Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles, #1)

by Suzanne Collins

[nannah]

I guess I can't REALLY judge this fairly because I'm starting to think MG just isn't my thing.



But this was an okay book. The climax and the ending really made it work for me. It came together very neatly and emotionally with just the right amount of tasty plot twists.



However, I wasn't so interested it in up till that point. I'm not so much a fan of passive heroes, especially not ones brought into the plot because of a prophecy. For me, it's the weakest plot device, especially how she used it, because the characters based all of their actions ON the prophecy. That means the prophecy is only being fulfilled because they decided to MAKE themselves follow it. Just not my thing.



Also, to me, the villains weren't all that convincing. And (SPOILER!) Henry's betrayal didn't convince me, either. I felt Collins could have worked that up a little bit more. I mean, I'm sure she meant it to be surprising, which it was, but it seemed random-surprising, in that I felt there was no way it WOULD have happened. She just added it to force a character twist into the book.



But anyways, it was okay. The portion of the book just after Henry's betrayal made it worthwhile.