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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

39 reviews

michaelholdenismyhusbandtyvm's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Alcohol, Genocide, Grief, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gun violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Violence, War, Child death, Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, Kidnapping, Vomit, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

tayler_marie_brooks's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Physical abuse, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Medical content, Blood, Violence, War, Alcohol, Gore, Grief, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, and Suicide

saskiajva's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Reading this series growing up, I really hated Mockingjay and thought it ruined the whole series. As an adult, knowing who dies and where the story goes, having experienced trauma of my own, i was able to appreciate it for how masterful it is. She describes trauma and PTSD so incredibly accurately, the types of decisions that are made and the person Katniss becomes show so many nuanced and incredibly profound experiences. Honestly, i kind of hated it a bit because of how real the trauma felt. But it’s also what makes this book incredible. This is a series you can reread 100 times and always find new meaning and understanding in.

Tatiana Maslaney is an INCREDIBLE narrator

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Police brutality, Self harm, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Violence, and War

isaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

Creo que disfrutaría más el libro si la traducción no estuviera tan rara. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Torture, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Suicide, and Sexual violence

geooo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Drug abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual content, Mental illness, Gun violence, Child death, War, Suicide attempt, Murder, Drug use, Death, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Panic attacks/disorders

jupitersuns's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much that I hate it! I finished this right before I have to get ready for work and I cried like a baby. I definitely would recommend this to everybody!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Murder, Torture, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

This isn't for the light of heart. Especially towards the end-- I had a dream dealing with body horror because of the last few chapters.

rylin_marie's review

adventurous challenging dark sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

this book absolutely broke me. oh my goodness. i didn’t expect it to be so depressing. 

okay, first off, peeta. he’s had to go through so much. i cried when he tried to choke katniss. it was just so sad seeing how badly he was tortured. honestly, it was worse than death. i was glad when his humanity slowly started coming back. obviously, he was never really the same. the nightmares and traumas never go away. i just wish i could reach through the book and hug him

katniss. katniss had a really rough time. first her father, then rue, then cinna, then peeta, finnick, and prim, and even gale somewhat. throughout the whole series, she had been forced to play Games. even in the rebellion, she was just part of coins games. she never really got to get away. she experienced so much trauma and grief—too much for a 17 year old. we see her experience suicide attempts, depression, and all sorts of trauma. even after she got married and had kids, she wasn’t necessarily happy or at peace. the Games will always be a part of her. 

gale. if you are team gale, i suggest you don’t keep reading this. gale should’ve died. he should’ve died instead of finnick. i will forever hate gale. he didn’t even try to save peeta’s family. he created the weapon that killed prim. he’s heartless. he didn’t try to save finnick, or even let katniss try. honestly, he should’ve died instead of finnick. plus, it would create a better storyline since katniss “loved” gale. i will forever be team peeta. gale doesn’t understand or show any sympathy to peeta or even katniss after the Games. does he not know what the suffered? anyways, as you can tell i think gale is jealous of peeta and let that take over his life. 

finnick. oh finnick. i love him so much. in my heart, he’s still alive. he was probably my favorite character. he’s definitely one of my fictional husbands. i feel so bad for annie. i was so happy for them. i wonder if finnick even knew about the baby. he didn’t deserve to die like that. it infuriates me. he could’ve lived happily with his family after snow and coin died. he was so close to making it out alive. i’m just so depressed and frustrated about his death. he deserved better, so did annie and the baby. 

i was actually mad about finnicks death. this goes along with cinna as well. they got pretty much a singular paragraph, if that, about their deaths and then everyone moved on. i will never move on from their deaths. in my opinion, finnicks death was 3 times worse and more depressing than prims. it actually enrages me. 

overall, i really liked this series. it didn’t make me feel happy though. i felt dissociated and mournful during the series. it makes me sad knowing, even though katniss and peeta had a somewhat happy ending, they could never actually be truly happy. they can never forget what happened. not just in the games, but during the rebellion, when peeta got hijacked, the death of loved ones, it will never go away, and it never can.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Addiction, Child death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, War, Murder, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Grief

elysianbud's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

The last line is so damn good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Medical content, Suicide, Classism, Confinement, Murder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, and Violence

matildag00's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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 is the fastest I have ever started and finished a book: 2 days (1: 118p 2:350p)

Just the fact that this took me by the neck and held me there until the very end is incredible and not something I would ever have thought this book was gonna do. I know the movies, I loved them growing up and all in all there wasn't THAT many changes from book to movie but still I just kept turning and turning and turning the pages until I sat in my room at 1am absolutely destroyed and sobbing my eyes out. I LOVE THIS BOOK= Everlark (KatPiss) forever!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Child death, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Miscarriage

nagirak's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book perfectly encapsulates what it’s like to live through a war you never intended to start. It is incredibly dark and has just enough plot twists without going over the top. The main characters are put through the ringer in this book, even more so than the past two. We see how dangerous power can be, no matter who is holding it and the costs that come with overthrowing the government. 
This book is definitely much slower than the others because we focus more on Katniss and what is happening around her than the plot itself. But I would not say it’s boring by any means. It is a devastating finale to The Hunger Games trilogy in which we learn that the things we want most may come with the ultimate sacrifice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Torture, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Suicide

Minor: Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Miscarriage