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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

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vdiviesti's review against another edition

5.0

The series was wonderful, but I felt as if this book left me hanging. I wont spoil the ending, but seriously? There needs to be one more book or at least a new series explaining the rest. Don't get me wrong, I loved the book and read it in a day, I just didn't think it ended the right way.

bmwiley's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes

3.0

chachou_hihihaha's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.75

mitskacir's review against another edition

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4.0

Definitely the least engaging of the three books (mostly due to my lack of interest in descriptions of war as opposed to the hand-to-hand combat in books one and two), but still worth a read. The major strength of this series is Katniss - she is a complex character, not only unwilling to be the hero but frankly not well suited to it. This makes this third book particularly interesting compared with any other series I've read - Katniss is called to the role of hero but is unable to rise to the position. In fact, she spends a significant portion of the book hospitalized, sedated, and/or drugged. But even beyond that, we are called to question the motives of those calling her to be a hero in the first place. The ending is particularly painful, and therefore refreshing, befitting the world and characters that have been created.

2022 reread update: This book is a bit of a slog because it is so extremely bleak, but I also really appreciate it for just that. All the characters are forever impacted by their experiences and they still have inward and outward signs of their trauma. I particularly appreciated how Katniss became fully aware of everyone on all sides using her as a pawn and how her own agency had always been curtailed or coopted.