Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 3

Publisher: Scholastic Press (August 2010)

404 pages, eBook (purchased myself in a Trilogy Bundle for $18.99)

Book Rating: 4 Stars

The Capitol is growing desperate as Katniss is incorporated into the rebellion, for the most part against her will. This last book is a wonderful example of how anything taken to an extreme is sure to be a bad thing. No matter what side you are on, once the line is crossed, it pretty much looks the same from either side. I felt this book was almost entirely a slow, depressing slide to the end, and there isn’t much left at the finish, but what does remain is beautiful and powerful. Wonderful series!

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 2

Publisher: Scholastic Press (June 2010)

391 pages, eBook (purchased myself in a Trilogy Bundle for $18.99)

Book Rating: 4 Stars

Katniss continues to be extremely confused about the two men in her life, Peeta and Gale, while uprisings begin in many districts, the dangers of the Quarter Quell nears, and it becomes clear that the Capitol holds Katniss responsible for the unrest, making blatant threats to all she holds dear. Though she’s still not my favorite character, Katniss’s obvious bewilderment over the Peeta and Gale situation, makes me feel a bit better about her, if nothing else just to know that she isn’t just being cold out of spite. You can’t help but like Peeta, the man has few if any flaws, and he continues as such. The Capitol in all their ugliness is finally revealed in this story, and I’ll be interested to see how it all turns out in the last book in this series, Mockingjay.

Movie Adaptations/Modern Retellings/Related Works:

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth

Movie Rating: PG-13

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games Trilogy, Book 1

Publisher: Scholastic Press (September 2009)

387 pages, eBook (purchased myself in a Trilogy Bundle for $18.99)

Book Rating: 4 Stars

Katniss Everdeen was honorable, strong-minded and courageous, but she also had a coldness and excessive pessimism about her, particularly toward Peeta, that I could not like. Even though I didn't much care for her as a character, I did enjoy this story. A very different world, presented in first person, and a story that holds you captive to the end. I look forward to reading the second book in this series, Catching Fire, and I hold out hope that I will warm to Katniss as the series continues.

Movie Adaptations/Modern Retellings/Related Works:

The Hunger Games (2012)

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth

Movie Rating: PG-13

My Rating: 4 Stars

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