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Warrior Cats - Vision von Schatten. Die Mission des Schülers: Staffel VI, Band 1
Erin Hunter
3.89 AVERAGE
123 reviews for:
Warrior Cats - Vision von Schatten. Die Mission des Schülers: Staffel VI, Band 1
Erin Hunter
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I really loved this start to a new arc, and I really love how the Erins just kind of left most of the main points in this book for us to speculate about. In my opinion I think that a cat may or may not to try to rebel against the idea of the Clans being separate themselves, like Tris' rebellion in Divergent. Like they won't try to gain power, they'll just want to make things "fair" by eliminating the IDEA of the four Clans. But it's just my opinion.
Not really sure how I feel about this one. Started today, finished today, so it kept my interest as any other Warrior book does. But there are some things I'm just unsure about. Probably going to be some spoilers below, so don't keep reading if you don't want to see.
Alright. So as a whole, I feel like not much happened in this book. Yes, it is the first book in the series, so I'm hoping that within the next two books or so things were pick up. But it almost felt too obvious when the book started what was going to happen, at least partially.
It was known in Bramblestar's Storm that Littlecloud, ShadowClan medicine cat, didn't have an apprentice and is getting old. At the start of this book, it's blatantly obvious that Alderpaw is going to become a medicine-cat apprentice. He's bad at hunting and fighting, yada yada. Based on the sneak peak of the next book, I think that Alderpaw is going to have something to do with either helping to train a new ShadowClan medicine cat or becoming one himself. That's just from the start of the book.
Also a beginners guess based on the end of Bramblestar's Storm, SkyClan is going to become relevant again. Alderpaw is sent to go to SkyClan and 'help' them, along with his sister, two other cats, and Sandstorm. Then for whatever reason the nosy ShadowClan apprentice Needlepaw tags along, and apparently shows that ShadowClan gives zero shits where their cats run off to.
When he shows up, everything is wrong, and none of the SkyClan cats we know from Firestar's Quest are there. But then a funny thing happens; they don't do anything. They just leave. I had thought that maybe they would try to find the cats, or maybe even try to reason with the cats that took over. But no, they almost drown, find some kits, and then go home.
As a whole, it just felt really strange. It didn't really feel like much happened. Yes, he went on this 'quest', but didn't accomplish anything or even try to help. I'm sure this is going to be rectified in the next book, but it still felt like this book was lacking. Now we just have to wait a year for the next one. Easy, quick read. Finished in a few hours. As a whole, not really much going on.
And please, PLEASE, PLEASE! Erin Hunter! Stop forgetting who Mistystar is! She is NOT Graystripe's daughter like they said in Bramblestar's storm. They keep talking about how old Blackstar was and how old Onestar is getting. Guess what! Mistystar is older than both of them. But they keep forgetting that! Really pissing me off.
Alright. So as a whole, I feel like not much happened in this book. Yes, it is the first book in the series, so I'm hoping that within the next two books or so things were pick up. But it almost felt too obvious when the book started what was going to happen, at least partially.
It was known in Bramblestar's Storm that Littlecloud, ShadowClan medicine cat, didn't have an apprentice and is getting old. At the start of this book, it's blatantly obvious that Alderpaw is going to become a medicine-cat apprentice. He's bad at hunting and fighting, yada yada. Based on the sneak peak of the next book, I think that Alderpaw is going to have something to do with either helping to train a new ShadowClan medicine cat or becoming one himself. That's just from the start of the book.
Also a beginners guess based on the end of Bramblestar's Storm, SkyClan is going to become relevant again. Alderpaw is sent to go to SkyClan and 'help' them, along with his sister, two other cats, and Sandstorm. Then for whatever reason the nosy ShadowClan apprentice Needlepaw tags along, and apparently shows that ShadowClan gives zero shits where their cats run off to.
When he shows up, everything is wrong, and none of the SkyClan cats we know from Firestar's Quest are there. But then a funny thing happens; they don't do anything. They just leave. I had thought that maybe they would try to find the cats, or maybe even try to reason with the cats that took over. But no, they almost drown, find some kits, and then go home.
As a whole, it just felt really strange. It didn't really feel like much happened. Yes, he went on this 'quest', but didn't accomplish anything or even try to help. I'm sure this is going to be rectified in the next book, but it still felt like this book was lacking. Now we just have to wait a year for the next one. Easy, quick read. Finished in a few hours. As a whole, not really much going on.
And please, PLEASE, PLEASE! Erin Hunter! Stop forgetting who Mistystar is! She is NOT Graystripe's daughter like they said in Bramblestar's storm. They keep talking about how old Blackstar was and how old Onestar is getting. Guess what! Mistystar is older than both of them. But they keep forgetting that! Really pissing me off.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was just pure nostalgia and I loved every second. I read the Warriors series throughout elementary and middle school and now that I’m in college I still find that I enjoy them immensely!!
This is the first book in the... was it fifth? arc within the bestselling "Warriors" series. This series has some pretty split opinions, either you hate it, or you love it. Personally, I love it. However, I was disappointed by this new book. The first four arcs were fantastic, and they seemed to have ended the whole series for a LONG time. I just checked, there is about four years between the release date of "The Last Hope" and "The Apprentice's Quest". I thought it would've been fine if the Hunters just left it with "The Last Hope". I was happy with the ending, it closed up nicely. Was it really necessary to make more? Because of how epic and action-packed "Omen Of The Stars" was, everything after that is just going to seem dull, and not live up to it.
Additionally, you eventually run out of storylines, because this series is so long. It feels so similar to so many other books in this series. Some sort of prophecy storyline appears in almost every arc. And in "Midnight" (first book in The New Prophecy), Brambleclaw has to go off on a long adventure with Squirrelpaw, who at the time he thought was childish, immature, and annoying. In this book, Alderpaw had TO GO OFF ON A LONG ADVENTURE WITH NEEDLEPAW, WHO AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT WAS CHILDISH, IMMATURE, AND ANNOYING. It seems pretty similar to me.
I also had some issues with Alderpaw. He was a bit of a frustrating character at times. You know what I noticed? Why does every medicine cat POV we get in this series have to be shy and insecure? We are seeing a lot of the same characters in different cats. Needlepaw is just like Squirrelflight, Alderpaw is similar to Leafpool in that shy medicine cat way. When are we going to get a really cool, confident medicine cat? There just isn't much character variety in this whole series. (no offense to the rest of the Warriors series)
Overall, the writing was still good, and I liked the book I guess. I just thought it wasn't really necessary to the series. Or at least it could have been more unique with the characters and storylines. Hopefully it improves in the rest of the Vision Of Shadows Arc!
Additionally, you eventually run out of storylines, because this series is so long. It feels so similar to so many other books in this series. Some sort of prophecy storyline appears in almost every arc. And in "Midnight" (first book in The New Prophecy), Brambleclaw has to go off on a long adventure with Squirrelpaw, who at the time he thought was childish, immature, and annoying. In this book, Alderpaw had TO GO OFF ON A LONG ADVENTURE WITH NEEDLEPAW, WHO AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT WAS CHILDISH, IMMATURE, AND ANNOYING. It seems pretty similar to me.
I also had some issues with Alderpaw. He was a bit of a frustrating character at times. You know what I noticed? Why does every medicine cat POV we get in this series have to be shy and insecure? We are seeing a lot of the same characters in different cats. Needlepaw is just like Squirrelflight, Alderpaw is similar to Leafpool in that shy medicine cat way. When are we going to get a really cool, confident medicine cat? There just isn't much character variety in this whole series. (no offense to the rest of the Warriors series)
Overall, the writing was still good, and I liked the book I guess. I just thought it wasn't really necessary to the series. Or at least it could have been more unique with the characters and storylines. Hopefully it improves in the rest of the Vision Of Shadows Arc!
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Apprentice’s Quest is the start of the sixth Warriors arc. This book was a nice introduction to the new characters and the new main conflicts of this arc.
I was annoyed though by the fact that Vision of Shadows starts with new apprentices again – I know they’re doing this for new readers just getting into the series, but I still dislike it because it’s always the same: The apprentices are so excited for their new job but then they have to do some boring tasks which the don’t want to do, but it was something new for the series that Alderpaw is just not talented at being a warrior.
Even though it was a travel book, I enjoyed the main plot of The Apprentice’s Quest. I love what a good relationship Alderpaw and Sandstorm have and how she’s the only one who wants to hear about his visions and who remembers SkyClan. I like SkyClan (and even SkyClan's Destiny), so I was hyped to meet them again. Needlepaw going with them on the travel gave the group an interesting dynamic. She’s so random and it was fun to see what she would be doing next, I like her. It made me especially happy that Sandstorm came with them but her death is one of the most upsetting deaths in the series for me. I already saw it coming after she was hurt and it makes me mad: She just didn’t deserve to die at a random field and get buried there, I hate it so much. I would be so amazing to have her as an elder and meet SkyClan but of course this couldn’t happen . The plot twist that SkyClan has been driven out by the rouges was well written too, you could feel Alderpaw’s disappointment so much. I hate this plot point though that an important character dies before it can tell the truth to the main character, it was quite predictable .
The ending was great too and something new for a Warriors book: The found kittens were really interesting and it’s so much better than a forbidden romance plot that I was scared about that we would get one with Needlepaw and Alderpaw. Their beef in the end was really unnecessary though and I feel sorry for the kits .
I was surprised that I liked the writing style in this one quite much, especially the dialogues were well and engaging written. It was also nice that there was no POV changes but we’re just travelling with Alderpaw the whole time. We sadly still have classic plot points that annoy me aka prophecies without any explanation.
Alderpaw as a MC found a place in my heart instantly. He’s cute and really relatable with his insecurities and his anxiety. It was interesting to see his character in contrast to Sparkpaw as well, but I hate how he’s forced to become a medicine cat; Leafpool is literally the only ThunderClan cat who chose this career by choice. The medicine den must be so full now with three medicine cats and Briarlight lmao. Leafpool and Jayfeather working together there is honestly so cute and it’s so nice that Bramblestar accepts Leafpool as his medicine cat again (the only nice thing Bramblestar has done). Jayfeather is normally one of my favorite cats, but this time he was just unnecessary mean to Alderpaw.
All in all, this was a nice introduction and I can’t wait what this series has further to offer, since a great foundation was already laid in The Apprentice’s Quest.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2020/11/book-review-warriors-arc-5-vision-of.html
This book is amazing! Sandstorm dying made me cry because she is an OG and her character development is astronomical!!
The Apprentice's Quest was a really nice quick and fun read. It was nice to read a Warriors book based on new characters, but sometimes it is annoying how everything is based in Thunderclan and the readers never really get to empathize with other clans.