Hardcover, 390 pages
English language
Published Sept. 11, 2010 by Scholastic Press.
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 is the thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking Hunger Games trilogy. - Publisher.
Siempre recomiendo esta trilogía a quien se está sacando el B2.
A cracking good series this was, unlike other series this one knew when to stop, instead of dragging things out.
The final book is just as brutal as the first two and there are very few dull moments. I'm not too sure how I feel about the ending, those I liked got killed and those I was happy to see killed off survived.
I liked the writing style and the plot seems to have been well organised, it will be interesting to see what Suzanne Collins can come up with next.
Wow! I was definitely right that the second book was more of a segue than anything else. This book took the characters from the previous two and put them in interesting and different situations. It had them all growing emotionally, and we could see the growth happening! It was extremely well written, and the plot, while there was nothing unrelated, it was totally unexpected. It was a fabulous ending to the story, and although it left you caring about the characters, it didn't leave you hanging. And although some of the characters who were killed left a hole in your "heart", always necessary. It was a truly satisfying conclusion.
It is too bad that I only felt comfortable giving the second book in the trilogy three stars. To not take that to mean that it's not worthwhile! The three books all count on each other and require each other. And …
Wow! I was definitely right that the second book was more of a segue than anything else. This book took the characters from the previous two and put them in interesting and different situations. It had them all growing emotionally, and we could see the growth happening! It was extremely well written, and the plot, while there was nothing unrelated, it was totally unexpected. It was a fabulous ending to the story, and although it left you caring about the characters, it didn't leave you hanging. And although some of the characters who were killed left a hole in your "heart", always necessary. It was a truly satisfying conclusion.
It is too bad that I only felt comfortable giving the second book in the trilogy three stars. To not take that to mean that it's not worthwhile! The three books all count on each other and require each other. And the particular version that I listened to had an interview with the author at the end which was also enlightening, and it made me really like her (although I have to admit, the fact that she's a television writer is somewhat offputting :-))
I'm not really sure what to do with this. It's a satisfying solution which even takes into account all possible repercussions, but it didn't blow me off my feet. It was about as predictable as the first two books, so not much really came as a surprise. I still stand by my opinion that these books are light entertainment (despite the depressing topic).
It would have been easy to make Mockingjay a repeat of either of the first two books but it does change direction. It feels much more like a war story however the plot seems to go on and on, like she can't quite work out what she wanted to include so she put everything in. I enjoyed the world and was attached to the characters enough to keep going but I felt it could have done with a good prune at the editing stage.
Still, I shed a few tears at the end.
Ein fulminantes Ende der Panem-Trilogie
Katniss wurde gerettet, Peeta ist gefangen im Kapitol. Die Distrikte ertrinken in Panik, Not und Hilflosigkeit. Eine Gruppe von Menschen versucht, das Kapitol zu stürzen und Frieden in das Land zu bringen. Und Katniss soll die Aktion anführen: Als Spotttölpel symbolisiert sie die Kraft und Stimme der Menschen.
Es herrscht Krieg. Zerstörung. Tod. Mitnichten ist diese Jugendbuchreihe leichte Kost. Es wundert mich, das dieses Buch für Jugendliche ab 12 Jahre empfohlen wird. Dieses Buch ist real geschrieben, keine unschönen Beschreibungen werden ausgelassen und es passieren furchtbare Dinge. Gerade diesen dritten Band würde ich keinen Jugendlichen unter 15 in die Hände geben.
Natürlich kommt es immer darauf an, wie man ein Buch liest. Will man auf die Liebesgeschichte aus (die eigentlich nur eine Nebenrolle spielt), so liest man das Buch schnell durch und bemerkt die Schrecklichkeit vielleicht gar nicht. Wer aber dieses ganze tragische Geschehen Wort …
Ein fulminantes Ende der Panem-Trilogie
Katniss wurde gerettet, Peeta ist gefangen im Kapitol. Die Distrikte ertrinken in Panik, Not und Hilflosigkeit. Eine Gruppe von Menschen versucht, das Kapitol zu stürzen und Frieden in das Land zu bringen. Und Katniss soll die Aktion anführen: Als Spotttölpel symbolisiert sie die Kraft und Stimme der Menschen.
Es herrscht Krieg. Zerstörung. Tod. Mitnichten ist diese Jugendbuchreihe leichte Kost. Es wundert mich, das dieses Buch für Jugendliche ab 12 Jahre empfohlen wird. Dieses Buch ist real geschrieben, keine unschönen Beschreibungen werden ausgelassen und es passieren furchtbare Dinge. Gerade diesen dritten Band würde ich keinen Jugendlichen unter 15 in die Hände geben.
Natürlich kommt es immer darauf an, wie man ein Buch liest. Will man auf die Liebesgeschichte aus (die eigentlich nur eine Nebenrolle spielt), so liest man das Buch schnell durch und bemerkt die Schrecklichkeit vielleicht gar nicht. Wer aber dieses ganze tragische Geschehen Wort für Wort liest und es in den eigenen Gedanken wahr werden lässt - dem schaudert es.
Ich ziehe meinen imaginären Hut vor Suzanne Collins, die mit diesem Abschluss der Trilogie sich selbst übertroffen hat. Ihr Schreibstil ist kurz und bündig, dennoch beschreibt sie real und nah. Sie fängt den Leser ein und bringt ihn in die Welt von Panem.
Katniss ist sehr menschlich. Man kann sie als Vorbild sehen, ihre Stärke und Ausdauer ist beeindruckend, doch macht sie auch Fehler und ist manchmal zu kalt. Letztendlich trifft sie die richtigen Entscheidungen. Besonders beeindruckt war ich von der Szene, wo sie jemanden umbringt (ich verrate an dieser Stelle nicht wen, aber die, die das Buch gelesen haben, wissen bestimmt, wen ich meine) und damit die ganze verkorkste Situation rettet.
Das Ende einer Buchrreihe ist wichtig. Darüber entscheidet sich ein Großteil des Gesamteindrucks der Reihe. Suzanne Collins hat ein perfektes Ende geschrieben. Auch dass sie nicht ausführlich wurde, sondern mehr auf die Moral der Geschichte einging (so nahm ich es auf), gefiel mir sehr gut.
Ich kann jedem Menschen - vorallem auch den Erwachsenen - nur zu dieser Reihe raten. Sie ist erschreckend, aber auch wunderbar und vorallem lehrt sie uns, was wichtig ist.
I don't feel like Mockingjay was as good as it could have been. I feel that it started well - lots of things happening and lots of detail. But the ending seemed kinda weak. It was almost as if the author had been writing it and found herself getting tired of the story and just wanted to wrap things up as quickly as possible.
The story as a whole wasn't entirely predictable, though it did have moments where you could guess what was going to happen. I just feel like Katniss lost her fire towards the end, and granted, she was probably exhausted by physically and mentally, but the girl who was on fire for two and half books seemed very much extinguished. And I just feel like after building up certain ideas throughout the whole trilogy and to a larger degree in this final book - for example Katniss' …
I don't feel like Mockingjay was as good as it could have been. I feel that it started well - lots of things happening and lots of detail. But the ending seemed kinda weak. It was almost as if the author had been writing it and found herself getting tired of the story and just wanted to wrap things up as quickly as possible.
The story as a whole wasn't entirely predictable, though it did have moments where you could guess what was going to happen. I just feel like Katniss lost her fire towards the end, and granted, she was probably exhausted by physically and mentally, but the girl who was on fire for two and half books seemed very much extinguished. And I just feel like after building up certain ideas throughout the whole trilogy and to a larger degree in this final book - for example Katniss' desire to kill Snow - how those ideas played out in the end was somewhat disappointing.
That said, Mockingjay was still a good read. There was still a lot of action, and it was fast paced enough that I read it in a weekend. So while I was disappointed in many ways, this did not detract from the fact that Mockingjay was a good read.
