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jaimeneutronn's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
If there’s any middle-grade book series that needs to be adapted as a 2D animated film (think Ghibi meets How to Train Your Dragon), it’s this one and maybe it’s subsequent sequels.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Death of parent
lazmataz's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Death, and Classism
Moderate: War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Slavery
rsagarin's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Kidnapping
juliawitmer's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I've loved this book since I was a kid, and it still holds up! Full of action, adventure, twists and turns. It follows a well-established plot, but is driven forward by the characters just as strongly as the events themselves. A good read for younger and older readers.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, and War
This book is absolutely wonderful, but might be a bit much for very young readers. It addresses war and the violence found in war in realistic ways, and this does include some moderately graphic descriptions of death/wounds/etc. That being said, I first read this book at the age of eleven and it didn't permanently scar me or anything.r_j_setser's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was a fun story that came highly recommended by a friend of mine and it was fun to binge the audiobook!
Gregor was precious and I loved his boldness and heart throughout the story. It's very much a middle grade fantasy meant to tug on the heartstrings while being exciting at the same time. With Gregor being 11, I was surprised by the amount of violence that happened in the book. There were a lot of morbid deaths that I would consider fairly descriptive for this age group, but I suppose that's to be expected from the author of The Hunger Games.
Overall, I think it was fun but I would caution young readers who might be sensitive to de@th to avoid the book. If you're a parent/guardian, feel free to message me if you'd like more details on the type of violence included. However, there was no cursing, nor romance of any kind in this book.
Gregor was precious and I loved his boldness and heart throughout the story. It's very much a middle grade fantasy meant to tug on the heartstrings while being exciting at the same time. With Gregor being 11, I was surprised by the amount of violence that happened in the book. There were a lot of morbid deaths that I would consider fairly descriptive for this age group, but I suppose that's to be expected from the author of The Hunger Games.
Overall, I think it was fun but I would caution young readers who might be sensitive to de@th to avoid the book. If you're a parent/guardian, feel free to message me if you'd like more details on the type of violence included. However, there was no cursing, nor romance of any kind in this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
naomi_k's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: War, Confinement, Dementia, and Torture
ahross's review
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Violence and Gore
shieldbearer's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This series is an underrated gem. The whole thing is so well plotted and woven together with excellent worldbuilding. It's also clear that this writer has experience with poverty, unlike a lot of other writers who attempt similar subjects. I cannot recommend this series enough.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Grief, Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death
Moderate: Murder, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Xenophobia, War, Chronic illness, Bullying, Gore, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Dementia and Fire/Fire injury
emilianarose's review
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Violence
taliahsbookshelf's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
As always, loved this book. This is probably the thirteenth or fourteenth time I've re-read this series, and there's a reason for it. It's a quick read, but Suzanne Collins does a fantastic job keeping it engaging the entire time without sacrificing any plot. No matter how many times I read it, I always seem to pick up new things and subtle foreshadowing that I hadn't before. Easy book for middle grade, fun read for older kids, and still recommended for young adults.
Favorite quotes:
Favorite quotes:
"If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it."(231)
"Boot's courage might only count when she could count, but her ability to love counted all the time."(278)
"While I have flight, I will be here always for you."(294)
"Gregor the Overlander, welcome to the city of Regalia!"(44)
"Run, boy. Run like the river. Fly you high, Gregor the Overlander!"(269)
"Where there's life, there's hope."(113)
"If you want to find peace, you must first be able to hope it is possible."(301)
"Even the cavemen had geniuses among them. Somebody had thought up the wheel."(130)
"I am the warrior. I am he who called. Who among you dares banish Ares, my bond?"(293)
"Ares the flier, I bond to you. Our life and death are one, we two. In dark, in flame, in war, in strife, I save you as I save my life. [...] Gregor the human, I bond to you. Our life and death are one, we two. In dark, in flame, in war, in strife, I save you as I save my life."(293)
"I prefer to think of myself as a legend, but I suppose 'guide' will do."(199)
"Gregor the Overlander leaped."(266)
"It was a lie but people believed it, while no one seemed to believe the truth. Whatever that was."(11)
"He also had one amazing rat on his side."(262)
"If the seven of us sitting on this ledge are going to survive, we'll need a miracle. And that's when the miracle happened."(277)
"Gregor looked at the girl's face and could tell by her arrogant expression that there had been no luck involved at all."(26)
"As happy as some daydream would make him, it only made returning to reality more painful."(11)
"She sounded a thousand years old and a thousand miles away, but she did not sound scared."(261)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Torture, and Toxic friendship
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