Synopsis:
My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.
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.
Review:
Okay, I know people will go asking "Why not a perfect 5?"
I know, I know people have been squealing about how much they liked this book so much, how much they run through the same level of excellence as much as the first and second book had. But seriously, I noticed how much Suzanne Collins had taken an easier way out. Like this was just final conclusion and therefore couldn't blow any harder from the first 2.
Mockingjay is indeed a wonderful conclusion to the first two books that came out. Still, one reason why it didn't get a full 5 because there was something lacking in the story. Romance bloomed enough in this book. But I was cut short with all the gore and action. Where was all the killings and thrill? Of course, this book has them, but was nothing like the 2 books which I surely gave a perfect 5. The writing that should have sent me to the walls of Panem and feel the action happening right before my eyes wasn't there anymore. The writing is still beautiful, of course. Still, I was sort of thinking that the author might have poured all the best ideas in the first two books, leaving a conclusion good enough, but not to top it all off. But wait, am I the only one who felt like the other scenes needs a 'slow down' button?
But I really had to say that this part of the trilogy was more likely a piece of beautifully strewn set of hearts breaking your own as you read. I really hate to admit it when I cry over books, but I just had to say that I did in this one. So hurrah, Suzzane Collins! You've made someone who never cried over a story, weep. I'd love to give you(readers) a personal warning of being prepared for the crying part, too. Because I didn't expect much of that.
And the crying part of me, (though how I don't really like to talk about it) is one way of saying that this book is an extreme emotional roller coaster: giving you hope, shattering it, putting it back together, gives you hope and shatters it again. It is impressive that way. And I'm really sincere about that.
I would still recommend the series. This book may not have struck me through all the action and killings and death. But the emotional attack, it's surprisingly heart-whelming.
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