Remember a couple of weeks ago when I recommended The Hunger Games? It's a trilogy by Suzanne Collins about a young girl's fight against a totalitarian government. Mockingjay is the last book of the trilogy, and I am incredibly torn about what to reveal.
Here are the things you can know whether you've read the book or not:
1. Katniss Everdeen is the heroine of the Hunger Games for two years in a row.
2. The Capitol puts on the Hunger Games each year, in which two young citizens from each of the 12 districts are pitted against each other in a fight to the death. Finally the citizens get sick of it and rebel, choosing Katniss as their spokesperson. This is a role that Katniss isn't sure she wants.
3. Katniss isn't sure who she should spend her life with: Gale, her lifelong friend from the 12th District, or Peeta, her fellow Hunger Games player.
4. The entire trilogy deals with themes of familial loyalty, how to think in morally ambiguous situations, and the effects of war.
This book has the same quick pacing of the first two, but focuses even more so on Katniss' role as rallying point for the rebels and her decision to go against authoritative figures. The third book ties up the loose ends, although not in the happiest or most positive way. Collins has written a fabulously enthralling science fiction, and I was so sad to close the pages on these great books.
