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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Forced institutionalization
Minor: Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death
"It just goes around and around, and who wins? Not us. Not the districts. Always the Capitol. But I'm tired of being a piece in their Games." p.215
Mockingjay is always the one I'm least looking forward to in a re-read of the trilogy, and I'm not quite sure why. Part of it probably has to do with the flow being different from the first two in the series since we don't have the reaping/pre-show/arena/post-games structure. I will say I DID appreciate my re-read of this one more than I have in the past AND I respect the epilogue a lot more than I did when I first read it as a teenager. (Teen me could not fathom going through all of that while being clear on not wanting kids and then ending up having kids. Past me was frustrated because I felt like she was fitting a traditional mold; however, the current me sees the whole scene as a marker of peace and the ability to grow and progress in their lives because they are no longer in that fight/flight state of being hunted by the Capitol.) Regardless, I think Suzanne Collins did a stellar job at wrapping up this trilogy and tackling large-scale rebellion and military efforts. Part of me wishes we got to see more of the setbacks and struggles of the war as far as strategy and planning went; however, I know we were limited based on what Katniss could see and do. (It was so frustrating having people still manipulating her and using her for their own agendas! All she's wanted to do is protect her family and now she's beaten, broken, burned, etc. UGH! At least, she ended up with as good of an ending as possible for her situation.) Everyone should read these books at least once.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy
I’ll tell you who didn’t deserve better? That’s right. The Prim Reaper himself. Idc if he didn’t drop the bombs himself, his idea itself was despicable and really shows how people can do the right thing (the rebellion) for the wrong reasons. There is no doubt in my mind that he would have voted to keep the Hunger Games going for the Capitol kids in a heartbeat. Also, Gale insinuating that he hated Katniss the same way Mutt Peeta does when he watched her play out the star-crossed lover act (to legitimately keep herself and Peeta alive) is almost his worst act, second only to dropping baby bombs (derogatory, not genius like Peeta).
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts
I’d say one of the best things about this series is the massive character arc for Katniss and the rest of the cast, including Peeta and Haymitch. The Katniss of the first book is nothing like the Katniss of the end of the series. She’s loyal and brave, but by the end, carries a lot of scars, both physically and mentally. I felt sad that this was the end, but I think it was fitting.
Now when it comes to each book, I would say the first was the best. Something about it just seems so simple after reading the end. This is a book to be devoured, which is exactly what I did. I finished it in just over twenty four hours. They’ve taken longer with each book - Book 2 took two days and Mockingjay took four. I absolutely loved this first book, and read the second straight away.
Book two - Catching Fire - upped the stakes a bit. <spoiler>Were thrown back into the arena for more blood and gore, and the ending mind-blowing, but not in the way some characters minds were actually blown up. </ end of spoiler> I would say that that one is darker than the first, but equally good, once you get past the slow beginning.
Then came the third book. This one was considerably darker than that of the other two books -
more gore, at some times a bit too much for comfort. And the deaths are numerous. I think that probably over 1,000 people we know die in the last book - and that’s not an exaggeration. There’s suicide, murder, bombings, and much more. Many favorites of mine perish. I won’t say who, but keep in mind, you’re in for a rough time. However, I would say that this is one of my favorite books. I would totally reread them. And I cannot wait to read the prequels.
I’d say these are books that deserve reading. Books that should be read. As a warning, not to let anything like this happen, but also because they’re just good books. I couldn’t put them down. I think that if you are looking into reading these, brace yourself for violence and graphic death and gore, but also brace yourself for the emotion that comes with reading something like this. You can be sure I’ll be reading more dystopian books in the future - but the question is, will they be as good as this?
Probably not.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Classism
for a YA book, this has surprisingly a lot of trigger warnings, so make sure you check them out before reading!
i was very torned between giving it 5 or 4 stars... and the reason was purily because Finnick is my favourite character (alongside Katniss of course) and HE DESERVED BETTER (and Prim.... holy shit, WHY??). however, even with that, this book still deserves 5 stars (I might one day change it tho, when I eventually re-read).
but don't let that fool you... I'm still pissed. I cried so much... he never got to see a world without Snow in it... he deserved to be free with his wife and his child (did he even know he was going to be a dad?) 😭
but yeah... besides this. this book was EXCELLENT. I loved the ending and I'm glad Katniss had kids because I remember her saying the only reason she didn't want them was because of the games, so it makes sense that she EVENTUALLY had them long after the games were done.
I was sad for Haymitch too... I was hoping he would become a recovering alcoholic, especially after not having access to alcohol in district 13 but no... I'm so scared to read his story because of what he said about it in this book.
Peeta's story in this book made me sad but it was also so interesting... and I was so glad he came back to her...
AND FUCK GALE.
pretty much this whole book made me sad but we all know how I feel about sad books (I love them).
anyways... Suzanne Collins is a genius and I will never shut up about that.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder
Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, War
Minor: Sexual assault
Graphic: Genocide, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Pregnancy