The Hunger Games : Mockingjay

For this post, it kinda different from the other post. There is only one word, SPOILER!

Okay on one hand, I liked this book. liked it enough that i cannot stop reading because I NEED to know what happened-specifically to Peeta. I also liked what happened at the end...but...well...

From the first page of The Hunger Games to the end of Mockingjay, the one thing, the one character that kept me reading was Peeta. I liked Katniss alright, but she wasn't what drew me into the series. Katniss, like many reviews are saying, was a victim in this awful war. In the first 2 books she acted against the 'control'. She rebelled-which is WHY so many people looked up to her. Which is why they wanted her face to be the seal of their rebellion. It made sense. But here's where I feel Ms. Coillins made a grave mistake in Mockingjay...she eliminated the 'goodness' that had motivated Katniss to move forward even when she didn't want to during the games from her life.

True, this whole series has been about fighting oppression and power. About fighting against a government set out to only make their own lives better, and I felt the first 2 books did that nicely. They were so dark, so horrifying, but inside all of that horror there was a spark of light, of sunshine, and that spark was Peeta and Prim-but mostly Peeta since he was there with her to remind her time and time again the type of goodness that was there to save.

Peeta represented true goodness, love, compassion. He was what kept Katniss from falling over the edge into total darkness. He was her rock, her friend, and no matter how confused she felt-she loved him, even if she didn't know it yet. The failure in Mockingjay was that, Ms. Collins took that light away from Katniss. There was no goodness anymore, and therefore Katniss lost her own 'personal spark'. Yet, this was never told to in the story. We just saw Katniss growing weaker and weaker, and were never given a reason as to why. People are complaining about how 'soft' her character went and I completely agree. But what isn't being talked about is the reason why.

I don't know about everyone else, but Peeta was the only bright spot in this entire series for me. Everything was so dark and hopeless-except him. He was the one the masses clung to. His words, his light, his goodness. He is what made Katniss look so incredible. It was his presence and words that make it happened. It is my opinion that she could not have risen to the level she was at without him-which is why she fell short in Mockingjay. The dynamic between them and what they accomplished together at both 'Games' was what drove the series for me. It wasn't even so much about the romance-although that did add another human layer to this story which made it all that much more gut wrenching and true.

The main thing people wondering about was 'Who is Katniss going to choose? Gale or Peeta?' Yet, we get to Mockingjay and the author COMPLETELY obliterated that theme. Sure, we all understand that the war was the main plot, but the HEART of any story is it's characters and their personal journey. Love being one that drives most stories. The love was all but absent here. Sure, we get a resolution, Katniss chooses in the end, but it doesn't FEEL good to the reader. We were given no 'reunion' scene. We were given no 'love-filled' embrace. We were TOLD, 'and this happened.' Not fulfilling. Not at all. Readers need closure. It doesn't have to be a 'happily ever after' which would have been completely off base for this story. But we need to see that in spite of everything that had happened, everything that the characters have suffered, that it had been worth SOMETHING. That everything they fought for, everything so many people died for, was worth something in the end. I'm disappointed because it wasn't like that. It was more like 'Yes, I finally admitted to myself that Peeta was who I loved, then I had some babies with him because he wanted them.'

Ok, I guess my review has come to the end. I just feel like she could have ended the book the same, but could have made that hopelessness feeling go away just a little. Because what is life if there is no hope? This novel left the reader feeling empty, drained, and hopeless. Not even being able to care about what happened to those characters we'd grown to love.

So for this novel, my rating would be 4/10 !

Bitten, by Kelley Armstrong

Hi there.. !! J how have you guys been doing?

I believe it have been very good days isn’t it?

Well for me it is very complicated.. I had many tasks and assignments to do..

But despite all of that.. I could still seize some time to you guys.. !! J

I know.. there are many viewers who can’t wait for the next book review.. right? Ahhaha

Anyway.. the next book entitled……………. . . .. . . .. . . can you guess?

BOOM!!!!! The next book is “Bitten” by Kelley Armstrong

This isn’t so much a review as a re-read and reflection as to why I love this book so much.

I want to reread this book because it is one of my favourite, but I don’t know if I enjoyed the book or not.

This is the book that catch my attention about fiction romance and makes me to reread this book once more. I didn’t know that romance could be like this, which heroines could be angry and violent, that humans had bad side too. I think now that werewolf romance is interesting.. yeah because you know.. I have seen movies.. like this.. which is the “twilight saga” movie.. I think it is not interesting.. but after I read this book.. wow! Its fascinating.

The summary

The story starts like this. Elena Michaels is living in Toronto, struggled to have a normal life, but, she can’t because she’s a werewolf.

The story starts with Elena trying to find a safe place to change form. Because she’s been hiding for too long, she can’t stop herself. When she’s called back to her Pack in upstate New York, she tries to resist going, but she can’t avoid that, either. Irritated that she’s being commanded by so many forces in her life, she leaves her boyfriend and their apartment under some really flimsy excuses, and heads south.

When she go back to the Pack, there are big problems she must face, not the least of which is Clay. It would be too mild to say he has it worse for her. It’s more like he has it worst for her, and Elena finds herself broken between the world she’s carefully create for herself, and the life she keeps trying to leave, but couldn’t.

My review

The story has three main story: Elena vs. Clay, Elena vs. her life in Toronto or with the Pack, and Elena vs. herself. That last one tells us the other two and is the most powerful with each reading.

My favourite part of this novel is the complex story of what is revealed as Elena learns to accept herself. The book’s finding of a female werewolf - the only one of her kind - tells and creates a new arena for fictional findings of female violence. Elena herself is part horrified and part fascinated by her own capability for killing, either as a human or as a wolf, and that struggle, is the aspect that remains with me after I finish the book. Elena is both badass and vulnerable, fearless and yet afraid to love and accept anyone, even herself. The ways in which the author peels away Elena’s weakness is chilling, and a lesson in the art of not telling too much, but revealing plenty at the same time.

There are so many scenes that get me, like when Elena give permission one of the wolves to lean on her while making it seem like she’s laying on him, or when she notice a secret hidden in a cupboard that tell her something that should have been obviously painful to her. The part where Clay comes toward her in the light or, when Elena has dinner with Phillip’s sisters and mother, and watches family interactions from a distance, even while she’s right there among them. Later, Elena finds herself with her Pack family and is part of the group, though she tried her best to hold herself as she did before. The power of this book is in the emotion and the vain of it, and in the part of possibly limited loyalty and violence Elena and the other characters possess.

Reading it makes me wonder about the role of violence in shaping the popularity of world of magic and modern fantasy in romance, and the ways in which violence and vulnerability exists in romance heroines. Elena was one of the first characters I read in a paranormal setting who was both weak and forged with overwhelmed strength. She’s angry and full of rage and has an ability for it that human women do not have, one that romance readers read about repeatedly.

I never tire of revisiting with her, and learning something new from her story.

I don’t know if I can describe how much I love this book. Even after multiple readings, the moment I pick it up, I’m done.

Now, this is the video to make you guys more understand about the story..

so basically, this is just a video so that you guys could have the curiosity to read the book... :)

 My rating to this book:

guess what.. after been reviewing almost 10 books until now.. this book is quite interesting.. that i could give an A.. which is .. 8/10.. so i guess its quite worth your time to read the book.. but it cannot surpass my other book that i have read like Assassins Creed and The scarlet Letter.. 

so.. its up to you if you want to read this book or not.. . hehe.. anyway... have a good weekend.. i hope we can see again in the future soon.. with more interesting book ..!!! :) :)