I absolutely agree with Jane's response to the Mockingjay. I found the ending to be satisfying with no questions left unanswered. I truly admire the author's ability to keep this trilogy going with increasing intensity, suspense, and emotional impact. In the end, I felt as numb and drained as the characters did. I also agree with Jane that Mockingjay will have very little meaning for readers who have not read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. Now that I have all three, I plan to open the school year by displaying the three books together. I'm sure I'll need multiple copies Mockingjay just like I did for first two.

I disagree. I found Mockingjay to be very disappointing. I had problems with the pacing--the beginning felt slow while the end felt rushed. I didn't feel drained because so many of the deaths happened too quickly for their emotional impact to fully resonate. Many questions were left unanswered, particularly regarding the state of Panem. And on top of that, I felt like Collins pulled a Stephanie Meyer by relegating Katniss to a domestic life at the end.

Mockingjay isn't the book it could be, nonetheless many of my 8th grade students are already reading it and enjoying it. The pacing seems off (too slow and then too rushed) and the triangle involving Katniss, Peeta and Gale was not resolved with the same care that Collins uses in almost all other parts of the series.

I loved Mockingjay and no, I didn't think its pace was off. True, I couldn't put it down in the end but I don't count that as a fault. As to Katniss's domesticity, it comes as a choice and deserved end to an early, harrowing career rather than acquiescence to romance.

I read it in one sitting. I was riveted. I cried. I got a headache. But overall it kept me reading. The end...well, I never like endings. I can see where people may think it was rushed. Dear characters were killed off without the usual build up or follow through (Rue's death vs. Fennick's). I also felt that those who loved Gail wanted an update on his life in the future and how he fared.

I think that Collins did an excellent job of resolving the triangle between Katniss, Peeta and Gale. There were several hints as to why it could not work out with Gale. For one, Gale and Katniss are too much alike, both too fiery (as Collins describes them). Also, Katniss could not reconcile the fact that Gale may have been the creator of the bomb that killed Prim. Gale even said at the end that the one thing he had going for himself was his protecting her family. In a sense, he failed Katniss by failing to save Prim. Furthermore, it was interesting that Gale left first (moving to another district). We all thought that Katniss would be making this decision in solitude as if the 2 men were pining away over her. Gale shows strength that I was glad to see. Peeta, true to his character, waited patiently for Katniss until she was ready. Even then, she did not enter into motherhood lightly. I do not believe that Collins 'relegated' Katniss into the life she chose, and I believe that Collins used great care, though subtle, in resolving the relationships between the three.

I will have to agree with Jessica and Karen. It isn't the book it should have been. I felt exactly as they did in that the first part was slow and confusing, and last part was rushed, with no real time to digest everything that was happening. I also felt as did the other reviewers, that the fallout at the end was more or less shrugged off in favor of a quick ending with no real resolution to Katniss' dilemma between Gale and Peeta.

I think that becoming a mother was very appropriate for Katniss. It shows the depth of her healing. It wasn't that she didn't want to be a mother in the first place, she just didn't want to bring children into the world she was living in at the time.

"And on top of that, I felt like Collins pulled a Stephanie Meyer by relegating Katniss to a domestic life at the end." If you think about it, Collins left Katniss exactly where we found her in the first book - taking care of her family and surviving - and yet it's so very far from where she began.

I am glad to hear others were also disappointed with the resolution concerning Peeta and Gale. I devoured the the first two books and thought they were thoroughly developed in all aspects. I did not have a problem with the pacing of Mockinjay and was enjoying every minute of it until the end. It did feel rushed and ended with no resolution on Katniss' part. I was also disappointed in the results of the trial, not providing Panem with the same realizations Katniss had and relegating her to life as an outcast, maddened by the events of her life as far as the members of Panem saw it, not as the hero she was.

The tone of this final book in the trilogy was totally different from the first two: I was emotionally engaged and I identified with and admired Katniss in the first two books. But in Mockingjay, Katniss came across as if she were talking to reader from a great distance: at one point I thought: is this how a heavily sedated or grieving person would tell this story? At the start of the third book, Peeta is being held prisoner and she knows he is being tortured. we also know, from the book's dedication page, that Suzanne Collin's father died before the book was published. During grief for a dearly loved one, we often disconnect emotionally for a while. I remember that, for me, time seemed to pass more slowly during those first few months, as if I were walking around in a parallel universe. I had that same sense of "disconnect" while I was reading Mockingjay. Perhaps Suzanne Collins found it too painful to switch back into Katniss's deeply troubled emotions at a time when her own personal pain regarding the loss of her father was still so great. Katniss's stark reporting of the deaths of her comrades, especially Finnick's, left me dissatisfied. Yes, she is concentrating on escaping and saving her own life, but to speak of it so matter-of-factly? As I said, I was not emotionally gripped by this novel. It was a good book, and I did enjoy reading it, but I can't say it was as good as the first two books. The themes about the horrors of war, the need to be grateful that we have our freedom, and the need to question everything and every one who is in authority were timely and thought-provoking, but Katniss was too emotionally shut-down or distant, and I just could not loose myself they way I did in the first two books. I would still recommend it as a good read, though. Suzanne Collins is an outstanding writer.

mockingjay is awesome i practicly eat it!! katniss is soo cool, but at the same time self loathing! she kinda insane but then agian all the best people are!!!

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