Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

The wonder of what this series has become is fabulous not only for the book industry itself but for the readers.  I am thinking not of the many adult women who I know that have read it and love it, but the teens who adore it, talk about it, and relate to it.  What a joy to have a book that we can all share on such a level.  Perfection for the after-Harry-Potter time.

But what to say about it?  Dark, disturbing, violent, wondrous, strong, memorable, striking, passionate, and dazzling.

Yes, I had issues with some of the deaths.  Yes, I had to take time after reading it to recover and see it from a different perspective because I was too wrapped up in it.  Which is a great thing.  It is a book about the corruption of power, the horrors of war, the pain of betrayal and the richness of love.  It is about so much more than I had expected. 

That said, being the very finicky and picky reader that I am, I do have some issues with the world building.  Issues that the other books strode past and I was able to ignore.  But here they became even more evident.  I know, they are quibbles, but they are also how I saw the book going.  I was so very certain that I knew where it was heading.  I didn’t.  And part of my great pleasure in the reading of the book was that I was wrong.  Isn’t it great to be surprised by books?

So that’s my disjointed view of Mockingjay without giving anything away.  It was a book I loved, a series I adored from the very start, and I can’t wait to see what the creator of Gregor and Katniss brings us next!

Reviewed from purchased copy because I couldn’t wait, but also received copy from Scholastic.

Reviewed all over the blogosphere.  Which you already know if you were like me and trying to avoid any spoilers!