#3 Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)

by Suzanne Collins

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

I was so hyped up to read Mockingjay and unfortunately it did not live up to my incredibly high expectations. It was good, just not great. After District 12 is blow up like Princess Leia's home planet, Alderaan any survivors move to District 13 who has only reemerged after years of hiding. I did not feel that District 13 lived up to its potential. In fact, it felt more like a contraction camp. Members of the community dress in all grey and have a mark branded on their arm with their schedule for the day, it is all very restrictive. Although in District 13, Mockinjay AKA Katniss is given great authority which I felt she took advantage of, greatly shown when she leads her team into a foreseeable failure resulting in misery and demise.

Then there's the whole tug of war thing between Katniss and her two leading men Gale and Peeta. This threesome reminded me of Twilight with the Edward/Bella/Jacob triangle (I'm a Jacob fan if anyone is interested) the difference is that despite any faults she may have, Katniss is a likable, good person; where as Bella just stands around sighing a lot and ogling Edward's abs.

Anyway, back to Mockingjay, even though I enjoyed the book and there was tons of action, I found the ending lack-luster almost as if the author didn't know how to end it and left me saying what? I felt this way about the epilogue too, it seemed to end abruptly, and sadly didn't find it satisfying. To be honest, I just thought the ending was too muted for such a high action trilogy. Anyway, I would definitely read these books again, I just wished the ending had more pizazz.