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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

54 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

we could all live a hundred lifetimes and still not deserve peeta

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Torture, War, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Gun violence, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual violence, and Slavery

Minor: Incest

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

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

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

Oh my gosh, where to begin? This story made me realize how fortunate I was with life. The people in the districts struggle for their basic needs like food, and it always breaks my heart. Katniss was badass until the end, damn, my girl, you're unstoppable and inspiring❤️ Prim😭 It's a good thing, she eventually was with Peeta and their kids💕 I liked that this has a hint of reality tv because it made the story fresh. But damn, the characters truly struggled a lot, Peeta seeing Katniss as a villain and all that. There were a lot of deaths and it was a pain to read😭 Overall, a great trilogy✨ Fast-paced and gripping❤️ Thank you, Suzanne😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Violence, War, Gaslighting, Gore, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Torture, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

themadbloodstone's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A great end to the trilogy. A lot of important characters deaths and plot-points felt a little brushed over or not as impactful as they should’ve been, but the aftermath and Katniss’s mental health and recovery are well-written and heartbreaking. 
The Hunger Games is definitely one of the few pieces of media that survived the slow death of the YA dystopian era and stood the test of time. I’ll be revisiting it again one day, and I am now excited to read the prequel book soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, War, Medical trauma, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Drug abuse

sunnycollins_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-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

3.75

This is definitely my least favorite book of the trilogy, but it's still a great read.

There's not much I have to say, but if you've gotten this far in the series you can go into this book knowing that all of the plot points and character relationships will be resolved - for better or worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Gun violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Torture, and Slavery

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

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

yikes_bee's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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? No

4.25

The beginning felt extremely slow to me, after about 100 pages I felt captivated again by it. The characters were lovable. I don’t think I’d read it again though 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Sexual assault

alices13thdiary's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Genocide, Grief, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Classism, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Death, War, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

viacrow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Self harm, Torture, War, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Body horror, Classism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Medical content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Incest, and Slavery

dqhvr's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Self harm

Minor: Animal death