This book was interesting.
The storyline was good, it reads very fluent. The pacing was sometimes a bit slow, but I didn’t really mind.
From the beginning of the book, you can see how Snow is going to turn out in an evil 80-year old, he already shows his manipulative sides, his full support for the Capitol, how he feels like he/it’s above the districts.
Now it’s also obvious why he hates district 12 so much and the fact that Katniss ends up being “the Mockingjay” is quite ironic.
I liked how many of the names were recognisable from the trilogy.
I also liked the Covey and how they got their names. Also the song of Lucy Gray and her ending was quite nicely done.

I don’t know what to think about the evolution of the Hungergames itself. I mean, they are pretty cruel in this book. But isn’t even more cruel the way they were in the trilogy? All those people rooting for children to kill eachother, even training the children and romanticising their stories?
Lucy Gray wasn’t going to be bothered by the Capitol, while with victors from later Hungergames... their games never truly ended.

I do still want to know how Tigris’ story went further. How did she end up/become a woman who sells furry underwear and how did her relationship with Coriolanus end up on such bad terms?

I’m going to be thinking about this book for a long time.