tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post3005784729391105286..comments2024-03-28T12:11:42.691-04:00Comments on For What It's Worth: Review: My Husband's review of Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13958940283330319507noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-52768851972529805102011-02-06T22:31:41.816-05:002011-02-06T22:31:41.816-05:00this is a perfect review but i did cry at the end ...this is a perfect review but i did cry at the end with buttercup and also when they were talking about the things they put in the book and i dont cry about many fictional things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-63569289902850100872010-08-28T17:00:13.139-04:002010-08-28T17:00:13.139-04:00I'm sorry to hear that you were disappointed w...I'm sorry to hear that you were disappointed with the book. A lot of what you brought up about the book being an anti-war novel that commented on current events was actually one of the things I liked most about the book although I do see your point about there being a lack of continuity of themes between this book and the first two.<br />I don't understand how you can say you didn't feel anything reading this book - I was an emotional wreck! And I swear I'm not usually a crazy emotional person in normal life... I swear, lol.<br /><br />contestpuppyduck4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-51696775099690066632010-08-28T15:20:45.559-04:002010-08-28T15:20:45.559-04:00Awesome review :)Awesome review :)Aleksandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781896546785210965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-86013960300149801752010-08-28T08:40:12.033-04:002010-08-28T08:40:12.033-04:00*THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A SPOILERY COMMENT*
Awesom...*THIS WILL PROBABLY BE A SPOILERY COMMENT*<br /><br />Awesome review, thank you! I totally agree with everything you wrote.<br /><br />I also like Autumn's comment, because that's exactly how the end of the story felt for me, too. It was as though Suzanne Collins tired of the horrific world she had created and decided to end it all ... then and there ... with a pretty bow that totally did not work to make all the disturbing stuff she'd written okay and made absolutely no sense in the context of the story. <br /><br />As for the bringing-down-the-Capitol bit ... I was fine with the rest of the book, but then everyone was getting killed off left and right - I even thought Gale was dead, after his capture (and how did he even get free? huh?) ... and that Peeta would be stampeded by a mob or something, lol, whilst wandering the streets in his semi-deranged state ... why? because everyone else was dying! for no reason, practically! My point is that - by the time Prim's death came about - I was just too numb to care! :o I could have understood that many deaths had the war had ended with an epic battle on an epic battlefield, that would spawn epic limericks until the dusk of humanity ... but - uh - no, that was not what happened, so - uh - no, I don't buy that all those people HAD to die simply because *that's what happens in a war*. <br /><br />Then, suddenly, Gale's the bad guy and we don't want to know about him ... and Peeta's no longer a danger to Katniss and they're making babies and ... WHA - ? ... did I miss something?! Seems like Suzanne Collins lost some of her manuscript's pages. Ahem.<br /><br />About Katniss's choice ... there really was no heart to it. Apart from the fact that we weren't even really present and only got a quick few sentences in the Epilogue ... which was annoying ... she did treat Gale and Peeta like crap and deserved for the both of them to walk away. When Gale told Peeta that Katniss would choose whichever of them she couldn't live without, that really brought it all home to me ... I've always rooted for Gale, but she was just too damaged, in every way possible, and should have exited the series ALONE. And why were they both so willing to be with someone who wasn't choosing for love, but for survival, anyway?<br /><br />Team Buttercup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-21239453252166137392010-08-28T02:13:24.129-04:002010-08-28T02:13:24.129-04:00This is one of my favorite reviews! Thank you so m...This is one of my favorite reviews! Thank you so much!<br />Its still not released in my country yet, so I am kind of becoming impatient now....<br /><br />CONTESTMishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987790171985663765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-66657621471485830002010-08-27T19:42:53.955-04:002010-08-27T19:42:53.955-04:00I agree with you review. Except for team Buttercup...I agree with you review. Except for team Buttercup.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971378715777007757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-14705208303438016532010-08-27T19:20:03.417-04:002010-08-27T19:20:03.417-04:00I completely agree with this review. Maybe all ou...I completely agree with this review. Maybe all our expectations were too high? Maybe Suzanne Collins was just sick and tired of the story by time she got to the end so she just wrapped it as quick as she could? I cried often during Hunger Games and Catching Fire, but the only time I cried during Mockingjay was the Buttercup part at the end so I think that says something about the difference in the emotions in the book. The part in the underground/sewer with Finnick and Castor and the rest...it seemed so rushed. I couldn't even figure out what the hell happened to Castor I kept going back to reread it.Autumnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109886403670357674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-31338610989969799022010-08-27T18:37:51.000-04:002010-08-27T18:37:51.000-04:00Agree, agree, agree. It felt like a modern war nov...Agree, agree, agree. It felt like a modern war novel, not a dystopian. Katniss is just unfeeling to Gale and Peeta, and even if she's had no romantic feelings before, I can't believe that ANY girl could ever be so clueless about her own feelings as Katniss is.<br /><br />SPOILERS<br />I didn't like what happened to Peeta. It made him nothing like himself for almost an entire novel, totally changing the character until, bam! Problem fixed! And the only thing he wanted in book 1 was to remain himself, uncorrupted. I felt kind of sick over it.<br /><br />END SPOILERS<br /><br />And yup, lots of deadly necessary dialogue was just not there, and things that needed to be talked out that were barely addressed. *sigh* I gotta find me some quality Mockingjay fanfiction, and soon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140835320864680932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-69417060891481515882010-08-27T18:36:20.758-04:002010-08-27T18:36:20.758-04:00Best review of Mockingjay I've read so far! I ...Best review of Mockingjay I've read so far! I understand everything you're saying- and I'm a girl. Something about the book felt empty, but maybe that's how it was supposed to feel???Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10522788697076527207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-45791432774858089282010-08-27T18:35:27.473-04:002010-08-27T18:35:27.473-04:00LOL at Team Buttercup! I love it!LOL at Team Buttercup! I love it!CHRISTIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08201194083470343354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-7737451345784497202010-08-27T17:03:03.638-04:002010-08-27T17:03:03.638-04:00hahaha you know, I almost posted that Buttercup wa...hahaha you know, I almost posted that Buttercup was my favourite character...but I'm quite partial to fluffy little creatures :)<br /><br />I definitely agree that Mockinjay was completely different and a thousand times darker than its predecessors, but I actually felt it was fitting in the context of what was happening in Panem. That said, I do agree that Katniss's reactions to the beauty thing were a wee bit obnoxious. Oh, and I do have to admit I cried over Finnick. A lot. I'm such a geek haha Either way, brilliant review :)Melissa (i swim for oceans)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06840790603713851746noreply@blogger.com