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Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, War
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Child death, Death, War
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Torture, Death of parent
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Slavery
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt
Minor: Vomit, Trafficking, Pregnancy
Author: Suzanne Collins
Series: The Hunger Games, #3
Genre: YA Dystopian
Rating: 3.25
Pub Date: August 24, 2010
T H R E E • W O R D S
Dark • Haunting • Contemplative
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.
💭 T H O U G H T S
Every now and then I decide to pick up a YA novel for a quick, palette cleanser and when the mood stuck this time I decided to close out The Hunger Games series with Mockingjay. I didn't quite know what to expect heading into the final book of the trilogy and since I am reading these years after all of the hype, I hadn't really seen any reviews.
My main takeaway after finishing was a feeling of unsatisfaction. Throughout books one and two there is a forward progression of characters development, particularly when it comes to Katniss. However, in book three there was a sense of stagnation, which seemed odd and just disappointing. There isn't a whole lot of hope, rather this is filled with doom and gloom. I understand the reason behind all of this, but at the end of the day I'd have been okay with just one book.
Suzanne Collins has certainly created something worth reading with this trilogy. However, Mockingjay is hands down my least favourite. It felt drawn out, at times with not much going on, yet somehow the ending was rushed. It just didn't make sense to me.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• fans of the series
• young readers
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."
"Some walks you have to take alone."
"Closing my eyes doesn't help. Fire burns brighter in the darkness."
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail