Review: Mockingjay

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

So disappointed in how the trilogy gets wrapped up. And I am not talking about what happens to the characters but in the writing and in the *lack* of character development for Katniss. This 3rd book drags on – I’d check how far along I was along and be dismayed at how little I had progressed.

I had to think about why I was so disappointed at the end – and actually angry. Because Collins gave up. She stopped growing Katniss. I fell in love with Katniss in Book 1, was still enamored in Book 2 but in Book 3 I was just annoyed at her.

She whines about becoming the Mockingjay even after accepting it. She only survives because of the friends and heroes around her. They are the true characters, the true heroes. I felt Katniss spent most of the book hiding in closets or recovering from injuries or in general getting herself in trouble only to be saved by the other characters. I lost respect for her and wish the spotlight had been taken away from her and placed on the true characters of the story like Gale, Finnick, Boggs, Prim, Peeta and even Johanna. All of these characters actually grew and matured. Not so with Latniss and I deserved more than that after investing myself into the story till the end.

SPOILER ALERT:
1) Katniss’s choice to say yes to an important vote at the very end was ridiculously disappointing & proves the points above. I also felt it goes against everything the other two books stood for and how she was presented originally.
2) Peeta deserved better than Katniss. She was NOT good enough for him nor was she good enough for Gale (who seemed to realize that at the end).

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