Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

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Title: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: Dystopian
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 353
Date read: August, 2010

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans -- except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay -- no matter what the personal cost.

As eager as I was to read this book, I have to admit it was a bit of a disappointment. I still liked it, and still had difficulties putting it down, but the series definitely decreases in quality as it goes along.

Mockingjay was less repetitive than Catching Fire, which was nice, but even without the hunger games, it was a lot darker than the two other books. Suzanne Collins still doesn't pull any punches, but here, for the first time, I felt that some of the punches were unnecessary and even pointless.

And once again an epilogue that sounded like it was solely tacked on to please the fans. I wasn't as invested in this series or the 'ships' though, so unlike "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", I didn't mind it - even if I did see it for the cheap trick is was ;)