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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

120 reviews

nodustollens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Classism, Torture, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Minor: Toxic friendship and Miscarriage

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

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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

The love triangle continued to be annoying but otherwise I liked the story. It reminded me a lot of ATLA in the way it addressed what lines should be crossed when handling enemies. The epilogue rubs me the wrong way because it sounds like Katnis was coerced/worn down into having children. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Death, Classism, War, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcoholism, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Minor: Miscarriage

inkysplodge's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Death of parent, Vomit, and Drug abuse

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

Reading this series as an adult is so much more meaningful than when I was a kid. My only complaint about this book is the pacing; a lot of the book felt a bit slow while certain parts in the Capital were breezed over too quickly. But the author does an amazing job at capturing the aftereffects of trauma in these characters. This book is the culmination of a series with themes like: media’s impact on public opinion, authoritative governance, the lasting effects of trauma, being used as a pawn in the plans of others, etc. I’m less satisfied with the ending now as an adult because the internal scars of Katniss, Peeta, and others are more clear to me than when I first read this book and was just happy Katniss and Peeta end up together- but war doesn’t satisfy anyone. It feels so realistic and penetrating that while there were moments of tears while reading, I am reeling in the aftermath and will probably sob as I dwell on the trauma, what it meant for the characters, and what it means in real life. Everyone should read this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm, Chronic illness, Medical content, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Police brutality

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Ableism, Bullying, Miscarriage, and Vomit

eyescanbecruel'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Addiction, Grief, Torture, Medical content, and Drug abuse

Minor: Trafficking

raisinreads's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Police brutality, Self harm, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Child death, Classism, Drug use, Body horror, War, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

716a_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful inspiring 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: Violence, Blood, and War

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, and Drug abuse

michaelholdenismyhusbandtyvm's review against another edition

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

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

it hits different on a reread. the epilogue is one of the most impactful for a ya series, and i think collins does an amazing job showing what healing is like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug abuse, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Trafficking