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title: Mockingjayauthor: Suzanne Collins
series: The Hunger Games #3
published: 8.24.2010
publisher: Scholastic Press
Source: bought
genre(s): dystopian
pages: 327
format: eBook
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rating:
| series rating: the blurb
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The final book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.
a few notes
❗trigger warnings: ❗violence, war, death, grief
POV: 1st person
setting: Panem (district 112, Capitol)
keywords/phrases: family, fear, oppression, rebellion
tropes: totalitarian government, strict social castes, struggle to survive, reluctant hero
spice: 0/5
language: 0/5
my review
One of the things I love the characterization of Katniss is that the author hasn’t tried to create the perfect heroine in her. Instead, she’s true to her age, reluctantly thrown into the dual roles of savior and hero, to accept the weighty mantle of being the face of the revolution and all that comes with that. To that end, the author does a fantastic job of making that struggle feel real as Katniss takes on the role of the Mockingjay. As much as the revolution, this story lays out the challenges Katniss is forced to overcome as the face thrust before the rebels, the things she’s expected to do even when it flies in the face of her own wants and needs. Katniss is given much more depth in this story, making it a bit of a coming-of-age story for her character.
It’s difficult for me to put into words how I feel about this book, about this series. I’ve only ever read them as an adult, but each time I read them, I get something new from them. The story is deeply profound, and it continues to be incredibly profound every time.
About Suzanne Collins
Since 1991, Suzanne Collins has been busy writing for children’s television. She has worked on the staffs of several Nickelodeon shows, including the Emmy-nominated hit Clarissa Explains it All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. For preschool viewers, she penned multiple stories for the Emmy-nominated Little Bear and Oswald. She also co-wrote the critically acclaimed Rankin/Bass Christmas special, Santa, Baby! Most recently she was the Head Writer for Scholastic Entertainment’s Clifford’s Puppy Days.
While working on a Kids WB show called Generation O! she met children’s author James Proimos, who talked her into giving children’s books a try.
Thinking one day about Alice in Wonderland, she was struck by how pastoral the setting must seem to kids who, like her own, lived in urban surroundings. In New York City, you’re much more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole and, if you do, you’re not going to find a tea party. What you might find…? Well, that’s the story of Gregor the Overlander, the first book in her five-part series, The Underland Chronicles. Suzanne also has a rhyming picture book illustrated by Mike Lester entitled When Charlie McButton Lost Power.
She currently lives in Connecticut with her family and a pair of feral kittens they adopted from their backyard.
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Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2026 52 Books Reading Challenge
- 2026 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge
- 2026 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge
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