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Mockingjay || Suzanne Collins || The Hunger Games #3 || 398 pages ----------------------------------------------------------------- Top 3 Genres: Young Adult / Dystopia / Science Fiction

Synopsis: My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.

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.

Finished: August 2nd, 2022.

2022 Reading Progress: 4 books read.

My Rating: ★★★★★. [5/5]

My Review: [Under the read more - NOT SPOILER FREE]

I’ve been done with this book for two days now and been putting off writing anything about it, because it was so much better than I remember it being my first read through and it’s so hard to put into words.

But then again, everything’s hard for me to put into words these days so I’ll just spit it out.

Honestly, I read this the first time in 2012 – before I realized I had any kind of life trauma to work out. And Katniss’s behavior irritated the hell out of me, and the book overall seemed useless, since she barely got to participate in anything and most things just seemed to happen around her without her being aware of it, especially at the end. Now though, ten years later and with a healthy dose of recovery, maturity and mental awareness, I can appreciate that Katniss has severe PTSD, and that it is illustrated utterly flawlessly. She’s a very dry narrator and very matter-of-fact, otherwise it probably would have been much harder to get through than it was without triggering anything for myself.

I also recognize I only ever read this book once, so when the Mockingjay movies came out I barely remembered a thing about it. I remember watching part one, and thinking it was MUCH better – and for the most part, it is. It captures the book well without staying trapped in Katniss’s badly mentally damaged mind, so it can cover far more than her limited perspective can see. I also remember thinking part two was garbage. I couldn’t remember what was accurate to the book and what wasn’t, but it felt different and didn’t sit well with me. To this day, whenever I watch the Hunger Games movies I skip Mockingjay Part 2. I just end it after Part 1.

Now that I’ve re-read the book I understand why it didn’t sit well. The book version of part two is so much more detailed, so much more in-depth and, dare I say, much less de-fanged. The movie version paints answering violence with violence – even in revolutionary wartime – as a horrible, immoral thing. Your typical “violence is not the answer” bullshit. The book? It doesn’t do that. It makes it clear that any opposition to further violence is purely personal to Katniss, that she isn’t sure if it’s even the right thing to feel, that it’s mostly related to mental trauma and not being able to stomach it anymore. Morality has absolutely nothing to do with it. But the movies couldn’t say that – that hits the nail a little too hard on the head I guess. Can’t go telling the people that revolutionary violence might be okay.

I think my favorite part was the final few chapters, depicting Katniss’s and Peeta’s recovery towards a normal life back in what was left of 12. It seemed so pure and so real, so strong and unshakable and I FELT that. I felt it deep in my soul.

And Buttercup and Katniss’s reluctant bonding over the loss of Prim very nearly brought me to full tears.

I do wish there was some way for the reader to witness what happened between the bombing of the Capitol children and Snow’s execution, and between Coin’s death and Katniss’s return to 12. So much of that is so crucial to the closure of the entire series, and it happens and is done fully off-page and is just explained to Katniss in a few paragraphs or less. I totally get that it’s how Katniss herself would have learned, and so therefore it’s how we learn, but it seems so anticlimactic and I wish there could’ve been more to it.

I’m so glad I finally got to re-reading this, that I didn’t give up on it and write it off as “meh.” And I’m glad I can finally read the new prequel when I revisit this series next! It was a brilliant ending to a brilliant series, which turned out to be so much more about mental trauma than about revolutions.

#book reviews #mockingjay #suzanne collins #the hunger games #★★★★★#young adult #dystopia #science fiction #adventure #romance #survival #reread #owned #print book #series book #jomp original

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septemberkisses · 5 months

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the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

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justalittlebluetiefling · 2 months

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#i don't believe that people for serious reasons sort their books any way but by author #and then obviously by release date/series within that #i am being told that i am being JUDGY #also if you sort your books any other way HOW DO YOU FIND THEM #i really need to know #polls #can't believe i forgot to include genre in here

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mariellavee · 2 months

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Hi Tumblr! It’s been [redacted] years that I haven’t posted something, which is rather silly actually. Fixing that.

Anyway, here’s Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb series! :) Enjoy!

#illustration #tlt fanart #tlt #tlt series #skeletons #alphonse mucha #the locked tomb #necromancer #harrowhark nonagesimus #harrow the ninth #harrow #fanart #book fanart #book fandom #drawing #digital painting #tarot card

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king-wilhelm · 5 months

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The book percy jackson (demigod I relate to and aspire to be like) to tv percy jackson (demigod I relate to and want to protect) is so real for those of us in our twenties

#Book canon wise he's older than I am but TV show wise? Babie.#percy jackson and the olympians #Percy jackson #percy jackson tv series #percy jackson tv show #pjo tv show #pjo tv series #walker scobell #5k #10k

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littler3d · 5 months

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I’m sorry if I was in any version of the pjo universe I would’ve clocked that Percy was the son of Poseidon as soon as the bathroom incident occurred. Tf you mean “I wonder who your dad is” he EXPLODED A TOILET. Chiron this is the second water incident you have witnessed how are you still confused

#percy jackson series #pjo #percy jackson books #percy jackson #chiron #I’m vaguely joking here #but also….#if you know this kid has a god as a father #and he has used water to attack #and has remained dry afterwards #I feel like I would’ve gotten it by that point

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bananacatmeow · 3 months

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ah yes, even at 12 percy still messes with frank in spirit.

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wtaffy · 3 months

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PERSEUS-

#Idk if it's actually meant to be funny but I CACKLED #percy jackson #persassy #pjo #greek mythology #percy jackon and the olympians #cabin 11 #books #pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo spoilers #pjo fandom #annabeth chase #grover underwood #heroes of olympus #My cousin Percy does not give one f two fs red fs blue fs #Titans curse

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counting-stars-gayly · 4 months

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It’s time we accept that Percy Jackson is an unreliable narrator. He’s not dumb. He’s just insecure. He’s not clueless about his and Annabeth’s feelings. He’s just in denial. He’s not clueless about Rachel’s feelings. He just doesn’t want to do anything about them. His mother isn’t perfect. He just loves and respects her more than anyone in the world. That boy contradicts his own inner monologue all the time. Do not trust him!!

EDIT: Please don’t interact just to disagree. You can make your own post.

#if anything proves this it’s the og text. but heroes of Olympus and the tv show made it even more obvious.#queued #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #pjo books #pjo tv show #pjo tv series #pjo spoilers #pjo adaptation #percabeth #percy jackon and the olympians #riordanverse #heroes of olympus #percy jackson analysis #i guess

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mo-mode · 5 months

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The Biblically Accurate Trio in TLT

#it’s not that they don’t have the other two it’s that they all had their smarts privileges revoked #Annabeth lost her street smarts and common sense privileges when she tried to buy all that candy with only $200 #Percy lost his common sense and book smarts privileges when he couldn’t figure out he was a son of Poseidon after using literal water powers #grover lost his book smarts and street smarts privileges after trying to reason with Medusa and a cop respectively #they’re all my children tho #don’t worry they’ll get their privileges back #eventually #percy jackson #pjo #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo tv show #percy jackson tv show #pjo spoilers #percy jackson the lightning thief #pjo series #annabeth chase #grover underwood

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c-herondale · 5 months

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Obsessed with how Annabeth isn't spacial, she isn't a chosen one, she has no demigod magic powers, she is for all intents and purposes, a fairly normal girl.

But she poured her blood, sweat and tears into becoming the best warrior she could be. She trained hard for years because she knew she had disadvantages and she didn't want to be seen as weak.

She's literally known in Camp and by monsters like Alecto as the most powerful demigod alive and she doesn't have powers. It's almost as of girls don't need to be magical to be a hero!

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exyzedd · 6 months

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i mean really he be stirring up a storm and will act like it's one of those bottle tornadoes

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stuffforme2 · 5 months

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There you go racists. Book accurate Annabeth to cure your souls 🤌🤌🤌

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beroebluejeans · 6 months

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I love how Tamsyn Muir was like, in this world everybody’s totally cool about gender and sexuality, but there’s a new invented binary that’s culturally and religiously defining and dictates who people are allowed to love and/or fuck and the roles they play in society.

They’ve written volumes and volumes of religious texts about how to conform to these sacred binary roles and filthy porn about people fulfilling or breaking the stereotypes of these roles. The role a person fulfills is determined before they’re born and dictates every aspect of their life. Once in a while someone who’s supposed to be on one side of the socioreligious binary is born more suited to the other side and has to hide it all their life (Coronabeth). Sometimes people fall in love in a way the socioreligious binary declares blasphemous and they decide to love each other openly anyway, and it shocks and scandalizes people no matter how wholesome and lovely and mundane their relationship is (Abigail and Magnus).

And these sacred binary roles are not equal, oh no, as much as the religious doctrine crows the importance of both roles, one is supposed to sacrifice endlessly and unquestioningly for the other, body, mind, and soul. And these binary roles have existed for ten thousand years and were created by God and underlie the whole structure of the universe! But here’s the secret: there was a time before this sacred binary existed, and God is just Some Guy who made this shit up.

#the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #slapping roof of book series #this motherfucker can fit so much gender in there

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mariellavee · 27 days

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Utterly blown away by the kind words and responses to the previous Harrow piece everyone! ❤️

Here’s the matching Gideon Nav, in the same Alphonse Mucha x The Locked Tomb series! (I know, armour isn’t strictly canon, but it’s badass, so yeah. No apologies) Enjoy!

PS: Both this and Harrow will be available in 11” x 17” print form at Otafest this upcoming weekend! (I’ll be at the charity Sketch Drive all three days)! If you’re planning on coming out to the Con, stop by and say hi! :)

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expendablemudge · 7 months

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DEATH IN NOSTALGIA CITY, first in a series set in a very unusual venue, gets my #bookrecommendation for #Deathtober here: https://expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2023/10/death-in-nostalgia-city-first-in-series.html

#book blog #book review #book tumblr #deathtober #mystery #series book

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