No Media
This item doesn’t have any media yet
Edit
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Mockingjay
2012 | Young Adult (YA)
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.
Related Items:
Book The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes 
Suzanne Collins
(Author)
| Published by | Scholastic |
| Edition | Unknown |
| ISBN | 9781407132105 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780439023511 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Audiobook |
| ASIN | 9780545101424 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9780545317801 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781407109374 |
| Language | English |
Images And Data Courtesy Of: Scholastic.
This content (including text, images, videos and other media) is published and used in accordance
with Fair Use.
Changelog >
Edited By
Mockingjay Reviews & Ratings (174)
| 9-10 |  |
|
44.3% (77) |
| 7-8 |  |
|
37.9% (66) |
| 5-6 |  |
|
13.2% (23) |
| 3-4 |  |
|
3.4% (6) |
| 1-2 |  |
|
1.1% (2) |
Mockingjay reviews from people you don't follow
BookwormLea (3034 KP) rated
Jun 17, 2020
Danielle Chaplin (81 KP) rated
Jun 20, 2019
Surprising ending
I really liked that there were a few curve balls thrown into the ending and that it built upon the mental health of the characters but it just seemed very stilted, with over a half of the book very slow paced and then all the action thrown into the last quarter or so of the book. I felt that some of the things that were in the book didn't really need to be in there and I'm not 100% happy with what happened to Prim in the end as it really defeated the whole purpose of all three books and without explaining the significance of the outcome, it just seemed overly harsh on top of everything else that had happened to Katniss.
Overall it was a nice twisty ending but just wasn't as good as the first two.
Overall it was a nice twisty ending but just wasn't as good as the first two.
Takes the first two novels to a new level (1 more)
Interesting take on PTSD and mental illness
Needs more than one reading
This is a story about a traumatized girl suffering from PTSD as much as it is about war. She isn't the only one who suffer that diagnosis though as we see several aspects of the illness in various characters. All of it is handled fairly well and doesn't romanticize the distress.
Perhaps my favorite part of this book (and even through the series) is that we see "villains" who aren't wholly evil and "heros" who make inexcusable choices. Both do so because they feel they are doing the best thing for their cause, even if it ends up with a significant cost.
The ending is something that many hate, and I must admit that I didn't like it the first time either. I didn't feel happy or satisfied. It wasn't until I realized I wasn't SUPPOSED to feel happy and satisfied with the story's ending that I started to understand the depth. This isn't a pretty picture where people live happily ever after. Even when they get some happiness, if they get some happiness, there are scares that don't go away. This is the cost of war and drastic change. Sometimes all we can hope for is the ability to move on and find little joys in what comes next each and every day while we try to distance ourselves from the horrors of our past.
Perhaps my favorite part of this book (and even through the series) is that we see "villains" who aren't wholly evil and "heros" who make inexcusable choices. Both do so because they feel they are doing the best thing for their cause, even if it ends up with a significant cost.
The ending is something that many hate, and I must admit that I didn't like it the first time either. I didn't feel happy or satisfied. It wasn't until I realized I wasn't SUPPOSED to feel happy and satisfied with the story's ending that I started to understand the depth. This isn't a pretty picture where people live happily ever after. Even when they get some happiness, if they get some happiness, there are scares that don't go away. This is the cost of war and drastic change. Sometimes all we can hope for is the ability to move on and find little joys in what comes next each and every day while we try to distance ourselves from the horrors of our past.
Rachel King (13 KP) rated
Feb 11, 2019
This novel deeply impacted me. I had to let the review sit for awhile before I could coalesce my thoughts on it because I kept replaying the many aspects of the series over and over in my head, wondering if the series could really have ended any differently. I suppose if some of the key characters had made different decisions, there would have been some difference, but keeping everything else the same, Katniss really could not have responded differently. I felt that this book was much more realistic regarding the behavior of a 17-year-old in her circumstances than many other books I have read of the Young Adult genre.
I felt that the second and third books revolved largely around what it would take to break Katniss. The reader can guess the answer quite easily, but Katniss is haunted by not being certain of this answer. She is only a young adult after all, not even experiencing all of the atrocities that the Capital visited on the other Hunger Games victors before her. She is naive in many ways, though her inner strength and determination to survive are great personal motivators.
There is maybe one part of the book that I really wish would have happened differently, and that is what happens to Finnick, especially given his reunion with Annie. I could not understand how it was so necessary to the continuance of the main plot, and I felt sad for Annie.
I don't want to give away the ending for Katniss's personal story, but in the grand scheme of things, even this was necessary for Katniss's personal survival, as well as the betterment of the remaining districts of Panem. While that statement is appropriately confusing, the way I described the ending to my husband, who still needs to read the second and third books, is the ending was bittersweet - heavy on the bitter and light on the sweet.
I felt that the second and third books revolved largely around what it would take to break Katniss. The reader can guess the answer quite easily, but Katniss is haunted by not being certain of this answer. She is only a young adult after all, not even experiencing all of the atrocities that the Capital visited on the other Hunger Games victors before her. She is naive in many ways, though her inner strength and determination to survive are great personal motivators.
There is maybe one part of the book that I really wish would have happened differently, and that is what happens to Finnick, especially given his reunion with Annie. I could not understand how it was so necessary to the continuance of the main plot, and I felt sad for Annie.
I don't want to give away the ending for Katniss's personal story, but in the grand scheme of things, even this was necessary for Katniss's personal survival, as well as the betterment of the remaining districts of Panem. While that statement is appropriately confusing, the way I described the ending to my husband, who still needs to read the second and third books, is the ending was bittersweet - heavy on the bitter and light on the sweet.
5 lists feature Mockingjay
