“Mockingjay” Review

“Well, don’t expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

Title: Mockingjay

Author: Suzanne Collins

Length: 400 pages

Genres: Dystopian, YA, Fiction, Science fiction, Adventure/Thriller, Romance

My Rating: 4.5/5

My Age Rating: 13+

Content Notes: No sexual content, graphic violence and gore, emotional themes, suspense/fear, alcoholism and drug addiction, abuse and torture, PTSD, mild language, crude jokes, talk of sexual exploitation and prostitution

“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

Book Synopsis:

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss’s family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans—except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss’s willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels’ Mockingjay—no matter what the personal cost.

My Review:

This is the last book in the Hunger Game Series, and if I had to choose I would say that this book is my favourite!

The writing style like the others is easy to read and even though this book is definitely the most intense it never dragged on.

One of the reasons I liked this book the best is because of the romance factor. It is probably the most romantic book of the three. Not to mention that even though there is a love triangle thing going on in each of the three books, this one definitely takes it to another level! Eeekkkkk!!!

But, the real reason, the biggest reason, why this is my favorite book in the series, is because of the ending!!! I swear, this is one of the best book endings I have ever read, it is so sweet and wraps everything up so perfectly. I’m smiling uncontrollably just thinking of it! I honestly would read this series again and again just to read the ending!

I have to say that this book is the most mature of the bunch. Each book has heavy themes but it’s amped up a bit in this one. Like the others, this book is relatively clean, with no strong language and only kissing. The only thing is there is a long conversation about how a character is sexually exploited and while it doesn’t go into great detail about anything it is still there and it was a bit uncomfortable to read. A lot of the story also revolves around themes of torture and violence. Like the other books this book has a lot of graphic violence and gore and there were definitely parts of this book that had me shivering. And of course this book has lots of emotional themes, such as grief, substance abuse, and emotional trauma. Overall I would say that this book would be better suited for 14 year olds, but I know many 13 year olds who have read this book as well, so as long as you are okay with the violence level and intense themes it should be okay.

This book was an amazing end to the series, and it wrapped up the story in such an amazing way. It was my favourite book of the series and even though it was full of heartbreaking moments it still had the perfect amount of humour, life lessons and sweet romance that leaves you warm and bubbly long after the last page.

Happy Reading,

Ava

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