I finally read the final book in the Hunger Games Trilogy. I procrastinated after reading mixed reviews. I wanted to love Mockingjay and was afraid I wouldn't so I just didn't read it. I had accidentally ran across a few spoilers. I had a email from a friend and in the first line it said I'm so glad ______ and ______ ended up together. Grrr!
I was ready for what was coming when I did finally read this book. I knew it was not going to be happily ever after, I knew it was going to be violent, I knew it would be a wild ride. Mockingjay is a book about war, the reality of war, war is not pretty. I can see why some people were disappointed in this book. War changes people and that was not glossed over in this book.
As for me I was engrossed in the story the entire time. I probably would have loved it if I'd read it when it came out but I'm glad I waited a few months to read it. I enjoyed Suzanne Collin's Gregor series and love the Hunger Games. Can't wait to see what she comes up with next.
Rating: 5 Stars
Content: To me this was a clean read no sex or language however to many it wouldn't be considered clean because there was plenty of violence.
Source: Audio Download from Overdrive
Glad you like the book. I can't wait to see the movie :)
ReplyDeleteUgh, I hate being spoiled! Still I'm glad you enjoyed it; I did, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review! I can't wait to read the series!
ReplyDeleteI totally just reviewed this book today!
ReplyDeleteHowever, I unfortunately didn't like it near as much as you did... :/
It was very hard to avoid spoiler but I (almost) managed to do it! Sometimes I love spoilers, I WANT spoilers ! But sometimes, they are just bad things! This was the case ^^
ReplyDeleteAnyway... It was a fabulous read, the book is so strong and hard and amazingly well written !
There was a lot of violence, but to me it wasn't violence to scar someone... There has been recent controversy about this not being appropriate for kids, but I disagree. I actually am going to put the trilogy up on my special bookshelf in my classroom when we come back from Christmas break.
ReplyDeleteI just finished reading it yesterday, and I loved it! Unfortunately though, I wasn't happy with the pairing at the end, and some of the other things that happened towards the middle/end of the book, so by the end I was really upset over some parts. But I still thought it was a great end to the trilogy! Now I'm looking forward to spending my Christmas break reading the Gregor series! :)
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