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The final book of The Hunger Games Trilogy is titled ‘Mockingjay. This books takes place right after Katniss is rescued from the second Hunger Game her and Peeta were forced into. Unfortunately Peeta was not rescued with her. President Snow has officially declared war on her and she is now the figurehead, Mockingjay, for the rebellion against the government. While there is a lot of action in this book, as with the previous novel, there is also a lot of time spent within Katniss’ head. She is trying to figure out what she really wants to do. Does she want to be a figurehead of this rebellion? Who can she really trust out of the people around her? What is her purpose in this life?

In the mean time the districts are rebelling against the government with the help of the long thought dead District 13, which is the rebellion headquarters. There are a lot of new characters and places in this book. We especially what District 13 has been up to for all of those years. President Coin is the person in charge of the rebellion and seems to have her own personal agenda on top of getting the districts free.

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Overall, the book was amazing. As with the second book, I cried my eyes out. In fact I cried pretty much throughout the whole book. Every other page it seemed like something happened or Katniss went through something that just touched me. The ending wasn’t all happily ever after, that wouldn’t be realistic at all. Nothing was miraculously better once they won the war. But it made sense and the story still felt like it ended well.

This entire series was amazing and original and fun. I consider it a must-read to pretty much anyone. I’ve heard that a movie is supposed to be coming out in a year or two based on the first book. I really hope they don’t ruin the spirit of the book, because it’s a really great story that deserves to be told well.

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This book, Catching Fire, is the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. This books starts off with everyone back home trying to get on with their lives. Although things aren’t exactly the same. The winners, Peeta and Katnis now live in the area of District 13 allotted for victors of the Hunger Games. And they are able to live more than comfortable wit the riches they get for winning the games. Their families can live better than ever. And yet things are not all great. They are under threat from the Capitol. The president if enraged at their supposed show of rebellion at the end of the last Games and he means to punish them. There are murmurs of rebellion in other districts that are quelled by the Capitol.

Katniss’ character was very disturbed in this book. She has nightmares from her time in the Games as well as having both Gale and Peeta keeping her at a distance. Her old friend Gale seems to have feelings for her that she never realized and she’s not sure what to do about it. And Peeta was hurt from her apparent acting about her feelings for him during the Games. All of this plus her knowledge that the President is not happy with her makes her new life not all that peaceful. Plus her new station makes her uncomfortable. She has to be dressed up and ready for cameras at a moment’s notice.

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I won’t spoil too much of the book but I will say that you meet a bunch of new characters. Some you will like and some you will not. You will also see a lot of conflict within Katniss. She tries to figure what she wants in life, who she wants in life. Plus she wants to keep her family and friends safe as the Capitol and the President bear down on them and put them in danger. She show a lot more emotion in this book than in the previous. I think that she grows as a person a lot. There are also a lot of hidden agendas in this book that she’s not aware of. So you are aware that sometimes something seems off but you are not sure of how. You learn as Katniss learns but sometimes before she does, but only because she does have

Overall, I really loved this book. It was different from the first book in the series and yet was similar as well. It was very emotional and I will admit that I cried during certain parts. You got to see more of the inner workings of Katniss as she grows and tries to protect everyone she loves, even as she’s not always successful.

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I may be late but I have finally read ‘The Hunger Games’ Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. I guess I was hesitant to read these books at first only because I was so disappointed by The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer. (It’s the first time I can say that I love the movies but don’t really like the books. Go figure.) Anyway, it took me a while but I finally got around to reading the series, even though I’d had the first book on my shelf for at least 6 months. I was just a bit gun shy at first, but I did get around to it. This is my review of the first book. I’ll put up the books one at a time since I have so much to say, especially about the first book since it introduces you to everything.

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This first book, The Hunger Games, introduces you the the main character Katniss Everdeen. She is a 16 year old girl that lives with her mother and daughter taking care of them since her father died when she was younger. Since life in her district is so harsh she has had to become very tough in her short life. She has one close friend, Gale Hawthorne, that she hunts with illegally to feed their families.

I loved Katniss’ character. She was very realistic for where she came from and what she had to do in her life. The author didn’t try to make her likable or too nice. She’s a real person with real problems and her own way of dealing with those problems. Katniss’ thought processes are very interesting throughout this book. How she thinks compared to everyone else is so intriguing to look at. And yet they make complete sense to her and therefore to us. I’ve read some reviews where people though she was too coarse or hard, but I felt she was as tough as she needed to be.

I also loved the other characters we meet. I liked Gale as her best friend. They had a similar lifestyle and shared much as they got to know each other. Her sister Prim was also a great character. You saw how much Katniss loved her sister by how she took care of her and coddled her. Her interactions with those two showed the softer side of Katniss. Through them we saw that she wasn’t all hardness, but she had a lot of love in her too. Peeta Mellark who is the other player in the Hunger Games from their district may have been my favorite character after Katniss. He was just so sweet and genuine. And yet he showed that he could absolutely take care of himself. He was a very capable character. His reactions with Katniss were just too cute.

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There were other characters that I enjoyed as well. Haymitch was their mentor for the Hunger Games. It seems like a sad joke at first since he’s such a drunk but he really steps up in the book and helps them out. I also adored Cinna, Katniss’ stylist for the ceremonies. You can tell he had his own agenda, but you can also tell that he genuinely liked Katniss and wanted her to be successful. And finally was Rue, one of the other contestants in the Games. She was so small and reminded Katniss of her sister Prim, yet she proved to a very capable member of the game. Her alliance with Katniss was very helpful to both characters and she was so sweet and lovely. Overall, the characters in the books were very well thought out and executed.

The book as a whole was amazing. The descriptions of life in District 12 where Katniss lived was very real and gritty. The fact that she volunteered herself as a member of the Games instead of her sister was expected, yet the scene itself as you are reading evokes so many emotions in you. I could practically picture it in my head, especially as Gale holds her sister back. The Hunger Games were are real and graphic as you would expect. There were blood and guts, and unexpected times of peace when it got to be just a little too much.

If you can’t already tell, I am in love with this book! I was not disappointed in the least. The characters were wonderful and the story was original and realistic. The ending made me want to read more and yet not because I was scared to see what would happen. I would recommend this book to anyone.