Mockingjay: Part 2

I finished Mockingjay during middle school camp and, although I was satisfied at the end, I had a really hard time getting through the first section of the book. I felt the author spent too much time describing what happened in the past and having Katniss think about what was going on in District 13. I would have enjoyed a lot more action. When the second part of the book started, so did the action and my interest increased. I thought the authors portrayal of the reality of war was spot-on. There is never really a winner in a war...everybody loses and if you have to do horrible things to win a war, are you any better than the supposed evil you are fighting against? I also thought that the consequences of war on the characters was realistic. I won't go into details, because I don't want to give away any spoilers, but if you're a Hunger Games fan and you haven't read Mockingjay, I definitely recommend it.