I LOVED this book
How is the book?
I had so many people give me their opinions about this trilogy, and many of them didn't like the third book, so my expectations were quite low.  I must say, though, that I LOVED this book.  As an editor, I was a bit surprised at some of the things Collins got away with; as a romantic, I would have liked to have seen her spend a little more time on the romance part of the story.  As a human being, I just couldn't get enough of this story.  It's beautiful and tragic and raw and compelling and just plain phenomenal!  Despite a few mechanical and other minor flaws, it's a great book!  If you like a book that's wonderfully revolutionary, darkly provocative, and emotionally epic, this is for you.  I got teary-eyed several times throughout the novel, but the truth is that I was reading too fast, desperate to see what happened next, to let myself feel the emotion of it all.  With all that energy pent up, I read the quiet, understated afterword at the end.  And cried.  I totally want to read the entire trilogy again.  Don't let all the negative reviews out there get you down.  If you liked the first two books, you'll love the third.  It's an awesome, climatic, mind-blowing end to a story that's shattering on so many levels.  Let yourself get lost in it! 