A review by yilliun
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated
This book really struck me hard as an adult. I read this during the YA Dystopia craze of the early 2010s and I don’t think I grasped many of the concepts as I do now. The aspect of a 17-year old being the central figure in a war blows my mind now. Katniss and the people around her are forced to make so many difficult decisions to survive. She says something to the effect of feelings/ emotions need to be processed later and that struck me so deeply. She’s in an active war zone without any room or space to process that all of the people she loves and holds dearly are dying. Collins really wrote a YA classic and it holds up even almost 15 years later.
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