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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

55 reviews

snowiceblackfruit77's review

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Alcoholism, Murder, Abandonment, Drug use, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Mental illness, Torture, Vomit, Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical content, Self harm, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

leanna_moser's review

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Re-read. 

Finnick really didn’t need to die. And I think Gale and Coin could have been made more clearly bad rather than gray area given the target age group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Police brutality, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

astrangewind's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Mockingjay is a brilliant example of dystopian fiction. As a sequel, it draws on the previous books without replicating them, which is shockingly absent in much of YA fiction. It feels like a truly accurate representation of a true dystopia being taken down by a revolution, which is to say there cannot be a happy ending. And there isn't.

There's only the event, the grief that follows it, and the steady eventuality of learning how to live again, albeit not entirely happy.

Collins' expression of PTSD, through pretty much every character, is painfully accurate. No, the characters don't return home unscathed. It's a beautiful and necessary and heartwrenching book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, War, Death, Violence, Torture, Grief, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Forced institutionalization

riereeds's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

It's been so long since I read these books the first time that it was like reading them for the first time again. My chest hurts for Katniss and all the things she had to go through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, War, Addiction, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Police brutality, Outing, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

reemoony's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

fire (literally) 🔥🔥🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, War, Classism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, and Violence

arinheck's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Alcohol, and Mental illness

Minor: Torture

mermaidsherbet's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Body horror

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Torture, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Gore, Murder, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, Suicide, Stalking, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Vomit, Self harm, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Trafficking, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Addiction

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Alcoholism, Child death, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Drug use, Classism, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, War, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

bella_01's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Another highly emotional book, which lead me to tears multiple times. Once I got roughly halfway, I wanted to stop reading. I knew from that point forward the book would become  depressing. 

Suzanne Collins is a brilliant author. No character in the series is unflawed, making the experience feel even more real. I felt my heart being ripped out multiple times . For me, the fall in rating is due to sections of confusing writing within the book. For the majority of this book and the others in this series, I was able to picture what was going on. Unfortunately, I found some of the chapters in the Capitol confusing. I re-read a few to gain a better understanding, but was mostly unable to picture what Collins was trying to convey through the text. 

Overall, I enjoyed reading this book, and look forward to recommending the series to lots of people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

paigeinabook's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Drug use, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gun violence, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, War, Child death, Eating disorder, Blood, Addiction, Dysphoria, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Colonisation, Grief, Hate crime, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail