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“There are worse games you could play.”

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins

July 17, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

I think I’m going to bullet point this one since I am now emotionally exhausted. The rest of the review will be all spoilers.

*This is still not a five star book for me, though I am going to bump it up to 4.5 stars. Mainly, I’m still mad about Finnick dying, although the longer time passes, the more I see why she did it. Also, the ending does still seem a little rushed and confused, but then again, it does sort of reflect Katniss’s mental state during what’s going on, so I’m still torn on that, too.

*The “Real, not real?” game still gets me. If I wanted to spend some real time dissecting how it parallels the events of the rest of the book, I could probably do it very easily. Maybe next time.

*I still love that this ends with Katniss assassinating President Coin. It’s one of those endings that makes perfect sense after the fact, but that you never see coming. I like the weird truce she and Snow have by the end, even though they are still enemies on opposite sides, they understand one another.

*The older I get, the more I admire the ultimate ending of this book, which is Katniss’s fate. There is no happily ever after here, because there are no happily-ever-afters in war. Even if you win, the cost is enormous. Katniss loses nearly everyone by the end, and blames herself for a good deal of it, and she will always be traumatized (as will Peeta). But they are able to attain some measure of happiness despite all of it. The book ends with her telling us that she finally gave in to Peeta after over a decade, and they have two children. The conflicting emotions she feels about all of it are just so good. And the last page remains one of the best ways to end a book. “There are worse games you could play.”

[4.5 stars]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: Dystopian, Mockingjay, narfna, re-reads, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, YA, Young Adult

narfna's CBR12 Review No:77 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: Dystopian, Mockingjay, narfna, re-reads, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, YA, Young Adult ·
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Comments

  1. Scootsa1000 says

    July 17, 2020 at 6:10 pm

    I am a big fan of the bullet point review for books like this. We don’t need to go over the plot again. I just want to know what you liked or didn’t like, and what changed this time around. All hail the bulleted list!

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    • narfna says

      July 18, 2020 at 10:29 pm

      I try not to do too much summary in reviews, anyway! And bulleted lists have saved on so many reviews of books I love way too much and have no power for organizing my thoughts over.

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