and intense, the beginning felt a little boring to me. The main problem I had, however, was Katniss being extremely frustrating like 90% of the book. I understand that this series has a love triangle, which I hate anyway, but it simply lasted too long. She was confused until the end, but then not? And she's so back and forth about EVERYTHING? I understand that she is supposed to be, what, 17? But even so, I found her actions to just be really...obnoxious in this book. And as a Peeta lover, there just WASNT ENOUGH PEETA. She was so absorbed with getting Peeta back and when she finally does but he's damaged, she's no-where to be found. And they're both dealing with their own issues and complications and but it just didn't feel right? I also don't like the way certain deaths are handled in this. Some are talked about in serious length, and others aren't. The importance of each death seemed skewed. I still really love this series. I love this series SO MUCH. I cried at the end, even if the ending feels a little off to me. And I'm still thinking about this series even now, hours later. Really glad I decided to pick these back up!
I absolutely loved the saga. At times, I was physically unable to put these books down. I appreciated the movies but I feel like I understand the characters so much better through the books. There are also so many details that were not included which is not a bad thing because it felt like discovering a whole new story. Where Katniss felt quite cold and unreadable in the movies, I feel like her rationale and fears are so well transcribed by the author. The saga is not merely a fast-paced story packed with action. I feel like the main themes are actually psychological, touching on overcoming trauma and dealing with grief which I did not get from the films and loved about the books. It is also deeply political and more complex that it seems. An inspiring and heartbreaking read!
It’s the weakest yet and it definitely meanders for a while but the action in the latter portion of the book is unreal
Highlights
Poison. The perfect weapon for a snake
"Fire is catching!" I am shouting now, determined that he will not miss a word. "And if we burn, you burn with us!"
And then I understand. The Games are still on.
Peeta doesn't need a brush to paint images from the Games. He works just as well in words.
“When the time comes, I’ll flip you for it.”
The other side of the Coin
Because something is significantly wrong with a creature that sacrifices its children's lives to settle its differences… The truth is, it benefits no one to live in a world where these things happen.
It's not wondering what I breathe in, but who that threatens to choke me.
I’ll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years. But there are much worse games to play.
But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.
I'm moving in toward the camera now, carried forward by my rage. "President Snow says he's sending us a message? Well. I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?" One of the cameras follows as I point to the planes burning on the roof of the warehouse across fromn us. The Capitol seal on a wing glows clearly through the flames. “Fire is catching!” I am shouting now, determined that he will not miss a word. “And if we burn, you burn with us!”
In his hands, I am again a mockingjay. "Cinna," I whisper…. I turn the pages slowly, seeing each detail of the uniform. The carefully tailored layers of body armor, the hidden weapons in the boots and belt, the special reinforcements over my heart. On the final page, under a sketch of my mockingjay pin, Cinna's written, I'm still betting on you.
But there are much worse games to play.
Deep in the meadow, under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
And when again they open, the sun will rise.
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you