Book Review: 2 Mockingjay- by: Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


Danica A.
11/16/10
English I
Mr. Williams

Book Review 3
Mockingjay- by: Suzanne Collins

This book was an okay book. It didn’t really have any appeal compared to the first one in the same series. In fact, it was kind of disappointing. I give this book a 2 out of 5. Imagine you saw a commercial for this cereal that had a special surprise inside. that will get you the toy that you’ve been waiting for. And then, when you dig into the box looking for it, only to find out it’s a coupon for 10% off the prize you saw on the commercial. You see how it’s kind of good, kind of bad? It was just like the book. It had some humor, it was too gory, and it was too depressing.

To start off, this book had some funny parts that kind of made you smile. It livened up the book. Even though it can't make up the cons of reading this book, it still made me smile. In one part of the book Katniss's friend Finnick says this, "’Finnick?’ I say. ‘Maybe some pants?’ He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown, leaving him in just his underwear. ‘Why? Do you find this’--he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose--’distracting?’” This was very important for the story because it shows that the psychological damage he had received is slowly ebbing away. That means he could fight for the revolution again.

Secondly, there were some pretty graphic things that were going on in that book. The author described it in so much detail, that it kind of made me sick. It had her trainer step on a mine bomb that went off and blew his leg off. I could not get the image out of my head. Next, there was another one of her friends working with her on a mission that got trapped in a net full of spikes. That was just unbearable to even think.

In addition, this book was depressing. Every chapter always kind of got really depressing and sad. The beginning and the ending were the only parts of the book I remember that were not sad at all. One of the chapter had the main character’s younger sister go off to help kids and then it turns out that the place was rigged with bombs and she was inside. "She's really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail," Katniss says this after seeing what happened. Another one had her best friend practically leave her at the end. She got married and he went off to serve in the army. When her mom left to be a nurse, that was very sad too because imagine having your mom all the way in Australia and you’re in Connecticut.

The book Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins did not appeal to me as much as I had expected it to. This book was a disappointment and I would not recommend it to anyone. I give this book a 2 out 5. Mockingjay had some humor in it, it was too graphic, and too depressing.



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