30 August 7
Mockingjay (book 3 in The Hunger Games Trilogy)
District 12 is gone. Peeta has been captured by the Capital. And while the other Districts wage an all out rebellion, Katniss and Gale are secreted away to the underground colony in District 13–the leaders of which plan to use Katniss’ Mockingjay status to fuel the revolution through to completion. Except Katniss is tired of being a pawn in other people’s war games.
Exhausted, drained of passion, and a bare survivor, Katniss emotionally implodes until she’s little more than a carcass, useful to no one–especially Peeta, who, for all her swearing to protect in the arena, is out of reach. Or so she thinks… But when President Snow dangles Peeta across the airwaves, taunting Katniss with the thin reality that she might still save him, Katniss pulls herself together long enough to become the symbol the Districts are looking for.
But will it be enough?
Revolution requires a price, and this one will be even higher than Katniss can imagine. Or most likely endure.
What I liked:
Ms. Collins’ prose. As always. Perfect.
Katniss’ compassion.
The Capital’s underground passage system and the mutts crawling through it. Nice and creepy.
Haymitch and Katniss’ relationship.
Cinna’s handwritten note, “I’m still betting on you.” (I cried.)
The multiple layers of relational tension between [...]continue reading >