My Review for Mockingjay

“Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!”

Author:

Suzanne Collins.

Genre:

Science-Fiction & Young Adult.

The third and final book in The Hunger Games Trilogy. 

The Story:

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plains – except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss’s willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels’ Mockingjay – no matter the personal cost.

— From the back of the book. 🙂

The Review:

The third and last instalment in the Hunger Games Trilogy is wonderful. Suzanne Collins has brought an end to the best-selling series. And what a surprising end. I didn’t expect that at all. The book is action packed and does not lack thrills and cliffhangers. The book was well written and lives up to the extremely high standards set by ‘The Hunger Games‘ and ‘Catching Fire‘. Sadly it all had to come to an end.

Catching Fire

**This review contains spoilers for the previous novel and for the movie “The Hunger Games” based on the first book. DO NOT read this if you have not read the first book or seen the movie.**

Haymitch: Katniss, when you’re in the arena….. You just remember who the enemy is.

Author:

Suzanne Collins

Genre:

Science-Fiction & Young Adult

Published on September 1st, 2009

This is the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy.

The Story:

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol – a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she’s afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she’s not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol’s cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can’t prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

— From the back of the book 🙂

The Review:

What a wonderfully written book. Katniss is more sophisticated in this book than she was in the previous one. Suzanne is a wonderful author who surprises the readers at every turn of the page. This, as the previous one, was hard to put down. The protagonist, Katniss, seems to me as a kind killer. Though she doesn’t want to do kill any one she is forced to do so to save the person she loves and herself. The story has evolved since the previous book and it is much more engrossing.
My favourite part in the book was Cinna‘s coal-themed dress for Katniss’ Chariot ride and her dress for the interview with Caesar.
When they release the first movie, what I’d be excited to see is how they pull off the dress for the Chariot ride in the first book. Because that’s what gave her the name of “The girl who was on fire”.

Final Verdict:

An AWESOME book. 9/10.

My favourite quote from the book:
Haymitch: Katniss, when you’re in the arena….. You just remember who the enemy is.

The Hunger Games

“Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be EVER in your favour.”

Director:

Gary Ross

Producer:

Jon Kilk, Suzanne Collins, Nina Jacobson, Robin Bissell

Cast:

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen

Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark

Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy

Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket

Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne

Lenny Kravitz as Cinna

Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman

Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanus Snow

Willow Shields as Primrose Everdeen

Paula Malcomson as Mrs. Everdeen

Amandla Stenberg as Rue

Alexander Ludwig as Cato

Dayo Okeniyi as Thresh

Isabella Fuhrman as Clove

Jacqueline Emerson as Foxface

Leven Rambin as Glimmer

Jack Quaid as Marvel

Toby Jones as Claudius Templesmith

Wes Bentley as Senca Crane

Music:  

T-Bone Burnett and James Newton Howard

BASED ON THE BOOK ‘THE HUNGER GAMES‘ BY SUZANNE COLLINS

The Story:

Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the 74th Annual Hunger Games.

The Review:

This was one of the movies I saw that day. This was very good while the other, Agent Vinod, was… lets just say it sucked.. BIG TIME!

The Hunger Games was pretty god. The cinematography was awesome. Though it wasn’t exactly like the book, it was still good. The good thing about the movie is that it didn’t stick to Katniss being the main protagonist as in the book. The movie shows how the ‘Gamemakers’ manipulate the arena to the disadvantage of the ‘Tributes’. There were many differences from the book. Some changes that they made may affect the future films. For example: In the book, Madge, the daughter of the mayor of District 12, gives Katniss the iconic Mockingjay pin. But in the movie, she gets it in the hob from, whom I’m assuming is,  Greasy Sue.

The movie also shows us the notorious President Snow in the rose garden. Also in the movie, Peeta’s father doesn’t come to see Katniss. And also instead of talking on they roof, Peeta and Katniss talk in the house next to the window.

The thing I was most eager to see in the movie, was Cinna’s dress that gave Katniss the name – “The Girl on Fire”. And I was happy to see that they brought it out very well. The second dress, the one that she wore for the interview with Caesar, was diferrent than in the book. In the book, the dress had crystals which reflect the light in such a way that is was like fire, but in the movie, when she spins around, the dress gets some artificial flames.

After Peeta confesses that he loves Katniss,  she, in the book, smashes a vase, but in the movie, she just attacks him. Thus leaving the need for any stitches. In the book, Katniss explains tracker-jacker and the mockingjay and the other things. But in the movie, they informed us of all of this through commentary by Flickerman and Templesmith. This was an innovative way to show this in the movie.

One thing that irritated me was that, in the movie they left out the part where Kaniss looks in to the eyes of those dogs and sees the eyes of Rue and theorizes that The Capitol has created Mutations from the body of the dead tributes. This is important for the sequels.

Other than that the movie was outstanding. Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson phenomenally.

Final Verdict:

A completely enjoyed the movie. 8/10..