Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (The Underland Chronicles, Book 2) by Suzanne Collins Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (The Underland Chronicles, Book 2)
Book Review: Tragedy
Summary: 4 Stars
This book was great. It had adventure and action beyond belief. Warning: Contents contain extreme violence. But it was also a tragedy. Some charatcters you may have loved from Gregor the Overlander are killed off, not to mention charaters who were created in this book die. Suzane Colins didn't go as heavy on the tragedy portion in the last book. Characters died and all but all of them were either minor, unintresting or the bad guy. In The Prophecy of Bane a bat is killed along with a roach and a human and her bat. It is great but a real tragedy. So when reading this don't expect a to happy of an ending.Book Review: World Below New York City
Summary: 4 Stars
GREGOR AND THE PROPHECY OF THE BANE is on this year's Sequoyah list at school. I ready to my 9-year-old all the time, and I enjoy exploring kids' books. I'd seen these books before, but I hadn't really picked one up. Now my son and I find ourselves hooked on Suzanne Collins's marvelous tales.
Gregor lives a hard existence with his parents. It seems his dad was lost in the Underland for a long time before Gregor found a way to rescue him. That story is told in Book 1.
This book begins as Gregor is struggling trying to help the family make ends meet financially. Gregor's father hasn't been able to go back to work and they have difficulty even getting enough to eat. While he's sledding in the park with Boots, his little sister, Gregor finds that she's disappeared. When he realizes that Boots is missing, he goes after her and journeys back into the Underland.
The story is filled with dangerous escapes and evil villains. My son and I thrilled to the heroic twists and turns of the plots and the characters, as well as the rich humor laced through the tale. The pacing in the story is incredibly fast.
Gregor learns that a new prophecy is in effect, and he's the warrior that's referred to. He's supposed to kill the Bane, the evil ruler of the rats. Temp the cockroach and his friends captured Boots because they feared the rats were going to take her.
The misunderstanding between Gregor and his bond-mate bat, Ares, is well done. Their friendship deepens in this novel, and they're a great team to read about. Not all of the companions that go on the quest come back. Although death is presented in the pages, it's not too gruesome or gory. But there are losses.
Although the ending satisfies, it does leave you wanting more. My son and I are going to pick up the third book next, but we want to go back and read the first one as well since we missed that one. Fans of fantasy, Harry Potter, and Artemis Fowl will enjoy this book.