Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods (2006) - Plot & Excerpts
Tercer libro de la saga de Las Tierras Bajas de Suzanne Collins, con un giro bastante diferente a los anteriores y una historia que desarrolla y expande mucho más el universo que creó la autora.Lo bueno:1. La historia: Suzanne Collins no sólo se creó una historia bastante llamativa sino que ha venido desarrollándola en todos sus libros, soltando en cada uno de las entregas más detalles de Las Tierras Bajas y todo lo que se teje alrededor de esa comunidad. Además, este libro cuenta con una historia más oscura (conspiración, lucha de razas, genocidio) que demuestra la madurez que va tomando esta saga.2. Los personajes: No solamente Gregor, el personaje principal, ha tenido una muy buena evolución con relación a los anteriores libros, sino también los demás personajes, siendo Ripred, la gran rata que acompaña a Gregor en todas sus travesías, uno de los mejores personajes, no sólo de la saga, si no también de los que ha creado Collins, en muchas ocasiones su personalidad me recordó bastante a Haymitch (Los Juegos del Hambre), haciéndose querer y odiar por partes iguales.3. La profecía: En esta tercera entrega se le da un giro que se le agradece a la historia, la acción se sitúa esta vez en una especie de selva, dando una sensación de frescura con relación a los anteriores libros. Una selva llena de peligros (que me recordó mucho también a la arena de En Llamas) y muchas escenas de aventuras, acción y suspenso. Suzanne Collins nos sigue sorprendiendo con las interpretaciones de las profecías, cuando se cree tener las respuestas, siempre se le da otro significado.4. Su desarrollo: Es un libro que es agradable de leer y se puede acabar en menos de tres días, Collins hace que cada capítulo se disfrute y nos deja interesado aún más en seguir leyendo llenando las páginas de mucho suspenso y emoción.Lo malo:5. Su enfoque: A pesar de todo sigue siendo un libro bastante infantil, algunos personajes pueden sacar de quicio (por ejemplo, la hermana de Gregor, Boots) pero en realidad es comprensible su inclusión en la historia. En esta tercera parte también la madre de Gregor se adentra a Las Tierras Bajas y siendo su primera vez pensé que sería algo más traumática su estadía, pero al parecer ver cucarachas y ratas de más de dos metros y personas con piel traslucidas no le ocasionaron ningún sentimiento.
While I was considering what I would say about this review, I thought, "I'll give it four stars," and I thought of some very good reasons why I deducted that one star. But, shucks, who am I kidding? I don't exactly know where this love of middle grade fiction has come from, but I'm such a sucker for it. Yes, there are things that I can say weren't as great as previous entries into this series. It seems like we spent less time with the main characters in this one. The entire story zooms right by you from crippling plague to resolution, which is good for young readers, but makes you pause if you are an adult reading this series... And yes, you can call into question the very idea that all of these events in Regalia have a prophecy. You either buy into it or don't read the series. It isn't a fault of the plot, in my opinion; it's the premise. I just love these characters so much, especially Gregor and Boots. Whenever I spend a few hours reading about their adventures, I'm happy enough.I loved meeting Hamnet and Hazard and they both broke my heart, of course. There are a lot of many good questions that this book brings up, as always. My favorite of these moments is when Gregor briefly thinks on how things cannot be better if humans and rats keep teaching their young to fear each other. It's what makes such a simply written, middle grade book just the kind of thing an older reader can find entertainment it. Another great, short and easy read.
What do You think about Gregor And The Curse Of The Warmbloods (2006)?
There's a bit of a formula with the Gregor books.1. Gregor has a dull home life and the beginning has to remind you of this. His family has real-life problems with money, food, and everything else.2. For some stupid reason, Gregor finds himself in the Underland again along with his useless 2-year-old sister.3. Some kind of issue goes down with the humans in the Underland.4. Gregor, the chosen one, must go on a quest in order to resolve the issue. He battles random creatures and his sister must go along for some dopey reason as well.Book 3 does this, obviously, although compared to book 2, it appeared to take Gregor a bit longer to actually get on his quest. More time was spent on his dull home life, more arguing amongst the Underlanders took place in regards to the meaning of the prophesies, and oddly enough, the more controversial characters seemed to get less "screen time" this time around.The Gregor series keeps teasing at an eventual storyline where the humans are the bad guys with the rats having been misunderstood but even with some of the twists in this book, we're still not quite there yet. Book 3 felt rather formulaic and added the least to the chronicles so far, overall.
—Chris
This was my favorite of the Gregor books so far. It did follow the familiar format that we're used to by now being on book 3: Gregor comes to the Underland, there's a prophecy, he goes on a quest, they realize that not everything in the prophecy was what they originally thought it meant. So what makes this one better? Here are my thoughts:This is the first one that I truly could not put down. For one reason or another it was more engaging than the first two - maybe it was because of the seriousn
—Becky Ginther
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods by Suzanne Collins is a very good book, but I have been thinking about one part of the book. Why Doctor Neveeve agreed to create a chemical weapon to use against the creatures living in the underland. Why would she ever think of saying yes to Solovet's request, Solovet must have really persuaded Neveeve to create such a catastrophic weapon to attack something or someone. I believe that Solovet wanted to create such a weapon because she has had enough with the rats and how much they have disturbed the humans. I am so very glad that the Underlanders have stopped Neveeve from completing this task, sadly Neveeve was killed because of what the event she had created and having the cure the whole time, but not telling anyone. Solovet is being watched 24/7 for coming up with this plan, she was not killed because she is married to the head council man.I had lots of different emotions during Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods. For example, during the battle in the Vineyard of Eyes, Hamnet had been killed by the cutters (giant ants), I felt terrible for his son Hazard to have his pet lizard, Frill and his father die, luckily he has Luxa to live with. I was very happy when Gregor found out all of his friends who had the terrible plague were safe and most of all, his mother was safe. I was scared when Boots was playing with the poisonous frogs and she had no clue that they were dangerous. I loved this book and I am going to read the series of the series!
—Evan
