Mockingjay

“Mockingjay” is the third book in the hunger games series, written by Suzanna Collins. I really liked this book and I can tell by the books I have read so far that Suzanna Collins likes to write about people who are going through hard situations, but through it all there is good in the end. The theme of this book is that anyone, even in the worst situations, can find a way to prevail. It just takes time and effort, but in the end it is all worth it. “Mockingjay” is about how Katniss is now the icon for rebellion and she has to find a way to end the capital reign of destruction with the help of a few friends. She has to lead the districts to victory in a huge war that is to end President Snow’s power. While this is happening, it is also Katniss’s job to destroy the capital by killing their leader, President Snow.

               

The book begins with Katniss getting out of the quarter quell, safely waking up to find out the rebellion against the capital has finally started and Katniss’s Mocking Jay pin is the rebellion’s icon. She also finds out that the capital has captured Peeta and she has to take part in commercials (called propos) for the rebellion to convince more people to join their side. Once the rebellion puts out one propo starring Katniss, they immediately start gaining people and becoming more powerful. The rebels took cover underground from a bombing by the capital. After this, Katniss made another propo while the rebellion rescued Peeta from the capital, but the capital brainwashed Peeta and now he thinks Katniss is. Once she starts fighting, she is shot. Once healed, she is put into a unit with Gale and Finnick. They plan to go into action while being filmed for propos, but before the unit leaves for battle, Peeta is assigned to join them. Early on, their captain, Boggs, gets killed and Katniss is assigned new captain of the unit. She tells them that she is supposed to kill President Snow, so the unit’s main objective now is to help Katniss kill Snow. The Unit goes through a lot and many innocent people and solders die for Katniss’s mission and she won’t stop for anything until the end and the job is finished.

               

I really enjoyed reading this book, probably even more than the first two because of all the questions it answered that I have been wondering about. This book was not relevant to me at all because of all the insanely huge obstacles the characters had to overcome. I would never go through anything like them. I would without any doubt in my mind recommend this book to anyone who likes excitement in their reading. There is so much action and excitement, it’s hard to put the book down. If anyone wanted to read this book, I would highly advise that they read the first two books in the series first or else they will be very lost and confused about what is happening. “Mockingjay” demonstrates overcoming challenges, including one of the roughest and a few of the saddest moments I’ve ever read. Besides those parts, the book ended on a very good note. When I was reading, I would never be able to tell what was going to happen next, which kept me on my toes and made it very hard to stop reading. Overall, this was a very good book that I really liked and I had a great time reading the Hunger Games series and wish it didn’t have to end.

Book Review by Bennet H.