Mockingjay
Novel by Suzanne CollinsWikipedia
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Oct 13, 2026
Anna StoneHOST
The first part of the final book in Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games trilogy focuses on Katniss's struggle becoming the Mockingjay figurehead of the rebellion after being rescued from the Quarter Quell and brought to District 13.
Anna StoneHOST
Peeta, Johanna, and Annie Cresta are left in the Capitol while Katniss unites the districts against President Snow.
Anna StoneHOST
Part 1 ends with the remaining victors being rescued from the Capitol and President Coin of District 13 laying out their plan to win the war.
Anna StoneHOST
So Emily, I kind of had reached out to you because we were in a similar group and I knew you were a reader.
Anna StoneHOST
Um, tell me a little bit about what your initial thoughts here were about Mockingjay, what your Hunger Games relationship or non-relationship is.
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Anna StoneHOST
I think that in the book it's a little bit more clear about her trying to figure out, like, who she can trust in 13.
Anna StoneHOST
You know, she has that mistrust of Haymitch after what happened in the Quell and that they left Peeta behind and that he lied to her about the rebellion as a whole.
Anna StoneHOST
I think it's a little bit harder in the movie to get across without that inner monologue that she's kind of going through like, "Okay, I don't trust Coin.
KaitlynHOST
Mm-hmm.
PeytonHOST
But I can't tell you for sure, 'cause I know I don't have Catching Fire on my Kindle, which is what I read it on, but I do have Mockingjay on my Kindle, so I have no idea.
KaitlynHOST
Fun fact, I never read Mockingjay.
KaitlynHOST
[laughs]
PeytonHOST
Yeah.
PeytonHOST
I, so I'm not sure if I read, which ones I, I, 'cause I feel like I've only read two books, well, now three, but two books out of the series.
PeytonHOST
But-
KaitlynHOST
We're gonna get to Mockingjay, and y'all are gonna be like-
DorindaHOST
It falls to the ground.
DorindaHOST
I love it too that she says, um, "I understand how the Jabberjay and the Mockingjay..." Uh, sorry, "The Jabberjay and the mockingbird could have mated to make my Mockingjay."
HaleyHOST
I love the use of my Mockingjay.
DorindaHOST
Uh, she has fully embraced, even though she doesn't know it yet, and she won't know it for until the next book-
HaleyHOST
Yeah
DorindaHOST
... that she is the Mockingjay.
HaleyHOST
Yep.
DorindaHOST
Um, but she shoots the arrow, and the Jabberjay falls to the ground.
RoxelanaHOST
But I think it's a very important story, and I think not just the first one, though.
RoxelanaHOST
I think you have to read all three, because what happens at the end of Mockingjay is very interesting, and it's not what you would expect.
KatieHOST
Yeah.
DelaneyHOST
Mm-hmm.
RoxelanaHOST
... is the 75th games.
KatieHOST
Right.
RoxelanaHOST
And then Mockingjay is t- technically the, the sec- 76th games, 'cause like they have this whole idea, like this is a Hunger Games, but it's like not on a reena- in an arena, and like-
KatieHOST
Yeah
Mariah HudecHOST
And this radio show is a place for us to get together and chat about everything related to gender, femininity, feminism, and pop culture.
Veronica LittHOST
Today on the show, we are paying tribute to The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins' mega best-selling YA novel about a dystopian version of North America where each year the 12 districts are forced to send two children to battle to the death in a televised game show from hell.
Veronica LittHOST
The Hunger Games novel originally came out in 2008.
Veronica LittHOST
In the years since, Collins has released four more books in the Hunger Games universe with film adaptations out or in production for each and every entry.
Mariah HudecHOST
In this episode, we'll dive deep into both the novel and the film version of The Hunger Games.
Mariah HudecHOST
We'll think about dystopia, gender, race, love triangles, and more.
Mariah HudecHOST
But before that, let's all get on the same page.
Mariah HudecHOST
So, Veronica, can I challenge you to a two-minute summary of the novel?
speaker_1HOST
No, she hates it.
speaker_0HOST
She doesn't want to be the Mockingjay.
speaker_0HOST
She doesn't want to be a symbol for a revolution.
speaker_0HOST
She just wants her sister to be fed and for the cameras to permanently turn off.
speaker_1HOST
The series treats political attention as a dangerous skill that must be managed rather than a cool mood or a rebellious aesthetic to be adopted.
speaker_0HOST
Right.
speaker_1HOST
And if you actually read the sequels, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, Collins forces the reader to look at the true psychological cost of that public crucible.
speaker_1HOST
Readers who stop at book one get the thrill of the arena.
speaker_0HOST
Coming in at number three, The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins.
speaker_1HOST
The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay.
speaker_1HOST
This trilogy didn't just participate in the YA dystopian trend.
speaker_1HOST
It defined the entire market for nearly a decade.
speaker_0HOST
That is such a cynical, razor sharp critique of reality television and celebrity culture.
speaker_1HOST
It really is.
speaker_1HOST
Now, regarding the source article's ranking, it's worth noting that the fan community generally considers the final book, Mockingjay, to be the weakest installment of the three.
speaker_0HOST
Yeah, people were pretty divided on it.
ElianaHOST
Mm
ChloeHOST
... what else has some prophecy to it? That we're going to finish Mockingjay this month, the final prophecy.
ChloeHOST
It will be done.
ElianaHOST
It will be done.
ChloeHOST
I mean, he is, like, the Liam Hemsworth lookalike
ElianaHOST
... that's true.
ElianaHOST
I was like, is this true, or is it just 'cause I'm in the middle of finishing up Mockingjay, which I'm getting some fantastic, now leading into, 'cause we will cover the prequel books at some point.
ElianaHOST
I'm getting some great-
Rebel NotoriousHOST
Only one tribute can win and their district is awarded more rations and other materials for that year that they won.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
The main trilogy is The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
Catching Fire is just The Hunger Games again.
MelinaHOST
It's almost like they've been doing it every year.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
incredibly written for a younger audience it is so easy to read it's very brisk to actually go through it the books aren't long despite being like 350 pages like you read it and it's maybe what would normally in a fantasy book be you know 350 pages is like 12 or 13 hours is maybe like six six or i don't want to say the other number Six or six plus one.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
Yeah.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
But it's a hurdle to get to Mockingjay, which is the best book in the series because it takes on a far darker tone.
Rebel NotoriousHOST
It really digs into some interesting ideas.
JonathanHOST
Catching Fire was 2009.
JonathanHOST
Mockingjay was 2010, right? So she had this progression and moved through it in her trilogy pretty quickly.
JulesGUEST
Mm-hmm.
JonathanHOST
2008, I was in college, and I, I don't think I heard about Hunger Games un- honestly until the movie came out in 2012.
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JonathanHOST
Uh, he did the other Hunger Game movies.
JulesGUEST
Oh, he did?
JonathanHOST
Uh, Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Slumberland, The Long Walk, Mockingjay Part 2, Part 1, um, Mockingjay Part 1 teaser, short.
JonathanHOST
Um, Catching Fire, and I mean, I suppose that makes sense, right?
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