Mockingjay
Book Three of the Hunger Games Trilogy
Suzanne Collins

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.
It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans - except Katniss.
The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay - no matter what the personal cost.

While I feel that this is the worst book in the series, it is still a very good read. However, without the other two books I would have found this one rather boring. It's only because of the other two books that I kept my interest in this one. There are no Games in this book, it is all about the rebellion and the taking over of the Capitol.

The thing I found the most enthralling about the other two books were the Games themselves, so without that factor this book went down a notch. It was still interesting, but not the kind of can't put it down novel that the other two were.

It's good for closure and to see what becomes of Katniss and what everything has spiraled into, but for some reason it still felt a bit dry to me. It's all well and good that the rebellion happened and Katniss was the figurehead, but I would have liked it to have been more interesting. The closest it came to sucking me in like the other two novels did was when the traps were going off on the street (like the black wave) during the raid. But still, something was definitely missing from this book.

There's a nice surprise towards the end when Katniss is sent to execute President Snow. However, the very end of the book disappointed me. Katniss had been built up a very certain way during all three books, so the epilogue of where she winds up in the future seemed forced and unrealistic.

While Katniss's story is done, I'd love to perhaps see this writer come out with other books in the series that focus perhaps on other Hunger Games and the champions from those. I'd be most interested to read ones about Haymitch or Finnick or even Annie

In general, I recommend reading this if you've read the other two, but don't expect it to be as amazing as the others.

My Rating: Four out of five snails.