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emlickliter's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
5.0
Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records by Tamora Pierce – One of the best YA fantasy authors ever! The journal style procedural format is lots of fun! Happy Reading!
wolfandrose's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This series of books is fun, light, with just enough mystery and romance to keep someone coming back for more. It's a really fun read and I really enjoyed it.
stressedspidergirl's review against another edition
3.0
I was legitimately disappointed with this series the first time I read it. I was so excited in the first two books, and then by book 3 I felt like I'd been thrown all these curve balls that made no sense. I didn't understand Farmer, I didn't see the romance (I still don't, rereading it), and I always wonder what happened between the first and second books of the series, with Beka's fiance etc.
To be honest, after such a great start, and then even with all the questions left unanswered for me, I really liked the second book, too. So I wish I knew what went on in the third, or why it wasn't a quartet, or why Tunstall went darkside, etc, because none of it fits in for me the way it should.
I love Beka, I love that the cat statue on George's family shrine had purple eyes, and all the small details about the Cooper family, and I really felt connected to the story, the characters, and everything else, and then... felt like I got left behind. I keep looking for hints the romance is building, trying to find it and it just doesn't make it for me.
Not looking to argue, but out of all of the books by Pierce that I've read, these ones leave me the emptiest. And I often times wonder what became of Aly after the Raka took their home back.
So for me, it's a good read in terms of getting to the end, the politics, and intrigue and dogwork, but I feel like we lost a lot of who and what Beka was and that there should have been more. (Don't we always though?) Either way I have a lot of mixed feelings about these and I do feel let down every time I finish when I do a Tortall re-read.
To be honest, after such a great start, and then even with all the questions left unanswered for me, I really liked the second book, too. So I wish I knew what went on in the third, or why it wasn't a quartet, or why Tunstall went darkside, etc, because none of it fits in for me the way it should.
I love Beka, I love that the cat statue on George's family shrine had purple eyes, and all the small details about the Cooper family, and I really felt connected to the story, the characters, and everything else, and then... felt like I got left behind. I keep looking for hints the romance is building, trying to find it and it just doesn't make it for me.
Not looking to argue, but out of all of the books by Pierce that I've read, these ones leave me the emptiest. And I often times wonder what became of Aly after the Raka took their home back.
So for me, it's a good read in terms of getting to the end, the politics, and intrigue and dogwork, but I feel like we lost a lot of who and what Beka was and that there should have been more. (Don't we always though?) Either way I have a lot of mixed feelings about these and I do feel let down every time I finish when I do a Tortall re-read.
bibliodiaries's review against another edition
5.0
One of my comfort trilogies. Lots of action, cute animals, a little romance, and some fun plot twists.
wanderingspacepirate's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
octavia_cade's review against another edition
3.0
I read and reviewed these separately, so am including the collected volumes for my own records, essentially. Overall the series gets three stars from me, as an average of what I gave the separate volumes: Terrier and Bloodhound got three stars each, and Mastiff earned four.
I found the series to be a likeable read, and I think the thing I liked about it most was the language. Pierce has developed an interesting, street-slangy vocabulary that really gave me a sense of the culture the stories were set in. It's worth reading just for that, I reckon.
I found the series to be a likeable read, and I think the thing I liked about it most was the language. Pierce has developed an interesting, street-slangy vocabulary that really gave me a sense of the culture the stories were set in. It's worth reading just for that, I reckon.
katekat's review against another edition
5.0
Tamora Pierce has always been one of my favorite authors. I love her storytelling abilities and her characters. No matter who or what the story is about it always grips me from the first page to the last. I especially love her books that take place in Tortall. The Beka Cooper series is so good because it has a strong female protagonist and an intriguing storyline.
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