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zhespy's review
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
4.0
Tallstar's revenge follows the journey of Talltail working through his grief and anger regarding losing the love of his mother and the cats he loved who had died. Also, he is not (but is) gay lover Jake who he gallivants with on his journey to avenge his father's death. Two things that the Hunter's are really good at writing are 1# a violent death that takes you a moment to process and remember that you are reading a book for young readers (and also some graphic descriptions of being poisoned) 2# emotions, especially when a cat is furious. You get to see this writing a lot throughout the Power of Three series and it's good to see it here too. I liked Tallstar's Revenge when I read it the first time years ago and I still like it now. I, however, think it was missing something just a little extra (what I have no idea) it just needed a bit more in it and I think if they were brave enough and made Jake and Talltail explicitly in love with each other, I think that would have been it. Their friendship is good but they leave it open like there is something more and sadly you never get to see it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
minoestrashrat's review
adventurous
challenging
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
4.5
I love Tallstar, his quest to seek vengeance is really believable, and despite him being in the wrong you can't help but be sympathetic. Also, TallJake is real.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
jewelian's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Gore, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Child death
cozylatte's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Child death
thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Child death and Violence
elirizon's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Death of parent, and Bullying
creatures2010's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
Moderate: Violence and Animal death
rinku's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I only heard good things about Tallstar’s Revenge and I was not disappointed; it became one of my favorite Warriors books of all time.
This is one of those Super Editions that tells a completely new story that was never mentioned in the books before. Surprisingly, I was still invested in every moment of the plot. Like its name suggests, this book focuses on the life of Tallstar, especially his time as a warrior. Tallstar early has to endure a great loss which changes his whole life and the life of his Clan.
The four Super Editions taking place before The Prophecies Begins (Bluestar's Prophecy, Crookedstar's Promise, Yellowfang's Secret, Tallstar’s Revenge) build the more or less perfect Super Edition quartet. The books are actually actively connected to each other and when you’ve read the all the books, you literally know every cat from the allegiances personally which is so great.
It was interesting to see how different WindClan was back then from how it is today and how they differed from other Clans. I loved the contrast of tunnel cats and warrior cats and the culture around them; their conflict was depicted really well. It was so sad that they decided to stop using the tunnels after Sandgorse died; I had the feeling that some of the culture of WindClan also died with this, since it’s one of the oldest Clan traditions as it can be seen in the Dawn of the Clans arc .
Another great thing about this novel is Tallstar as the main character with his amazing character arc. Some parts of his arc were rather predictable, like that Sandgorse would die after he argues with Tallstar or that Tallstar wouldn’t kill Sparrow , but I didn’t mind it here because the focus is not on a surprising story, but more on Tallstar’s emotions. At the beginning of this novel, Tallstar struggles because he doesn’t want to follow into his parent’s footsteps as a tunnel cat, but he feels that he has the obligation to do so. After Sandgorse’s death , he changes and is often lost in his thoughts, which made him more interesting than many other Clan cats. His feeling of not belonging to his Clan whatsoever was portrayed so well and is understandable since no one is nice to him or shows understanding for his feelings. While traveling to avenge his father, he grew so much and realized that he’s important to the Clan as well. His feeling of missing WindClan was also depicted really well, and when he came home, I was basically aww-ing the whole time because all the other cats also realized how important Tallstar is for the Clan. This book ends perfectly with a wrap-up chapter with Talltail’s leader ceremony (which I always love to read about) and the last sentence gives an outlook to The Prophecies Begin.
My favorite part of this novel was the later part, and this was mainly because of one cat: Jake. I already knew about Jake from memes and fanart, so I was so hyped when we met him. Jake is just so cute and complements Tallstar’s character well with his curious and a bit naïve character. Obviously, I shipped the both of them instantly. Compared to other canon ships of the series, they have so much atmosphere going on. If two cats of the opposite gender would be so close to each other like Jake and Tallstar, they would’ve been called mates. Sadly, <i>Warriors</i> is very heteronormative and I doubt that we’ll ever will get a canon non-heterosexual cat.
I think Tallstar’s Revenge is my favorite Super Edition: Tallstar is such an amazing character, and his struggles and emotions were depicted so well; same goes for the struggles of WindClan. Even the travel part of this novel was great because of Jake.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Death of parent
yellowvans's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Child death and Animal death
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