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    Mockingjay
    Mockingjay
    Mockingjay
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    Mockingjay

    Written by Suzanne Collins

    Narrated by Carolyn McCormick

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    Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateSep 1, 2010
    ISBN9780545285292
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    • 4/5
      Not my favourite of the three, but Collins did some really interesting things with some of the characters through the very end.

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    • 5/5
      STUNNING. I'm in tears. absolutely incredible and heartstopping. 10/10 recommend.
    • 5/5
      A compelling and disturbing dystopian tale told by an unforgettable heroine.
    • 4/5
      The final instalment in the trilogy. Katniss and friends have been rescued by the rebels in district 13, but can she really trust them? Letters suffers at the hands of president snow with terrible consequences. How will it all end?
      The third book tries to tie it all up and also raises some interesting questions, are the rebels really that different to the capitol forces? Everyone is using Katniss for their own ends.
      I enjoyed this book, perhaps not as much as the other two but it does make you think and has a few interesting ideas, a good closing.
    • 4/5
      This book can definitely bring out strong emotions in readers. It shows that we humans can be cruel to each and loving. But also that it can be ‘easy’ to become a version of that which we hate or that which we see as bad or evil. In the end, I think the hope she does about humanity is good. It’s not overly optimistic considering the world she built. And I think it worked best that she didn’t spell everything out, but left some pieces for readers to fill in on their own.

      I don’t want to say anything that may spoil something that happens in the book for those who may not have finished it yet, but I found the more we saw certain characters, the more I because sure of how I thought of them or sometimes, I came to think of them the exact opposite. Not that the person changed - based on Katniss’ remembrances of them - but we saw more of who they were because circumstances allowed us to see them more.
    • 5/5
      BEST BOOK SERIES EVER SO SAD ITS DONE ?
    • 3/5
      This book is great but this narrator is insufferable. Katniss isn't a helpless princess, it makes no sense to read her as one. This narrator is either completely unfamiliar with the universe or she doesn't care.
    • 5/5
      At first, the style of writing seemed a bit different than the first two, though I can't exactly place why. It is still amazingly good, and I definitely teared up at the end. Crying due to a violent book is a good thing in my mind, because there was no obvious sentimentality tugging at my heart strings - it's just so well-written, you feel for the characters. And maybe I was a little sad it was all over. I'm ready to read them again.
    • 5/5
      I wish I could learn more about how Peeta and Katniss life after the Hunger Games. I wish I could learn more about their children and even how the districts developed and reunited.
    • 5/5
      Chilling, exciting, heart breaking. Not one for crying at books but being able to listen to the book and visualise the war made me sob!
      Probably would never have read them if it weren't for the movies but glad I did.
    • 5/5
      Inhaltsangabe:Kaitness hat auf spektakuläre Art und Weise die 75.ten Hungerspiele beendet und wurde auf direktem Wege zu Distrikt 13 gebracht. Offiziell gibt es diesen Distrikt gar nicht und die Menschen leben völlig unauffällig und isoliert unter der Erde. Weil sie das Kapitol dieses Mal direkt vorgeführt hat, wurde Distrikt 12 in Schutt und Asche gelegt und über 90% der Menschen starben dort. Ihre Mutter und Prim haben jedoch überlebt, Gale hat es auch in Distrikt 13 geschafft.Die Präsidentin von Distrikt 13, Coin, möchte Kaitness als Symbolfigur der Rebellion offiziell etablieren. Doch Kaitness stellt Bedingungen, die Coin nur mit Widerwillen akzeptiert. Während die Rebellion gegen das Kapitol in anderen Distrikten in vollem Gange ist, muss sie sich einspannen lassen, um die Medien-Präsenz zu verbessern, um dem Kapitol die Stirn zu bieten. Doch das Kapitol hat ebenfalls noch ein Ass im Ärmel – Peeta! Er scheint sich auf die Seite von Präsident Snow geschlagen zu haben, aber Kaitness kann es nicht ganz glauben. Merkwürdige Botschaften sendet Peeta aus und Kaitness kämpft um seine Befreiung aus dem Kapitol.Schließlich wird ihr vor Augen geführt, das die Menschen, mehrheitlich unterdrückt und in bitterster Armut, gegen die Macht des Kapitols kämpfen. Es herrscht Krieg, etwas, was Kaitness nur schwer verdauen kann. Sie will nicht noch mehr Tote, noch mehr Verletzte – ihretwegen. Aber es gibt bereits kein Zurück mehr. Coin, Haymitch und viele andere sind in den Krieg involviert. Fragt sich nur, welche Ziele Coin wirklich verfolgt und wie Kaitness ihre Familie und Peeta durch die schwere Zeit bringen kann. Jeder Krieg fordert Opfer – so auch von Kaitness.Mein Fazit:Den dritten Teil der Tribute von Panem-Trilogie habe ich gleich im Anschluss an den zweiten Band gelesen. Gedanklich war ich also noch voll im Geschehen drin und habe hoch interessiert und äußerst gespannt weitergelesen.Der dritte Teil ist eine logische Konsequenz aus den ersten beiden Bänden. Brutal und mit allen Mitteln will das Kapitol seine Macht demonstrieren und schreckt auch vor den vielen Toten und Verletzten in den Distrikten nicht zurück. Wer hier glaubt, Kaitness ist auf Rosen gebettet und schwebt sozusagen federleicht zum Kapitol, um sich an Präsident Snow zu rächen, der irrt gewaltig und es würde auch unglaubwürdig erscheinen. Natürlich muss sie sich im Krieg genauso bewähren wie ihre bisherigen Weggefährten aus den vorangegangenen Bänden. Dabei macht sie sich viele Gedanken um die Geschehnisse und deren Hintergrund. Denn das nicht nur Präsident Snow dahinter steckt, wird bald auch dem Leser klar.Auch hier ist Kaitness die Sympathie-Trägerin des ganzen Romans. Ihre innere Zerrissenheit, ihr Gewissen und auch ihre Rachesucht sind nachvollziehbar und verständlich. Obwohl sie erst 17 Jahre alt ist und eigentlich ihre Jugend genießen sollte, muss sie sich mit Krieg und anderen Machtkämpfen auseinander setzen. Und es gibt keinen geraden Weg für sie, weder wörtlich noch sinnbildlich gesprochen.Das Ende kam für mich so völlig überraschend, aber nicht plump. Damit hatte ich nicht gerechnet, aber auch das ist eine logische Konsequenz aus der ganzen Trilogie. Es bleiben auch keine Fragen mehr offen und ich habe lange noch an diese Geschichte gedacht und überlegt, wie man als Autorin so etwas schreiben kann, so etwas Ausgefeiltes und insich ausgewogen.Ich wiederhole mich nur ungern, aber für mich ist diese Reihe ein sehr aufwühlendes und aufrüttelndes Werk. Es regt zum Nachdenken an und wie nahe wir in mancher Hinsicht einem solchen Szenario sein könnten. Es ist durchaus denkbar, das ich diese Reihe irgendwann noch mal lese.Uneingeschränkte Leseempfehlung, volle fünf Sterne von mir.Anmerkung: Ich habe es als eBook gelesen.Veröffentlicht am 25.11.14!
    • 5/5
      Heart wrenching ending. Great narration. Wonderful series and a must read.
    • 4/5
      It was really good but I would have liked the song to be sang in some more melodic way
    • 4/5
      This is one of the few times I have read a two books back to back in a series. I enjoyed this series, although I have to say that I think something was missing. I think it was too short. Every time I felt like I was getting to know a character, they were killed off or disregarded. I have read in a lot of reviews that people didn't necessarily like the ending. I don't have a problem with the ending, other than the fact that it seemed to happen too quickly. Overall, I am glad I read the series and would recommend it to people for a solid read. The second book in the series was my favorite. This third book - I thought the first part was slow to pick up, but then I was flying through pages. Like I said above, I just wish she had taken more time to really get into the character development. However, with this being a young adult book, I understand that my preferences would not be those of the target audience.
    • 5/5
      I didn't think this would happen but I am an emotional wreck right now. I watched the movie why did I get so emotional ? simple .. Suzanne Collins is a genius 4.75 ⭐
    • 5/5
      The suspense and mystery. And the good war between Good an Evil.
    • 5/5
      I can reread and reread this series. Wasn't sure about the narrator to begin with, but by the end I was used to it!
    • 3/5
      The story itself was good. It dragged in places and became predictable in others. I was underwhelmed with the ending and who she ended up with. Over all it wasn't a bad ending to the series; I just wish a few things had turned out differently.
    • 5/5
      Great book
    • 2/5
      Narrated by Carolyn McCormick. Maybe because it was too long since I listened to "Catching Fire," but I just couldn't get into this third installment. This lacked the suspense of the first two books and the themes of social justice and mockery of authoritarian leadership didn't ring as solidly.
    • 4/5
      Definitive proof that not all YA literature sparkles

      ...glad to have read them...glad to be finished reading them
    • 5/5
      Few are the serial novels that get better through the story-lines. Few are the serial novels where the characters get stronger, the details of their growth evident through each finished chapter. Suzanne Collins has managed this particular feat with her "Hunger Games" trilogy. All three novels are written from the point of view of Katniss Everdeen, a style that I initially hated -- but came to understand the need for at the very end of the third book. The story is riveting, the plot has a handful of places where it seems slightly rushed, but the character growth is amazing. If there's a single trilogy that you need to pick up and spend a Summer reading - its this one.
    • 4/5
      As the last and final installment in The Hunger Games trilogy, I had fairly high hopes for Mockingjay. The last book, Catching Fire, ended fairly abruptly and in a way that opened up a whole new set of doors that Suzanne Collins could explore in her final book. But, I felt disappointed in how she decided to go about finishing the final threads of such a wonderful series. It wasn't because Collins failed to tie up the loose ends that had built up over the course of the three books. It was more because it devolved into a story of romantic drama when it could have been much more.Mockingjay picks up a little after the end of Catching Fire. Katniss and her family and friends from District Twelve have begun settling down in District 13. Katniss is still a little crazy from very last experience in the Arena and from the fact that they were unable to save Peeta. Now that she is safe in District 13, Katniss must take up the role of Mockingjay to help the rebellion against the Capitol.The main focus of the book is not the rebellion itself, but the story of Katniss and her romantic troubles with Peeta and Gale. Now, I did not like this direction that Collins took with the story. I feel that it would have been much better to focus on the rebellion and the story of the war and conflict between the districts and the capital. She treats this integral part to the story, both of this book and the overarching plot, as something to help keep track of the movement of time. Katniss does help with a few of the missions and some of those scenes are the best in the book, but it always falls back to her walking around in District 13 mulling over Peeta or Gale.It's this constant step backwards from interesting developments back to the murmurings and drama of Katniss' love life that keep this book from being as good as it should have. I've talked others about it and we constantly come to the idea of the book being very much like a soap opera, and not in a good way.However, there were some little places that were really good in the book, places that touch an emotional nerve or places that pulled me right into the action. They really were just a short conversation here or there or a small little scene that deserved a lot more attention, but sadly, were pushed aside to return back to the main focus on the romantic drama with Peeta, Katniss, and Gale.As for the ending, Collins resolves the plot in a satisfying way. I don't want to spoil anything, but she really does find a way to take in to account most of the troubles that have popped up along the way from all three books in the series and addresses them in some way or fashion.All in all, I have mixed feelings about Mockingjay. As a final installment and ending for the series, it does a great job. As a book on it's own, it doesn't meet the level of excitement and development it could have. There were paths that should have been explored further, but were not developed very much. Mockingjay is not as good as the first two, but still does a good job finishing the story.
    • 5/5
      This book was just as exciting as the first two and overall I'm pretty happy with the ending. SPOILERS AHEADI was not expecting her to shoot Coin instead of Snow! As for her getting with Peeta, I liked that even in the end it was more about resignation than anything else. This book doesn't really have a happy ending.I am sad that Finnick died. :( I think he ended up being my favorite character.
    • 2/5
      Story amazing but voice awful, the singing was especially painful.
    • 5/5
      This was a great ending to a fantastic series of books. At the end of every chapter (such as with every chapter of the all the books) make you constantly want to read on and Suzanne Collins does this brilliantly. I felt a ton of emotions reading these books, such as, sadness, anger, confusion and more. This is a brilliant book and don't listen to all those bad reviews, because they clearly like most of those lovey dovey books where everything goes right and nothing bad happens. It puts more reality in it. Thank you so much Suzanne Collins for an amazing series of books, and I will not fail to buy the rest of your books when (or if) you bring more out. "If we burn you burn with us" 5*
    • 3/5
      The first book of the series was the best.

      The storylines of both 2 and 3 were harder to deal with as the author definitely upped the ante for killing/maiming
    • 3/5
      So, I specifically waited for a whole day to post my review of Mockingjay just to be sure that I gave it the fairest review possible. I was a bit emotional after finishing and I didn't want my emotions to reflect in this review, but here goes. I'm extremely upset with Katniss Everdeen. From the very beginning of Mockingjay she truly has the attitude of someone who has been defeated, hiding in closets, wandering around aimlessly, and so forth. She just didn't seem up to the challenge of defeating the capitol and President Snow and it made me really angry. I wanted her to be 10 times more upset than she actually seemed to be. I wanted to see her emotions running high and on fire, but that just didn't happen. I felt like there were several cop outs in the story. She never made it into President Snow's mansion so there was no huge bloody battle like I had been waiting for. She never resolved anything with Gale toward the end of the book. Am I honestly supposed to believe that she and her best friend never even spoke again??? I just didn't buy it. Katniss seemed to settle for Peeta and they never had any major discussions about how they came back together. One minute Peeta wants to murder Katniss, but by the end of the story they've "grown back together." Perhaps settle isn't the right word. I don't doubt that she loved Peeta, but the dilemma of Peeta and Gale just kind of disappeared. Did Gale stop loving her because she was disfigured and grieving? I don't want to believe that he was this shallow, but...

      Overall, I was disappointed with the story because I felt like Katniss suffered entirely too many tragedies and no justice was served on her part. She lost her sister, her home, had her body terribly disfigured, her friendship with Gale was ruined, and yet, Katniss never really got any justice. After everything she went through, I am not happy with the idea that she was disfigured, practically exiled from the capital, left without a family, and lived in a house for several months marinating in her own filth. Something about that just didn't sit right with me. I don't feel that that's how the girl who was on fire, the girl who began a revolution and was an inspiration to so many should have had her story end. The most heartbreaking part about the ending of this story is that I feel like the capitol won anyway because Katniss was so overcome with grief.
    • 5/5
      ******SPOILER ZONE*******First off, to all those who said that Collins just created expendable characters: I disagree. Every character in this book made it what it is: a masterpiece. I could list all the characters, and tell you why I think they were important to the book, but the list would go on and on. I'll just name a few of my favorties.Finnick- Ok, so when I first read about Finnick, in Catching Fire, I thought "Oh, great, last thing this book needs is some conceited sex symbol, but Finnick O'dair is much more than that. He actually turned out to be one of my favorite characters. Who else could have helped Katniss through those early days in 13? Who else could have understood the terror she faced and, instead of just telling her she was safe, could have given her something much more important: her sanity back. I agree, Finnick's end was terrible, but when I read the line about his and Annie's child, I cried. I bawled my eyes out. I can't tell you whether they were tears of grief or happiness. Probably a mixture of both. Without Finnick, I think that Katniss would not have been able to get through those hours during Peeta's rescue.Boggs- I loved Boggs. He was one of Katniss first allies and friends from 13. Without Boggs, Katniss would be dead ten times over. When he got blown up, I stopped reading and couldn't continue for a few days. Boggs made it possible for Katniss to go on her mission to Kill Snow.Prim- She was the one who, in my opinion, kept Katniss on the righteous path. Their exchange when everyone is sleeping, when Katniss decides to become the Mockingjay, makes me think that Prim is Kantiss tie to the world where morals guide people.Everyone is complaining about how too many people die. To them, I say this: It is war. What do you expect? In the last few Harry Potter books, a lot of people die, but I didn't see everyone say that the book was too sad or too unrealistic. Some people wrote in their reviews that Collins didn't resolve anything by the end, but she DID. Someone said that we never find out what happens to Madge, or Effie Trinket. That's NOT TRUE. The only reason I can think of that they wrote that was they weren't paying attention. Or, maybe, they didn't even read the end. Although it doesn't go into detail of what happens to Effie, she does make an appearance in the end. Madge, unfortunately, is one of the many who dies in the fire-bombing of 12. I like the ending. Not all the people dying, but when Peeta and Katniss finally sleep together, then he says "You love me. Real or not real?" and she says "Real." I also like the book they write together. Writing is one of the only things that help me with MY PTSD. I cried so much during the book, the smiles at the end meant all the more. Their children. When Katniss tells us about their children, I was grinning ear to ear. All in all, it was a great book. Only one word of advice: read it in the privacy of your own home. Because there is nothing more embarrassing than weeping at the public library.
    • 4/5
      sad to see you go Katniss but a fitting end not too sappy or perfect but just right.