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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

83 reviews

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

This book is devastatingly heartbreaking, and yet somehow, full of hope. I did forget how violent it gets there at the end, even more so than the movie. The way the story is constructed, with the rebels mirroring the Capitol, was brilliantly crafted, in my opinion. It's not a lot of people's favorite, but I'm always amazed at how Collins wraps up this trilogy.

Knowing Snow's background also paints this book in a different light, and I can't wait to see how that gets adapted into the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Torture, Alcoholism, and Addiction

Minor: Miscarriage

kelly_e's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Title: Mockingjay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Series: The Hunger Games, #3
Genre: YA Dystopian
Rating: 3.25
Pub Date: August 24, 2010

T H R E E • W O R D S

Dark • Haunting • Contemplative

📖 S Y N O P S I S

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.

💭 T H O U G H T S

Every now and then I decide to pick up a YA novel for a quick, palette cleanser and when the mood stuck this time I decided to close out The Hunger Games series with Mockingjay. I didn't quite know what to expect heading into the final book of the trilogy and since I am reading these years after all of the hype, I hadn't really seen any reviews.

My main takeaway after finishing was a feeling of unsatisfaction. Throughout books one and two there is a forward progression of characters development, particularly when it comes to Katniss. However, in book three there was a sense of stagnation, which seemed odd and just disappointing. There isn't a whole lot of hope, rather this is filled with doom and gloom. I understand the reason behind all of this, but at the end of the day I'd have been okay with just one book.

Suzanne Collins has certainly created something worth reading with this trilogy. However, Mockingjay is hands down my least favourite. It felt drawn out, at times with not much going on, yet somehow the ending was rushed. It just didn't make sense to me.

📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• fans of the series
• young readers

🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S

"It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."

"Some walks you have to take alone."

"Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness." 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Violence, Gore, and War

Moderate: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Body horror, Ableism, Self harm, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Vomit

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Pregnancy

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Grief, Alcoholism, and Police brutality

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, and Slavery

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

Amazing Amazing Amazing. Team Peeta 4 life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Gun violence, War, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Medical content

kali21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

bawled my eyes out at the end the same way i did 11 years ago. hunger games isn’t a phase it’s a lifestyle. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism and Miscarriage

maple_dove's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

2.0

I think I can confidently say that Dystopian is just isn't for me. I wanted to finish reading this series because I wanted to know what happened.

I had a major revelation while reading this book. I no longer enjoy reading morally grey MCs. I've changed a lot since a few years ago. Not as much as I did before. I'm a little disappointed because I genuinely do think that morally grey characters are important and bring critical complexity that non-morally grey characters just lack. However, I've found that for present me, reading from the POVs of morally grey characters just exhaust and bore me. I really hope I'm mistaken but change happens.

I think the pacing also demotivated me. The ending was not bad at all though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, War, Gun violence, Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement and Alcoholism

Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Torture

marthadude's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like I vibed with this one less than the other two but still a worthy entry. The last line goes so hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Blood, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Self harm, Medical content, Murder, Child death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Grief, and Gun violence

cloud_animals's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Drug abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Addiction, War, Violence, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, and Child death

Minor: Miscarriage and Pandemic/Epidemic

capalluisce's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

There's no much to add from the previous books, to be honest. 

It lost me at some point, when the Holo was introduced. But I reconnected with it after it, I even shed tears alongside Katniss. Felt her losses. 

Would have loved to live a little more in their new world, but that wouldn't feel much like an ending, would it. 

Anyways, I absolutely loved this series. I love Peeta, and I love Katniss, and I want them to live as happy as they can be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, War, Animal death, Gun violence, Abortion, Child abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, and Physical abuse

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

adventurous 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: Grief, War, Child death, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gore, Drug abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Adult/minor relationship