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A review by stressedspidergirl
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne Collins
5.0
There's something really good about a lot of the points and moral lessons the story talks about without really forcing the point and I appreciate it.
Gregor dealing with the fact that if people weren't so driven to fight over nothing, would there be a reason to fight at all?
Did any of them make the right call by deciding to fight?
And the ongoing battle with that emotionally that he's dealing with at just 11 that's pretty intense.
It's very much unsurprising to me that this is the same person who wrote the Hunger Games, and to me this is just very much the same vein as the Animorphs of what does the constant war and fear do to you, and is what you're fighting for really the right answer? And on the moral front, where are the shades of grey and how do you know you're making the right calls?
This one was about the plague, and where it comes from and how to treat it, and I enjoyed re-reading it for sure just like I'm looking forward to the next book. My heart hurts for Gregor having to take care of so much and handle so many burdens but it's done really realistically and that's powerful.
Gregor dealing with the fact that if people weren't so driven to fight over nothing, would there be a reason to fight at all?
Did any of them make the right call by deciding to fight?
And the ongoing battle with that emotionally that he's dealing with at just 11 that's pretty intense.
It's very much unsurprising to me that this is the same person who wrote the Hunger Games, and to me this is just very much the same vein as the Animorphs of what does the constant war and fear do to you, and is what you're fighting for really the right answer? And on the moral front, where are the shades of grey and how do you know you're making the right calls?
This one was about the plague, and where it comes from and how to treat it, and I enjoyed re-reading it for sure just like I'm looking forward to the next book. My heart hurts for Gregor having to take care of so much and handle so many burdens but it's done really realistically and that's powerful.