Gregor and the Marks of Secret discussion

Since the plague, humans and allies were ashamed, the frail chain of trust has weakened, and something is stirring with the mice. Now Gregor and comrades have to investigate, only to find something as bad as the holocaust.

If you thought creatures dying horrifically from a plague was bad enough, you haven’t even heard how dark this book can be. The gnawers (rats) have driven out the nibblers (mice) and lead them to their deaths. It can range from falling off a cliff to having them die in toxic gasses. The dark atmosphere is very different from the first two books. Especially the first book. The reason the rats are going against the mice is because the bane (giant white rat) wants the gnawers to put a blame on the hated mice for being one of the causes of the plague in the last book, so he himself can rise in power. It really compares with Adolf Hitler where he put a blame on the Jews so he can rise in power. The similarities are real. Someone blames a hated group to have power. The group is forced to move out of homes. Many died horrifically. It all fits together.

Despite the WWII-like approach and the bane has to be stopped from wiping out all the nibblers, this book tells scenarios to rather not fight. Luxa declared war on the gnawers after seeing a pile of nibblers off a cliff. Gregor despises the idea and ask if there is an alternative to war. He could not think of one however. Later, the gnawers trapped Gregor and others with huge scorpions to deal with. After one of the flyers (bat) was caught by one of the scorpions, they were forced to not fight. Soon, all thoughts of fighting were gone. It’s a true moral to follow as you can get out of a situation without a single injury if you don’t fight your way out.

Gregor and the Marks of Swecret like it’s previous brother, follows the dark atmosphere. It includes a WWII approach, and a great moral to boot. It puts us in a hostile world and teaches us not to fight in it. May sound odd to some, but I call it genius. The final chapter in the series should be very, very interesting.

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