Mockingjay.....9 hours later I have finished the last book of this trilogy. Despite all the spoilers I read, it was still a riveting story to read. "The Hunger Games."

Hold on, make that 12 hours later. Yes, I'm an incredibly SLOW reader, but I also had to re-read a couple of pages here and there in disbelief of what happened.


Added:
Didn't quite finish it all in one sitting since bodily functions need to be attended to as well as nourishment (does a hot dog combo from Costco and two large decaf sugarfree hazelnut lattes count?). I finally decided to leave Borders before 5pm fearing that I may either be ticketed or towed for being parked there for 8 hours. I managed to finish the book at Starbucks. What can I say? - I needed to know how it ended, so there was no way I was not going to finish the book today. I was riveted, the whole time. In parts of book two, "Catching Fire", I was a bit bored, but the first and last books really had me going.

So, here were my predictions for the book, and how they panned out:

1. Mr Everdeen and Mr. Hawthorne are alive, but are captives of the Capitol, not part of the rebellion. The mining accident was a cover up to remove all D12 rebellion leaders. They have had to watch Katniss participate in both Hunger games, as punishment for being part of the rebellion.  Neither of the fathers were alive, but I still think it would've been brilliant if they were and had to watch Katniss participate in the Hunger Games.
2. Peeta, Johanna, and Enobaria are also captives of the Capitol. Cinna is here too since he is part of the rebellion.  The three victors were captives, well, some how Enobaria was not imprisioned; Cinna was killed during interrogation, I think, before Peeta, Johanna, and Enobaria were captured.
3. Prim and Peeta as tributes were fixed, to get Katniss to volunteer since she's the only one who could survive the games, and Peeta b/c of his voice/speaking skills; together they could help spark the revolution, all without knowing they were doing it.  No mention as to if the reapings were fixed, but the president of D13 wanted to save Peeta before Katniss. But they were both very good at sparking the rebellion without knowing what the plan was.
4. Katniss, Gale, and Finnick go to the Capital to break everyone out, despite being told by Haymitch not to, but she does b/c she's tired of being manipulated by everyone else who has had a hand in the two games she has been in.  Gale goes, both Katniss and Finnick are not strong enough and it'd be too risky to lose Katniss since she is the symbol of the rebellion. She is, however, unhappy about still being manipulated for someone else's games. The rebels have to bust Peeta out because it is clear that Katniss cannot function knowing that he is being tortured by Snow to break her, which it does.
5. Katniss kills President Snow. She kills the president of D13 instead of Snow, but he dies anyway, at just about the same time she kills the other president.
6. Peeta and Gale both die, trying to protect Katniss.  Almost. Both are alive at the end of the book.
7. Katniss ends up with Finnick. Annie is saved along with Peeta and Johanna. Her and Finnick get married in D13. But he dies during the mission to kill Snow.
8. Story ends.....with the districts being freed.....or in the middle of a revolution.  Thank goodness the districts were freed. And thank goodness for that epilogue!
9. A theory I posted on Mockingjay.net was that Gale was going to confess he loved Katniss before he was yanked out of the room when they were saying their good byes (THG, pg 40).  I was right on this one, as he was finally able to admit that his feelings for her changed six months before the reaping in the first book. I knew it, even if it didn't change the fact that she ends up with Peeta.