Gregor and the Code of Claw

This book is the third in its series I believe, I really enjoyed the first two but when I got to this one I just got very bored. I didn’t finish this book for reasons such as I didn’t think the storyline was very compelling. Also, it felt a bit drawn out but this book is great for young readers probably late elementary school.

Wonderful ending to the Gregor story. The characters in this tale are so charming it's hard not to love them.

Here is what I know of Suzanne Collins to be true now that I have read both The Hungers Games trilogy & the Gregor the Overlander series:

She likes to kill people
She writes endearing and wonderful characters
She writes crappy endings

I loved this series, just as I loved The Hunger Games, but like THG things happen that bring to mind a sort of ‘well, what the fuck was that for?' moments. And just like THG when it was over I was completely unsatisfied with that sort of blah ending. Collins certainly has a writing style.

I don't agree that this is good for ages 8 & up. Maybe 12. Maybe 16. Maybe that's the parent in me wishing to keep such darkness, so much death from my kids for as long as I can. For this was certainly dark and mostly full of death. The line I remember the most was ‘A little girl missing an arm stared at them with empty eyes.' It wasn't just the missing arm part that was hard to swallow, but a 12 year old kid recognizing the empty eyes.

I cried. I cried a lot reading these books. I pretty much cried throughout Part 3 of this one. I sat ramrod straight in my seat read. I couldn't keep my hands from intermittently flying to my mouth to cover the horror my eyes were taking in. I can't soothe the hurt. It's like this actually has happened. That these books are history and not fiction.

It be unforgettable, it be.

A good finish to the series.