skybridge

harlanv.bsky.social · @harlanv.bsky.social@bridge.neodb.net

Rated Mockingjay 6/10

3. 5stars. <br/><br/>My god. The first book in the series was the best. It puts you on the ground with Katniss, discovering and experiencing the rising action, the terror, the emotions. <br/><br/>The second book did well to bait me into reading the third. <br/><br/>I wish I could give 5 stars for the beginning and 2 for the end. It built and built and built. Those descriptions of all the destruction, the rubble, the loss of life... powerful. Oddly fascinating. Kept me turning the pages. <br/><br/>But then RIGHT AT THE END... no! Collins shifts into MAJOR "tell" mode. Told me that something was dramatic. Withheld seeing those things through the main character's eyes. And I really, really wanted to go through that with Katniss. It felt like she said, "Shit, I need to wrap this up. Here's what happened." <br/><br/>And I wouldn't have minded if it went well over 400 pages. Whatever it takes to tell the story. I just held hope that Katniss and Gale and Peeta would've had more of a dignified ending. To wrap up Katniss and Gale's entire past and relationship in two sentences is unacceptable to me. I wanted to know how it felt to Katniss. And... I wanted to know about it. All of it. It was wrapped up too quickly, too tidily to be anywhere near satisfying. <br/><br/>Essentially, I just read over a thousand pages to have major relationships summed up in one or two paragraphs. Book one: 5 stars. Book two: 4 stars. This one (overall): 3 stars. I just hope they beef up the ending when it comes time to make the movie. <br/><br/>Color me happy for reading it, but disappointed in the ending. <br/><br/><br/>

#book

Published 2026-08-18 20:18 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere