Mockingjay

Book three of the Hunger Games trilogy

by Suzanne Collins

The final part of the Hunger Games trilogy proves as shocking, voyeuristic and violent as the earlier volumes. Collins envisages a future world in North America in which civilisation has broken down, largely as a result of our twenty-first-century obsession with war, image and gameshows.

The Hunger Games are just that: teenagers pitted against each other in a modern take on the legend of Theseus, or gladiatorial games, fighting to the death.

Collins explores the effects of war and violence on those coming of age, centring her text around Katniss, a girl who has emerged as the 'Mockingjay', a legendary figurehead who will front the revolt against oppression and cruelty, and who faces serious ethical and personal issues.

Publisher: Scholastic

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What you thought

I thought this was awesome! I was just itching to get onto this book after I read ' The Hunger Games' and 'Catching Fire' and this looked the best (visually) I thought it played with my emotions and was based around the war with background link with the Chemistry between Katniss and Peeta. It did not have as much romance as I would of hoped but it more than made up with the action and the Mind-Blowing ending. It just shows no matter how much trouble, loss and death can happen in life, it can never tear apart love. I thought it was awesome (if I haven't already said that) and now we just Suzanne Collins to make an ENTIRE new Series, then life would be perfect, right??!!

Rating: 4 star

Issie

England

21 February 2013