11/10/2023 0 Comments Mockingjay audio bookWe are introduced to district 13 as the war on the capital kicks off. Maybe this was intentional as Collins knew her initial fans were growing up. The first 2 were very clearly written for young adults and were very easy flowing whilst book 3 feels more serious and more detailed. Mockingjay for me was like reading something from another author. Review #3 Audiobook Mockingjay by Tatiana Maslany The tale itself was rich and full of lasting imagery and sentiment. Again, I feel the author could have done more to allow Peter to regain his form in the last quarter but that’s just me. We loved the build up to the climactic crescendo. The pacing was much better than catching Fire which was very slow in the first half. Personally, I found the love triangle between Katniss, Gale and Peter to be a little awkward and lacking throughout Catching Fire but the added dynamic of Peter’s transformation in Mockingjay really brought home the complexity and the drama the story needed. ![]() Read this to my kids who were hooked from book one. Review #2 Mockingjay audiobook Series Shifters Unbound It could not have been any different and still be the story about the realities of war that Collins wanted to tell. In a story about war the relationships will be tested, people will be lost, and yes, people will be broken. If it wasn’t so good, you wouldn’t care so much. But this speaks to the mastery of the work. ![]() Over the course of the 3 books you grow to know and love them, so seeing bad things happen to them, or them make bad decisions or grow apart hurts. What makes this book so powerful is the characters that Collins creates. It is dark for YA, but it is also real and in that reality is it’s value as a read for teens, who in 5 or less years could be on frontlines themselves. She succeeded… and even more so she succeeded without a particular left or right wing slant to the book, which is rare for these types of works. Collins set out to tell kids in a way they can understand, the realities of war behind the images we see on TV. ![]() At times hard to read, Mockingjay unflinchingly portrays war as it is… characters fighting over how far is to far in war, loss of innocence and innocent lives, knowing which side you are fighting for, along with the role media propaganda plays. The most powerful book in the series, Collins dives straight in to the realities of rebellion and war.
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