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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

49 reviews

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

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

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

megannoelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Alcoholism, Classism, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Suicide attempt, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

chronicacademia's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Literally typing this through tears but this series is amazing. I loved getting to rediscover it. I feel unbelievably hollow after all the deaths. I knew they were coming but I still cried. I love these books so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Mental illness, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Vomit, War, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Torture, War, Death, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Violence, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Murder, and Police brutality

Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, Eating disorder, Vomit, Blood, Miscarriage, Rape, and Animal death

bookthief's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This book perfectly rounded of the trilogy, by Katniss defeating the capital. I thought it was very fast paced and intense. It was interesting how in this book Effie was barely mentioned but in the movie she was there in district 13. Also, some parts of the book went too fast I couldn’t fully appreciate what was happening and it got a bit confusing at times where the star squad were. Despite that I thought the characters were written really well and the plot was intense.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Animal death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Murder, and Violence

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

Mockingjay is the third book in "The Hunger Games" series and it's my lowest rated book out of the three. 

The first two books seemed to have non stop action, and while this book had action, it takes a while to start up. The whole first third of the book is about

life at District 13

and it was a bit boring. 

When I first read this in my early 20s I was a Gale fan, I was rooting for Katniss to end up with Gale.

In the past, when she ended up with Peeta, I was disappointed.

Now that I'm in my early 30s I'm not disappointed with the epilogue, I was team Peeta this time around. 

I didn't 100% love the ending but this was still a good book, overall. Even though this was the lowest rating I've given a Hunger Games book (both the first books got 5 stars from me) I still enjoyed it. 

I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5. 

I listened to this for free on scribd 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Child death, War, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Child abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, and Mental illness

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Medical trauma, Classism, Confinement, Death, Grief, Drug abuse, Animal death, Child death, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Death of parent, War, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent

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