The Last Hunger Games Book!!

Since I had read 2 of the Hunger Games book, I felt compelled to finish the last one and see what happened to Katniss, Gale, and Peeta!  My curiosity got the best of me!



We left off in the second book where Katniss had been saved from the second Hunger Games and taken to District 13.  The rebels in District 13 have helped to save Katniss, and now they are hoping she will be their leader, their symbol, their Mockingjay for their rebellion.
Everything in District 13 is underground, so many families that survived the bombing in District 12 have been moved there, including Katniss and Gale's families.  They figure out that Peeta has been captured by the Capital and is being brainwashed by President Snow.  District 13 decides to rescue to Peeta, realizing that Katniss might not be any help if she doesn't have Peeta at her side.  They launch an attack on the Capital to rescue Peeta, and in the process loose many members of their team, and others in the Capital lose thier lives, including Katniss' sister, Prim.  Prim had been sent there as a medical person to help others, but a bomb went off and she lost her life.
Katniss is devastated, but tries to figure out what is going on.  In the end she realizes that President Coin (of District 13) was using her all along, and Katniss kills her.  Eventually President Snow dies, although no one knows exactly how.  The book closes with everyone returning to District 12 and the Capital being destroyed.  Katniss and Gale might not be able to reconcile their friendship because she had some questions about things that happened in the Capital and his hand in it.  Katniss and Peeta come around and realize that they were meant to be in love and together the whole time.
The book closes where its 20 years in the future and Katniss and Peeta are married.  They are still living in District 12, with 2 children now.  There are no more Hunger Games, but Katniss still lives in fear of one day telling her children how things used to be.
The book was good; although the ending was not as satisfying as I had hoped.  It almost felt like after all they went through, it just ended. It seemed almost as if the author was tired of writing and just needed a quick end.
The book trilogy was great, and I enjoyed most of it, as I'm sure teen readers did too, but the ending was just a little off for me.

Collins, S. (2010). Mockingjay. New York: Scholastic Press.