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Crookedstar's Promise by Erin Hunter

7 reviews

indigocrayon's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

One of the best Warrior Cats books of all time, in my honest opinion. Timelines may not line up 100%, but it's such a compelling read with genuinely heartbreaking moments that made me cry the first time I read it.
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minoestrashrat's review

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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? It's complicated

4.5

Such a good Super Edition! Crookedstar's increasing grief is just so heartbreaking. I wish we got to see more of the farm cats to be honest, but this was still just so good. I really liked how everything tied into Bluestar's Prophecy. We see the same exact scenes and everything, I thought that was so cute. Also, fuck Rainflower and Mapleshade.
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likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

When I originally read the first three series of Warriors, I never delved into the Super Editions, so this book was brand new material for me. I’m so glad I decided to include these this time around.
I absolutely loved reading Crookedstar’s journey. Seeing him struggle to overcome his disability, be neglected by his mother and clan, and still work so hard to become a fierce and loyal warrior was pretty inspiring. His journey is more heartbreaking than I ever would have thought and the parallels between the events of The Prophecies Begin and Crookedstar’s life make this read a worthwhile experience for anyone following the main arcs.
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anne311's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

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alicia_g's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I thought this was a very good special edition- it was interesting to learn about RiverClan pre-lake territories and a bit more about Crookedstar's life. As RiverClan is one of the least talked about clans it was exciting to learn about all of these cats that are barely mentioned in the books. 

I thought it was really interesting how this time with the whole training in the Dark Forest it was shown as Crookedstar believing that it actually StarClan teaching him where with others they know that it is not StarClan and him finding out and immediately regretting what he had done. 
 

Anyways this book is really good if you want to learn more about Crookedstar or RiverClan!
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rinku's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Crookedstar’s Promise became after this re-read one of my favorite Warriors books and my second favorite Super Edition, closely after Tallstar's Revenge. 

This book takes place in the old forest and follows the life of Crookedkit on his way becoming the RiverClan leader Crookedstar. This means that we get RiverClan’s perspective, yes! Especially in the later arcs, the Erins often seem to forget that this Clan still exists, even though it has such an interesting culture like how they decorate their camp or how they have a different vocabulary than ThunderClan cats (this will change with River, finally!). 

Compared to Bluestar's Prophecy, this book is so much better at showing us what a hard way Crookedstar had to go to become a leader. Even as a kit, he was an outcast just because of an accident he had – Clan cats treating disabled cats bad as always, especially his mom treats him so terrible that she doesn’t even want to look at him and insists on changing his name. This is all so sad; I just want to hug Crookedstar because he’s perfect as he is. In both of those books, the MCs have to endure many deaths. I thought that in Crookedstar’s Promise, they had a purpose for the whole plot as well and were not only there to let Crookedstar suffer, in contrast to the death Bluestar experienced. 

It's not only great to see Crookedstar’s character development, but also the development of side characters who haven’t gotten as much attention yet, like Mudfur, Leopardstar and obviously Oakheart. Even though their mom is so mean to Crookedstar, Oakheart still loves him, and their sibling love is so perfectly portrayed – they may be my favorite Warriors siblings of all time. Even when Oakheart became an apprentice and a warrior before him, Crookedstar tries not to be jealous of him. 

The plot was also quite interesting for a Warriors biography. I really enjoyed the episode where
Crookedstar goes to the cats at the barn and lives with them because he can’t take the life in the Clan. I always wondered how that would be for a Clan cat that can’t deal with their Clan at all and the Erins here shows us one way how this would go. The barn cats were so much less judgmental than the Clan cats and they were able to help Crookedstar to flourish and grow
. 

Crookedstar has not only to deal with his own terrible mother but also with the worst mother in the whole series aka
Mapleshade. After reading Omen of the Stars, you instantly realize that it’s not a StarClan cat that trains Crookedpaw but a cat from the Dark Forest. I was worried for Crookedpaw the whole time and felt so bad for him that it took him so long to realize where he’s actually training
. 

It's also great to see the events happening in Bluestar’s Prophecy from RiverClan’s perspective. I love the interactions between Crookedstar and Bluestar and how they realize that it’s hard to have friends from different Clans. We also have the good old Sunning Rock beef that kinda gets resolved thanks to a creative solution by Mudfur – one of my favorite scenes in the book. 

I have some minor critique points here and there that I have with almost every book in the series (a tom talks to a she-cat one time and everyone thinks they’re dating or medicine cats not telling other cats the prophecies they heard about them), but those were not as bad here, so I could tolerate them here. 

Overall, Crookedstar’s Promise is an amazing Warriors book with a great developed and lovable protagonist and gives us an interesting detour into the life of RiverClan cats! 

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