Book review #3

Mockingjay (2010)

Collins, Suzanne

Science Fiction

Rating: 8/10

Warnings: Violence

Katniss is back again in another thrilling adventure.  In this book Katniss is now living in the hidden district thirteen.  She is basically mentally ill and has constant nightmares of the past two hunger games she has been in.  There is a full on rebellion against the capitol and Katniss has to choose whether or not she wants to be the Mockingjay which would mean she was the rebel leader and she doesn't really want to.  The capitol has captured Peeta and torture him a lot and Katniss worries about him all the time

Katniss has to travel into the capitol and help fight the battles with her friend Gale and many other of her friends.  Will she ever get Peeta back?  Will she ever be mentally stable?  Will the Capitol ever fall?  All these questions are answered in Mockingjay.

The major theme in this book is fighting back and fighting for what you believe in.  This book shows how even the small people can do great things and Suzanne Collins does a great job of showing this in this novel.

This book is a very good read and with the turn of every page it gets better and better and you never want to put the book down.  The author uses first person with the view of Katniss and it shows her thoughts and feelings on the rebellion and what should be done to save humanity.

The intended audience is young adults.  Boys and girls would like this because there is violence and fighting but there is still romance and drama for the girls.  Even older adults would like this book but I would not recommend for younger kids because this is probably the most gory of the hunger games series.

I read Mockingjay so I could finish the series and find out how Katniss' life turns out.  This book starts off slow and drags in a lot of spots but overall it is a good book.  New York Times Book Review said "Collins has done that rare thing.  She has written a sequel that improves upon the first book." Time Magazine said "Whereas Katniss kills with finesse, Collins writes with raw power."  I enjoyed reading this book even though there was slow parts.  It has a dramatic ending that surprised me a lot and I would recommend this to other people.