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smartie_5748's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Torture, Death, War, Child death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gun violence
Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, and Drug abuse
leeyongjin's review against another edition
- 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
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
loveisabird's review
- 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
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!!!!!!!!
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
- 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
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
samanthaeumir's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Miscarriage, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture
books_r_fetch's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Also, some people complain about the love triangle between katniss, gale, and peeta. However, I don't think this book is a romantic thing. It doesn't have the same feel as the other books.
Some people complain about the book being boring, but that's not the case for me. The only boring part for me is (slight not really spoiler) when there is that long period of time when snow is alive and katniss is silent. Personally, this is the most boring book of the three, only because in the first and second book included the actual hunger games and not becoming part of the Capitol. But, let's face it, we all saw it coming.
If y'all really don't like this, I can see why, but I give this a 5/5!
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Addiction
r1vana's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
She is a total mess and psychologically not treatable.
Reading her being filmed and act with cameras around her was hard to read. It’s like she was back in the capitol but more traumatized then ever.
On the other hand, I hate love triangles. And this book did not help either. There were times I hated Katniss for actually playing both of them. The plot was already stressful enough. I just didn’t care about Katniss’s love story. Honestly I preferred the films interpretation.
Hunger Games is an anthem. Will always cherish it.
PSA: I wanted to read this series because I still haven’t watching the ballad of songbirds and snares. But I also wanted to read Crimson Rivers (an ff).
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Blood, Torture, Medical content, Mental illness, and Confinement
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child death
cecinamo's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: War, Murder, Self harm, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, Vomit, Child death, Blood, Classism, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Torture, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Gore, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
ag_berry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Murder, Genocide, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Torture, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Death, Police brutality, Addiction, War, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Child death, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Colonisation, Medical trauma, Gore, and Classism
downsophialane's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Mockingjay is a war book. It's not my subgenre and reading it is stressful and awful. But, some bloated pacing in the middle notwithstanding, it's a very good book, asking young adult readers challenging questions of culpability in oppressive systems. That passivity can be violent was a massively influential idea for me when I first read this book in 2010 (and forever after).
It's wild that love triangle had the cultural grip that it did because it's actually so sophisticated and complex? The key relationships and characters are so fascinating. I will never not be thinking about Peeta Mellark and Haymitch Abernathy and Finnick Odair.
Some of the pacing in the middle was a little bloated but that ending was something to behold. Every decision.
Excellent narration by Tatiana Maslany.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, War, Death, Child death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Self harm