Book review by The Dancing Mockingjay
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins is the last book in the Games trilogy, which follows 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen and her family when her name is called in the Reaping--which is basically a child's doom.
Let me explain.
The Hunger Games is an evil game in which one child (under 18) of each gender is chosen from each of the 12 Districts in the Reaping to go into the arena. The arena is always different (Katniss explains in the book that one year, the arena was a frozen wasteland and all the tributes froze to death, while another year it was a desert arena where all the tributes died of dehydration.) and there is only one winner.
The Games is about one thing: survival. Kill or be killed by something: whether it's human or not.
The winner of the Games gains extreme respect from their district and all the other districts (there's 12). They've survived!
During the event of a Quarter Quell, there will be a special Hunger Games event. A QQ is every 25 years. (The 2nd QQ, as explained in Catching Fire, was where they sent twice the amount of tributes (that's right, there were 48 kids in the arena) to the arena that year. This was the year that Haymitch Abernathy, Katniss' mentor, won the Games.)
Anyways. I'm about done explaining about the Hunger Games and what not, so I'll get to the review now.
I'll tell you right off hand that I cried. Lots and lots and lots.
I shouldn't tell you that, though, because I can't tell you why without spoiling the book. So, I'll just review the book and we can all continue on with our not-so-normal lives.
Well, the plot was really good. I mean, not kidding, I was really shocked at some of the events that happened. I'll give it to Suzanne Collins: she wins the best author award in my book. I mean, really! Who else could write a book that twists and turns and has no Mary Sue characters?
Oh, yeah. Suzanne Collins does not have a such thing as a Mary Sue. Not a chance, people. The thought doesn't even exist in her brain. The words "Mary Sue" are not in Miss Collins' vocabulary.
:D
Which makes me very happy :D
Her characters, particularly Katniss, really grew throughout the books. I really liked the way Katniss developed from a whiny little girl into a mature young woman, especially with her interactions with the other characters (Gale in particular! :P).
Gale still hasn't grown on me. I think he actually got worse in this book.
*Minor spoilers for this next bit here*
When they were blowing up the Nut in D2, I really think he was just set on bloodthirst and revenge and that really settled my Team Peeta-ness. All Gale really wants is revenge! That's all he's ever wanted.
And when he was talking to Peeta in Tigris' basement thing, he scared me by saying "I should have gone in to protect her."
NO! NO, GALE, NO! Then we would have NO PLOT. At all! Gale doesn't need Katniss in my mind. He needs to be with Madge, but of course Suzanne killed her off.
*Spoilers over*
Okay. So, overall, I really liked the book, the characters, the plot, the ending, the epilogue and--well, let's just say I liked the whole package. :D
To put it in Team Peeta-ness, the whole thing was icing on the cake to the first two books.
So yeah.
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Thanks for reading.
Morg, aka *The Dancing Mockingjay*
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