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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
was the first warriors book i picked up in a long time and got so disappointed. the writing style is incredibly bad, it is similar to what i wrote at the age of 12. the romance plot has some forced tension that feels so unrealistic and i could not care less if they are together or not. and why the hell does she have these powers? which also seem super unhelpful if you are a healer. how do you wanna save a dying cat if you can barely move or think because you feel like dying yourself. it is obviously implemented after the og books as a reason for her to become a healer. is it really that unrealistic that a cat wants to heal other cats? the healers have so much power and are so respected yet every time a new healer is chosen its either by force or by literal disability.
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Erins do so great with these super editions. I love Yellowfang even more now getting to read through her growing up. And an even stronger like of ShadowClan. Great book.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow, who knew just how violent a children's book could get? Yellowfang's secret is bound to hurt your feelings every step of the way. Oh, you think you know her story because of the first series? Think again! Hearing it from her side just adds a whole new layer of pain when you think about her time in Thunderclan.
Wow all those kits dying was incredibly confronting in the last few chapters wowzers.
This book, however, does present more of the same issues the entire series has. She-cats always either want kits desperately or are convinced/pressured into wanting kits. Anytime a cat (obviously excluding the leader at the end of the book because he was a big ol' meanie) is disabled they just get shoved into either being a medicine cat or an elder with nothing in between(like they realllllyy gloss over the fact that yellowfang could have learned to control her powers and just continued being a warrior. She was forced into being a medicine cat which is just so weird. With Jaypaw it feels more natural because we see him fight this decision but with her it's so weird. She does fight the decision and it affects her and her relationships but she can control it??? She just kind of accepts her fate.) I also wish they explored Yellowfang's 'powers' more in terms of how it affects her. I like to think its part of the reason she is so grouchy most of the time because shes always in pain one way or another whether it's her own or someone else's. I wish that was more explicitly stated because she finds a way to control it and then its like it never was.
This book, however, does present more of the same issues the entire series has. She-cats always either want kits desperately or are convinced/pressured into wanting kits. Anytime a cat (obviously excluding the leader at the end of the book because he was a big ol' meanie) is disabled they just get shoved into either being a medicine cat or an elder with nothing in between
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Pregnancy, Abandonment
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was really good. Gave me an insite to her life and shadow clan.