Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

I’ve been traveling the past two weekends. Philadelphia and Wichita, Kansas. Explains my lack of blogging. But I have been reading. I’m in the middle of 5 different books now so there should be plenty of reviews coming. The most recent book I finished was Mockingjay, which is the third and final book in The Hunger Games trilogy.

First I should start by reminding you what I thought about the second novel, Catching Fire. I mentioned that the ending gave too much away. I never really felt the urge to read Mockingjay to figure out how the series ended. Others told me this was the worst of the series, and I agree.

There’s a lot of build-up in this book. Without giving too much away, Katniss becomes the Mockingjay. What’s a Mockingjay? You’ll have to read to find out. There are a ton of events in this story, with plenty of twists and turns. My issue is Katniss is constantly blacking out or being euthanized to sleep. For instance, there will be planning and action beginning then all of a sudden Katniss blacks out. Whatever happened is described in a page or two. It’s a bit disheartening, especially compared to the first two books. The storyline tries to play on emotion rather than action.

My opinion is there’s a steady decline in each book of the series. The first book was awesome, the second still pretty good, and this last one I could do without. Still, it’s a good story and the reader will want to know what happens in the end. It just moves slowly, especially given all the action and suspense in the first two books.

My rating for Mockingjay: 3 stars out of 5. Get it here!