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rosita's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: War, Violence, Child death, Death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Addiction, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism and Miscarriage
gracewiley's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Murder, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, War, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, and Mental illness
Moderate: Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Slavery, Gore, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Child abuse
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: Genocide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Slavery, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, Animal death, Drug use, Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, and Body horror
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: Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Self harm, Genocide, Medical content, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, Death, War, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Confinement, Animal death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Eating disorder
So. Much. Death.grey_writes_love's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Vomit
Minor: Torture, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts
gurnoor'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and War
Minor: Miscarriage
alyssadavis's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
But one day I’ll have to explain about my nightmares. Why they came. Why they won’t ever really go away.
I’ll tell them how I survive it. I’ll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I’m afraid it could be taken away. That’s when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I’ve seen someone do. 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, War, and Child death
Moderate: Rape, Grief, Violence, Trafficking, Classism, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent and Miscarriage
kamrynkoble's review against another edition
- 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
I REALLY thought I was FINALLY safe, but I still cried. At a resort in Mexico while a boy splashed me and drunk Europeans screamed. This trilogy is so beautiful and gut-wrenching and they just attack me in a way that no other books ever have. Katniss isn’t even real and I would do anything to give her a hug. Man, this book is just completely devastating and yet the epilogue is still so perfectly hopeful. I know I won’t ever be able to write books this powerful but I am so thankful that Collins did. I will never, EVER stop thinking about them and I’ve accepted that I’m going to be doing rereads for the rest of my life.
2023 Reread:
Well, I’m sobbing. I just finished reading this entire trilogy aloud to my husband—the boyfriend in my below 2019 reread that had to sit there while I cried then too.
I love this story. I love Katniss even more. It’s perfect. Each time I revisit Mockingjay especially, it means that much more to me. I don’t think there will ever be a time I can read this without crying. Favorite books ever, infinite stars.
2019 Reread:
When this book first came out, I was in fifth grade and I had to beg and plead for someone to take me to a Walmart to buy it.
It’s always been my “least favorite” of the trilogy. It just has a different feel to it. The games are different, Katniss is different, Lord knows Peeta is different. It’s cold, it’s bloody, it’s broken. I kept forgetting who all died until I would reach paragraphs before their deaths, and would be afraid to keep reading and reach the inevitable.
All three of these books broke me now in a way that they didn’t before. I’m older than Katniss now, not years younger when I first met this incredible protagonist.
Even though Mockingjay is generally considered the weakest book, I found myself having to exhale and mutter under my breath at the profoundness of various phrases. It’s gut-wrenching.
I think Mockingjay is the one I’ve reread the least. It’s not perfect. The trilogy isn’t perfect. But my word, it reached me. And that’s all I can ask for from literature. There’s no doubt in my mind that they will be considered classics, and I feel fortunate to have read them in their prime.
So here I am, sitting with my poor boyfriend crying over these characters and this story. I have a feeling this won’t be my last time returning to them.
Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and War
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage
punkisocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Vomit, War, Body horror, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Torture
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: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child death, War, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Classism, Drug use, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Vomit
Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt