Rate this book

Gregor The Overlander Collection, Books 1-5 (2009)

by Suzanne Collins(Favorite Author)

4.42 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Scholastic Australia

review 1: This set of books was a great surprise! I wasn't really confident when i read the plot somewhere, but i am glad a friend told me to read it.After the first few pages I was hooked.The writing is really engaging and the story is full of new twists, interesting plots and suspance. I could be more clear but i don't want to spoil anything.It seriously a book that surprised me and kept me turning pages eagerly.A must read for lovers of the genre.The only bad thing is that we leave this world too early, more books would have been welcomed!
review 2: Yep. Not even sorry. These books are delicious, addictive, bite-sized reads. Gregor is basically Katniss and Peeta's tween son, living in present day (I think?) NYC. The books are fun and action-packed, and also packed ful... morel of morals and deep thoughts for the young'uns. She deals with heavy issues like war vs. peacekeeping, self-preservation vs. the common good, fighting evil internally as well as externally, brotherhood, loyalty, etc. They tested my fantasy limits with all the talking rats and spiders and stuff, but in all honesty I was fully invested in these characters by book 2. It's all very Neil Gaiman for kids. My least favorite was book #4, and I was prepped to hate book #5 because it had Mockingjay written all over it (seriously, this book is clearly where she worked out her Hunger Games plotline), but it was so much more well done than Mockingjay. Everything felt more fully fleshed out, and even the "relationship" between the 12 year olds had more meaning (and resolution) than the Katniss/Peeta trainwreck. Reading this series makes me even angrier about Mockingjay, because she could have done so much better. less

Download links for: Gregor the Overlander Collection, Books 1-5

Advertising