Tag: Suzanne Collins

  • REVIEW of Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

    REVIEW of Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins

    Mockingjay, the final book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy, concludes the story of Katniss Everdeen, but whether it is a satisfactory conclusion is a question open for debate. As the book begins, Katniss has been whisked away from the Hunger Games arena by the shadowy rebels from District 13. These insurgents have spent many hours planning…

  • REVIEW of Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

    REVIEW of Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins

    Catching Fire, the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, picks up where the first book left off. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have conquered the Hunger Games in defiance of the rules; now they must conquer the vengeance of the Capitol. President Snow pays a visit to Katniss and lets her…

  • REVIEW of The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

    REVIEW of The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

    I started reading The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, while ensconced in an overstuffed armchair at the mall bookstore, killing time before the next showing of Mission Impossible IV. I rarely read popular literature of that kind. I picked it up on a whim, and I fully expected to dislike it. By the time I finally…