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dqhvr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death
orchidlilly's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
gracewiley's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Miscarriage, Slavery, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
livreads16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Miscarriage
robinskye28's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Eating disorder, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
So. Much. Death.zombiezami's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Slavery, Vomit, Stalking, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Incest
sophie42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Miscarriage, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
quinn24's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Torture, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, and Drug use
nikolas_kolinski's review against another edition
- 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
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - review
Death.
Madness.
Sadness.
Hate.
Broken families.
Broken hearts.
This is what war brings.
And Suzanne Collins makes us understand it, in the worst (but also, the best) possible way.
I can't say it's a perfect novel, but I can say it's one of the most real, most true stories ever.
I didn't particularly enjoy the beginning of the book, which I found slow and unnecessarily long-winded at times.
However, the authoress' excellent writing style comes through again in this last volume.
Although she doesn't use a particularly complex language, she makes vivid and clear descriptions of the events and always manages to capture the reader's attention. Her strong point is the great emotional leverage she has on the reader, which at times, though, proves to be too overwhelming.
Her skill is such that the protagonist's emotions are mirrored by the reader, who continues to suffer, rejoices in small victories, but continues to be tired and destroyed along with the main character. For this reason, reading can often be confusing and tiring.
Some narrative choices, however, such as the love triangle between Peeta, Gale and Katniss, (already present in the previous books, but in this one with an higher importance) can sometimes be superfluous.
The characters are always well characterized and some of them have interesting evolutions (as for Peeta or Beetee), but the great number of different characters can sometimes make us lose focus on the single ones.
Katniss, in this book, is subdued, she is not the strong and fighting protagonist she used to be.
She is emotionally destroyed, tired, upset, indecisive, suffering (and the reader inevitably feels all this).
For this reason probably, the narrative speed is sometimes intercut and not linear
The story, despite everything, after the initial part is very engaging.
Even though the story is told by a teenage protagonist (and with precarious mental and physical conditions, to say the least), the story of the war is realistic, raw and painful to the right point.
The final part of the book is the most frenetic, but at the same time the most controversial.
Sometimes the danger results excessive, almost "targeted" against the protagonist; I also considered the death of some characters superfluous and useless for the plot:
We notice more and more then, how Katniss is not herself
The ending is not perfect, but it remains consistent with the story told, albeit terrible and painful.
At the end, it's back to the starting point. The author's greatest flaws are at the same time her greatest strengths. Yes, Katniss is over-emotional, but that's justified in situations like those depicted in the book. Yes, the death of some characters may not have made sense, but war does not follow a logic. Rich, poor, young, old, good, bad: war affects everyone with no holds barred.
I cannot say that "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay" is a perfect book, but I can say that it is one of the books that really left something in me. I can say that the Hunger Games, that Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch, Gale, Prim, Finnick, all the others and everything they went through, will always remain in my mind and in my heart.
What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.
It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years.
But there are much worse games to play.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, and Suicide attempt
julesadventurezone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Rape, and Vomit