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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

46 reviews

jayden_314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Vomit, Gore, Murder, Blood, Child death, Death, War, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

theirgracegrace's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Mockingjay completes a trilogy in a crescendo of violence and trauma. Katniss has survived two Hunger Games, but recovering from the trauma and finally defeating the Capital is a burden that she can barely bear. The frank discussion of the PTSD and mental psychosis that comes from so much death and devastation in a teenager is a breath of fresh air from how many childhood traumas are handled in fiction. The ending is bittersweet but offers hope for a future of healing. A riveting and visceral ending to a series that has changed how I see the world for the better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Sexual content, Abandonment, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Vomit, Xenophobia, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Classism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Eating disorder

brittnybuysbooks's review

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Ableism

booknerdhp's review

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: War, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Mental illness

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Confinement, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

jazhandz's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Grief, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcoholism

gabbygarcia's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Pregnancy

haley49's review

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This was a heartbreaking end to the series but despite all the loss Katniss has a home and a support system. There is no immediate danger to her or her remaining loved ones; and that’s all she ever wanted. I’m going to go cry now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Murder, War, Child death, Death, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

averagemark'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Minor: Pregnancy

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I love the rest of the 2012 – 2016 dystopian books including Divergent, Twilight, The Maze Runner and the Mortal Instruments. I wish I had read these books during the hype of my childhood but I did enjoy this series overall as a young adult, but I felt like this book in particular was missing something extra for a final book of the series.  

Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But she’s still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid out plans – everyone except Katniss. And yet she must play the most vital part in the final battle. Katniss must carry on being the Mockingjay – the symbol of rebellion – no matter what it costs her. She is trying to protect everyone she loves and take down the guy who created all the pain. 

This book was well written, and I loved the fact of the exploration of mental health especially with Katniss’s nightmares and Peeta’s flashbacks. This book is not a lovey-dovey read, it’s a gritty slow read showing the effects of a riot and revolution and seeing it from both sides of the villain and the victims. It was showing the reflection of cruelty, slavery and the horrors of war - I liked that. However, there was a lot more that could have been done to make this book five stars.  

I wanted more action within the books, as the war was taking place we didn’t see much of it. I get that we see it from the victim’s point of view, but I wanted to see it more from the general point of view. I don’t really like love triangles within storylines however being that this was released within the time period of 2012-2016 and all book series mentioned above does have a love triangle and I probably would have loved it back then but now as a young adult, I could couldn’t stand it. Gale just leaving because he thought he killed Prim and that was all he had going from him annoyed me, I wanted to punch him in the face for that comment. I would have loved to seen more at the end and the healing process for Katniss and Peeta. I feel like it was just collected and moved on especially in the Epilogue when it was to do with her struggle of whether she wanted children or not yet it seemed really forced upon. The deaths within this book were just written off rather than a dramatic death scene which I would have preferred. It took me a while to realize Prim was dead and that Finnick was dead. I don’t think Prim needed to be killed either. Katniss’s mum just leaving her after everything she’s been through also annoyed the crap out of me. 
 

I loved the Hunger Games and Catching Fire and I wanted this book to be as good as those two and it was okay. I just expected more with it being the final book of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Slavery, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

luminifera's review

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

A good sequel and good closure for Katniss. Would like a sequel focused on another character too, showing what happens to Panem next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Gore, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Police brutality, Body horror, Blood, Confinement, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Child death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Vomit, Pregnancy, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Gaslighting

Heaviest book of the three. The main cast goes off the deep end. One of the character sacrifices themselves for the others. Several characters die.