Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

190 reviews

tararising's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

I think Katniss might be one of the top 3 best written female characters of all time (maybe even top two). I’m so impressed with the way Suzanne Collins consistently rounds her out— Katniss has a beautiful singing voice, she loves to dance, she kisses people on the cheek to say goodbye and plays laser games with Buttercup (whose role is probably my favorite in the whole series). Fan interpretation seems to have flattened her back into the stoic rebel archetype (exactly what the Capitol did). Justice for Katniss and I hope in 15 years they decide to make some dark live action TV remake because I really want to see actual children play these characters.

It is SOO crazy that Gale and her mom lived. I 100% thought they both died but it’s so much crazier that they lived because that means Gale never got his wish to be a martyr and Katniss’ mom abandoned her again and Prim’s death is somehow worse so like Suzanne Collins was crazy for that.

 

My problems with the book:
- Pacing: I get the appeal of a trilogy but this series may have done better as a quartet because I really enjoyed the pace of the first half and then it got wonky. I also really enjoyed Boggs as a character and his relationship with Katniss so it would make sense to me to have the story beats for a split between books revolve around him.
- I would have liked one more moment with her dad at the end (some memory of him in the woods) to wrap up that arc and provide more certainty for the audience as to why she returned to District 12
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Finnick’s death: Obviously I’m okay with beloved characters dying (Prim always had to die (I sobbed)) but this was such a weirdly timed and written death that it left almost no impact, which is not what his character deserved. The fact that fans universally agree that he didn’t die is a red flag that his death wasn’t important to the story (at least the way it happened)

- That fuck ass epilogue 

Unrelated but I believe fan interpretation that Haymitch and Effie fell in love lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and War

Moderate: Torture

saliwali's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

risaleel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Drug abuse, and Drug use

la_licia33's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I really liked how this book ended the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sea_sea's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Amazing end to the trilogy! It had me hooked beginning to end, I finished it in less than a day. Katniss is such an interesting character, I love how she is portrayed as human, not as this perfect protagonist. Also just they way Suzanne Collins wrote all the characters was amazing. They all had such depth. All the deaths were heartbreaking.

maybe not Alma Coins ;)

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Really solid ending to a series that changed the face of dystopian fiction. There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said!! Sad that my time in this universe is almost to an end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ag_berry's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

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

leanna_lewis's review against another edition

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, Death, Police brutality, and War

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

mandycantsleep'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gun violence and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol