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A review by mariakureads
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
There's a difference in tone in this book that the others in the trilogy don't have and to be honest shouldn't and I appreciate the difference.
This Katniss is older, not in age, but life experiences and it has such a weight to it and adds to her shoulders as the book progresses through that I missed the first time I listened to this. The things that I loved about the book are still inherit but this new version narrated by Tatiana Maslany made a difference in that tone. Katniss' PTSD is more in focus, the awareness that she is more of a pawn now then ever are a few examples. Maybe because I'm aware of Maslany and her range from "Orphan Black" but she was able to capture Katniss in a different way than the previous narrator - Her Katniss is stoic, full of rage, saddened, naïve, and young and yet in this last book, she is that but also hardened, damaged both physically and mentally, and she's also in a way deadened by the war and the loss and that plays into her PTSD that not named, is evident in her actions, in her way of compartmentalizing herself and ow much she gives away and keeps.
This Katniss is older, not in age, but life experiences and it has such a weight to it and adds to her shoulders as the book progresses through that I missed the first time I listened to this. The things that I loved about the book are still inherit but this new version narrated by Tatiana Maslany made a difference in that tone. Katniss' PTSD is more in focus, the awareness that she is more of a pawn now then ever are a few examples. Maybe because I'm aware of Maslany and her range from "Orphan Black" but she was able to capture Katniss in a different way than the previous narrator - Her Katniss is stoic, full of rage, saddened, naïve, and young and yet in this last book, she is that but also hardened, damaged both physically and mentally, and she's also in a way deadened by the war and the loss and that plays into her PTSD that not named, is evident in her actions, in her way of compartmentalizing herself and ow much she gives away and keeps.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Alcoholism and Confinement