The Hunger Games: Mockingjay is the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy–three classic dystopian novels by Suzanne Collins. The third book continues the story of protagonist Katniss Everdeen’s fight against the evil government, or “Capitol.” However, unlike in previous books, this time Katniss has the upper hand and is leading the fight. Instead of being a mere pawn in the Capitol’s “Hunger Games", she successfully bands together with comrades from the other 13 “Districts” which exist in her dystopian world. Together, they infiltrate the main city and eventually bring down the Capitol. Though Katniss and her team make heavy sacrifices and experience tragedy after tragedy, they emerge victorious from their final battle. The story of Katniss Everdeen comes to a close when she sees her people set free from the Capitol’s enslavement.
Although I enjoyed reading Mockingjay and finishing the Hunger Games trilogy at last, I wasn’t quite as captured with it as I was with the previous two books. I felt as though Mockingjay includes much more violence, which may make it more appealing to those who enjoy battle-scenes, but I found the repetitive violent scenes boring, and there was some page-skipping at particular times while I read Mockingjay. Although the prevalence of violence is a recurring theme in most dystopian novels so it did not surprise me, it still was not pleasant to read. Despite this, I still found the book to be very rich in plot and thrilling and juicy, just the things one wants to see from a work of science fiction.
I strongly believe that anyone who loves a good, classic dystopian and/or sci-fi novel should read The Hunger Games series. Suzanne Collins does a beautiful job of building great characters for her stories. Between them she weaves a detailed and enticing plot, which acts as the glue which holds her novels together. Her recurring, creative use of figurative language also contributes to the genius of her books, making them all the more interesting to read. I believe Mockingjay to be yet another one of her genius works: a fun and capturing read that is a great conclusion to the Hunger Games trilogy.
Comments