In this conclusion to the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss has been rescued by the rebels of District 13, but Peeta still remains in the hands of President Snow in the Capitol as the war rages. Katniss becomes the Mockingjay, the symbol of the rebellion. While this did not have the same excitement as the previous two books, it still moved at a rapid pace and Katniss remains a character the reader can relate to. Her moral dilemmas regarding the ethics and politics in war were not given clear-cut answers and gave her flaws that made her more human. I did find the end a bit anticlimactic, and Katniss' use of that last arrow entirely predictable. I also felt a little disappointed at the end for Gale, but Katniss' choices were understandable, as the author made it convenient for her. I felt the character wasn't allowed to go through the angst of a true choice on her own, but rather the situation was contrived so that the readers would not have to take sides, a bit of a cop-out in my opinion. On the whole, while I was satisfied enough with this, I felt as a reader more detached from the characters in this book, less involved with them than in the previous two volumes. Still a good read.
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