Mockingjay

This book gave me trouble because of the triangle between Katniss, Gale, and Peeta. I almost thought as I was reading that Collins was trivializing everything else in the book because though there was obviously so much else going on in the book that were so much more important she still chose to focus on something as petty as a conversation between Gale and Peeta on who Katniss would eventually choose.

I liked this book because it was smart, it was real, and it was so very well written. Seeing all the romance she tried so hard to inject just brought that down. But somewhere in the last couple chapters of part 3 she redeemed herself and I found myself feeling what Katniss was feeling and crying when Katniss was crying.This trilogy is powerful because Collins can write emotion with the best of them. Hands down, this is one of the greatest young adult trilogies to ever be written. It's nice to be reminded that though the young adult genre is usually filled with useless fluff there are still brilliant writers out there pushing the boundaries of the genre every day.