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A review by jeromeks
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
5.0
I've finally reached the end. The way this series ended was both fitting and realistic. There was nothing fancy or glittery and it's obvious that there will be a long healing process for all parties involved. This revolution touched everyone and Katniss carries that guilt with her every night she sleeps. It seems to carry on the true nature of people who are shell shocked from war and misery. Those horrors will never go away.
The way people died... I'm speechless. People who I hadn't realized I grew to like and others I rooted for met grisly deaths. That made the loss all the more poignant. Talk about being kicked emotionally by a book. Leave it to me to think that the Games would be confined to the arena. The whole capital was turned into an arena. Reading the deaths of the various characters made me ask myself constantly if this was still a young adult read. I was horrified by the various atrocities in the book like those committed before anyone heard of Katniss Everdeen. Especially the crimes against children.
Katniss was a pawn and at the last minute figured it out and ended the master minding. This also effectively ended the forced behind continuing the Hunger Games. There was so much suffering in her young life. Peeta put it perfectly talking about the nature of humans wanting to cause suffering. She was only 17 and forced into a role she didn't ask for. She just fell into it and couldn't get out. It's so tragic and this was the authors point, to educate us on the abhorrence of war. I'm happy that in the end she found some means of a normal life and that her children will never have to experience the Hunger Games.
The way people died... I'm speechless. People who I hadn't realized I grew to like and others I rooted for met grisly deaths. That made the loss all the more poignant. Talk about being kicked emotionally by a book. Leave it to me to think that the Games would be confined to the arena. The whole capital was turned into an arena. Reading the deaths of the various characters made me ask myself constantly if this was still a young adult read. I was horrified by the various atrocities in the book like those committed before anyone heard of Katniss Everdeen. Especially the crimes against children.
Katniss was a pawn and at the last minute figured it out and ended the master minding. This also effectively ended the forced behind continuing the Hunger Games. There was so much suffering in her young life. Peeta put it perfectly talking about the nature of humans wanting to cause suffering. She was only 17 and forced into a role she didn't ask for. She just fell into it and couldn't get out. It's so tragic and this was the authors point, to educate us on the abhorrence of war. I'm happy that in the end she found some means of a normal life and that her children will never have to experience the Hunger Games.