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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

261 reviews

jaythenerdbird's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

How is this series considered Young Adult? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, War, Vomit, Murder, Gore, Genocide, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

laceyfearon's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, War, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Child death

isabelle_mary's review

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I have never read a book series where I have given each book five stars and today is the day that has changed. While I love many book series, I am also the first to admit when that book series slacks in one book or doesn’t, but when looking back at this book series I cannot find one moment where it is lacking something. Suzanne Collins perfectly has written a series that does not disappoint, leave you wondering, have slow moments (and vice versa, too fast moments), etc. She provides hope and pain perfectly and gives a realistic example of how war is. Katniss and Peeta’s story had always been one of my favorites on the screen but now reading it and getting more of it, makes me love them even more. Each character in this series was written with so much in mind and it makes me feel as if I knew them personally (and I love when a book does that). Joanna and Finnick I love you both!! This will definitely be a series to me that I reread over and over again and share with others. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Grief, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Hate crime, Alcohol, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Medical content

lauren_shilling's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book took me so long to read because I was in a reading slump, so it says so much that despite that, I still think it's a five star book. I honestly feel so broken because of this book, and I don't know what to do with myself. It was so good, and it made me feel so hollow and so empty so many times. I usually write longer reviews, and maybe I'll come back later and edit this to make it longer, but right now, I have no idea what to say except this book was incredible, and it was the perfect end to this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Grief, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism and Torture

leeyongjin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, and Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Colonisation, Death of parent, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Confinement, Genocide, War, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Minor: Gaslighting, Gore, Vomit, and Death

thenevermore's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Suicide attempt, War, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts

loveisabird's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i’m old enough to have been in the target audience when mockingjay was released, and my main memories of the book are everyone seeming disappointed in the conclusion and after finally getting handed off a copy of the book from a friend feeling maybe not that negatively but at best neutral about it.

now to be fair, while 14-year-olds were ostensibly the target audience, how many 14-year-olds were really equipped to deal with the themes and questions put forward by mockingjay? how were 14-year-olds supposed to understand what was going on with president coin, or why katniss didn’t make her romantic choice until the last paragraph in the most undramatic manner?

so i stand by my belief that the hunger games should not have been YA books. mockingjay does tell a good story, even with all its tragedies, which is evident when you’re 27. but that good story is ridiculously rushed. so my new the hot take is that mockingjay should have been two books. i think both more things needed to happen plot-wise in the revolution, and we needed more time spent on some of the things that did happen. (admittedly an argument that could be made for any of these books).

conveniently taking this stance means the controversial stance that it was correct to have two mockingjay movies is further validated. it SHOULD have been two movies because it should have been two BOOKS!!!!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, War, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Xenophobia, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Blood, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Animal death, Death of parent, and Self harm

judeb0x's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Violence, Torture, Gore, War, Blood, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Death, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Genocide, Drug abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

a_wandering_thinker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Addiction, Confinement, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, War, Blood, Murder, Suicide attempt, Torture, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, and Grief

yajairat's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

I remember not liking this book at all when I was younger, but after this reread I have a new appreciation for it. My only gripe with it is the fact that we are told a lot of what happens rather than being in the action since we are only viewing Katniss's perspective. But overall, this was a... not nice conclusion but an appropriate one for this series. Some things that stuck out to me:

- Collins gives us an unflinching view of the effects of war throughout this book. War is devastating, the loss of life unimaginable, the trauma that it causes is deep. No one comes out on the other side unscathed. 

- Like the previous two books, I think this one (and the entire series as a whole) is just so well thought out. I used to dislike the fact that Katniss loses a lot of her agency in Mockingjay, but I realize now that this was most likely intentional. It's still not pleasant to read, but you realize that this shows just how she kind of becomes a piece of the games again, used as a pawn by this new president. And it has us questioning throughout the book, "once this war ends and if this new government takes over, will things really change? Or is this a never-ending cycle?". 

- Can't say that this ended on the brightest note, but I do appreciate the hope that it gives us. Even though Katniss suffered through tragedy after tragedy, she learns to find small moments of happiness in her daily life. 

These books were truly an influential part of my adolescence, so glad I reread them and found new things to appreciate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts