Mockingjay (Book 3 in the Hunger Games Trilogy)

Title: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages: 390
Source of Book: My local public library
Summary: (courtesy of http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/works.htm)


Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.
My Rating: 8 out of a possible 10

Explanation: Standing alone, this book would be perfect for someone who loves action, gore, and self sacrifice (everything I do NOT go for in a book). However, the first books have made me love and know these characters, as mentioned in my reviews of The Hunger Games and Catching Fire.The Book picked up on Katniss' storyline in a place full of uncertainty, and progressed through it with the sense of new age technology, and suspecting motives underneath the plots of the prior books. Awareness seemed to dawn on me after the main character.
 
The majority of the book is action action action, and the only thing keeping me reading so intently into the middle of the night was the bits of plot and the important and notable events and deaths. This entire section is well written and thought out, just not my thing.
 
The ending was something I had hoped for, although did not come about exactly in the way I had hoped for. I literally cried after reading the last sentence, and was still pleased with the ending. Suzanne Collins did a brilliant job with this conclusion of the trilogy, and I doubt anyone else could have brought me on this rollercoaster of emotions to where I'm still not sure if I'm pleased or saddened by this novel. Wow.