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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

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robotnik's review

dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

I was right when I assumed that Catching Fire was going to be my favorite part of The Hunger Games trilogy. It wasn't that Mockingjay wasn't good, because it was. The problem was that it just didn't live up to the expectations of the two books before it. Maybe if it wasn't following in THG and CF's footsteps I wouldn't have seen it as somewhat of a let down. Maybe I'd think it was amazing because it was still a good book. But, there was a lot of high hopes in seeing how this was going to end, and it just didn't quite each them.

While I enjoyed Katniss' continued journey and the whole characters who were introduced at District 13, there were parts of the plot that felt draggy to me, as if they were only taking so long so they could prolong the conclusion for that much longer.

Like a lot of people, I found the ending kind of bland. After all the build up of the previous two books and how well done everything was, I expected something more. This book has this slow build up to the climax, only for it to feel suddenly over and everything is done, and Katniss needs to adjust to not being some sort of rebellion war hero. It almost gives you whiplash with how fast it seems to go down.

Also, hi, Enobaria. Nice to see you're still around. The book killed Finnick and I am not down with that. Gale and Katniss' departure was also kind of bland and invoked no emotion out of me. It was kind of like "oh, ok" and that was it, no more Gale. I mean, that was cool with me. I didn't really like Gale, like ever.

There was an epilogue tacked onto the end, which was about a page and a half long, and that was fine, but probably unnecessary. It was just one of those "oh hey look protag's still alive!" epilogues.

Overall, Mockingjay was alright, but it didn't seem like a fitting end of THG. I had wanted more from it, but what can you do?

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rneedham's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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dillpicklewrites's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

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octagon's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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meeileen's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Cried multiple times :')

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mysamcatfan's review against another edition

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challenging reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

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ambersbooksandbakes's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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evenherfindal's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read half of it (200 pages) in one day, just to give you an idea of how gripping this is. Absolutely loved it, though it can be very sad at times.

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anxious_owl's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I wanted to love this book. The 1st and 2nd book were actually good, but i couldn’t find it in my heart to like this one. For starters, Katniss spent more time in the hospital having nightmares than fighting with the rebels. I was hoping she would fight with them for most of the book, but that didn’t happen. Secondly: Her reunion with Peter

(both times: hospital and District 12)

felt flat. I was looking forward to it, and was left disappointed when it happened.
The death of two of the characters was heart wrenching. They were completely unnecessary, but it is what it is, i guess.
The book was too long and had little to offer but tragedies and horrors. I get it was a war, but i don’t know, it felt like she was trying to keep Katniss unable to fight so as she didn’t have to describe what was happening with the rebels and the war. The writing felt lazy.
I didn’t love it. It had potential, but she wasted her time describing nightmares.

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turidt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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