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westoniscool's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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? Yes
5.0
cassidylynnereads's review against another edition
3.0
I don’t know why, but I’ve found myself in the middle of a major Warriors kick right now. I could not wait to get this book from the moment it was released and just wanted my previous read to be finished so that I could get to this one. Despite my anticipation, this book was average. Definitely good by earlier Warriors book standards, but not nearly as exciting as Darkest Night. I feel like the authors rushed into publishing Tigerheart’s Shadow and as a result there wasn’t much to explore in this book. It was really just a lot of waiting around for Tigerstar to return and rebuild ShadowClan as he did by the end of his Super Edition. The conflicts were mostly the same for the first three-quarters of the book: will Tree find a place amongst the Clans? How will the prophecy be fulfilled with only three Clans left? Will ShadowClan and SkyClan ever get along? Where does Twigpaw truly belong? Of course all of these problems were resolved by the end, but the first few chapters just seemed to reiterate them to the point where they didn’t even seem like pressing issues anymore, just things I wanted to resolve already. The book really picked up in the end as this one met up with where Tigerheart’s Shadow left off, but I don’t think it should take until the end of a book for things to start happening. Also there was a certain romance introduced in this book that felt extremely forced, unnecessary, and artificial I imagine the next book will probably be better since there’s no need to drag the plot on as we wait to catch up with a Super Edition that should have been published after this one rather than before. Like I said, this one was just average. It wasn’t terrible, but it definitely wasn’t up to the caliber of Darkest Night which came just before it.
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I’m talking about Alderheart’s crush on Velvet. I don’t even know why she and Fuzzball were brought into ThunderClan other than to give Alderheart an excuse to see Rippletail in the Twolegplace, which isn’t a good enough reason to introduce a whole romance. This just seemed like a shallow Spottedleaf and Firepaw all over again, where his main attraction seems to stem from how “beautiful” Velvet is and how good she smells (which is a weird descriptor in the first place). Alderheart and Needletail was a much better hinted at romance, whereas this one was completely forced and rushed into the book to give Alderheart a reason to go to Twolegplace. I just didn’t like it and wish it was left outreaderrose676's review
5.0
really good book.
Story time. I read this book once before, and I believe that it is the first book to ever make me cry.
I didn't cry this time, but it was still really sad.
5 stars *sob*
Story time. I read this book once before, and I believe that it is the first book to ever make me cry.
Spoiler
Briarlight :(I didn't cry this time, but it was still really sad.
5 stars *sob*
spiritedaway's review against another edition
3.0
*sigh*
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Twigbranch
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It was still a good book other than that though!
Thoughts:
-Violetshine and Tree are so cute :)
-The mediator thing for Tree seems kind of strange to me now, but I think the Erins could really do a lot with that. I'll be interested to see where they take it and how it develops his character. (maybe some POV chapter from him in the future?)
-As for the whole Alderheart and Velvet thing, I liked Velvet, but it seemed kind of unnecessary for there to be another medicine cat relationship.
-The idea of a Tigerstar 2 was kind of weird, but Tawnypelt seemed a bit too old to be leader anyway, so I guess he was the only other real option. I do feel like the cats should have felt more over him having the name. I believe it was only mentioned once in passing in one of Alderheart's chapters.
-I liked how throughout Twigpaw's apprenticeship, she and Sparkpelt seemed to grow closer to eachother.
-Is it just me, or does Violetshine seem like a perfectly likable character until you see her from Twigpaw/branch's perspective? She just always seems so cross and disagreeable towards her for no apparent reason. You could say it was because of Twigpaw having moved back to ThunderClan away from Violetshine, but I really just read it as her being skeptical of any idea Twigpaw had.
3 stars
I liked it, but it wasn't amazing.
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Twigbranch
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It was still a good book other than that though!
Thoughts:
-Violetshine and Tree are so cute :)
-The mediator thing for Tree seems kind of strange to me now, but I think the Erins could really do a lot with that. I'll be interested to see where they take it and how it develops his character. (maybe some POV chapter from him in the future?)
-As for the whole Alderheart and Velvet thing, I liked Velvet, but it seemed kind of unnecessary for there to be another medicine cat relationship.
-The idea of a Tigerstar 2 was kind of weird, but Tawnypelt seemed a bit too old to be leader anyway, so I guess he was the only other real option. I do feel like the cats should have felt more over him having the name. I believe it was only mentioned once in passing in one of Alderheart's chapters.
-I liked how throughout Twigpaw's apprenticeship, she and Sparkpelt seemed to grow closer to eachother.
-Is it just me, or does Violetshine seem like a perfectly likable character until you see her from Twigpaw/branch's perspective? She just always seems so cross and disagreeable towards her for no apparent reason. You could say it was because of Twigpaw having moved back to ThunderClan away from Violetshine, but I really just read it as her being skeptical of any idea Twigpaw had.
3 stars
I liked it, but it wasn't amazing.
cherrymandering's review against another edition
3.0
This will be shorter than usual bc i don't have much to elaborate on, so here are my notes:
The entire book felt like three seperate novellas only partially interacting with each other, making it hard to find an actual, overlining plot.
Despite it feeling much like an unessesary side-plot that added very little, i enjoyed Velvet and Fuzzball´s parts a lot, and am very glad they didn't stay so it spoiled.
Every confrontation between Leafstar and some other cat was very sudden and never treated like the out-of-the-blue kneejerk it was, which really sucked because I actually loved Leafstar in the supereditions and was looking forward to watching her be a leader. Her anger is very understandable, but the interactions were badly written.
Haven not read Tigerheart´s superedition made me feel like i was missing out a lot of the shadowclan content and that is really bad for a series supposes to stand on it's own, not rely on seperate books to forward understanding/my willingness to care.
And lastly, the erins didn't deserve Briarlight.
The entire book felt like three seperate novellas only partially interacting with each other, making it hard to find an actual, overlining plot.
Despite it feeling much like an unessesary side-plot that added very little, i enjoyed Velvet and Fuzzball´s parts a lot, and am very glad they didn't stay so it spoiled.
Every confrontation between Leafstar and some other cat was very sudden and never treated like the out-of-the-blue kneejerk it was, which really sucked because I actually loved Leafstar in the supereditions and was looking forward to watching her be a leader. Her anger is very understandable, but the interactions were badly written.
Haven not read Tigerheart´s superedition made me feel like i was missing out a lot of the shadowclan content and that is really bad for a series supposes to stand on it's own, not rely on seperate books to forward understanding/my willingness to care.
And lastly, the erins didn't deserve Briarlight.
miikareading's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
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? Yes
Here it has been better, and a little additional darker.
zorasorel's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
lelenita's review against another edition
5.0
I said I would wait for the books to be published in French to read, but I couldn’t wait for this one.
Briarlight’s death broke my heart, especially Jayfeather’s reaction. It was undoubtedly the most heartbreaking death in all the series, even if she was not one of my favorite character at all.
I found it weird that Ivypool has kits, it’s really out of the blue. All the Velvet drama annoyed me. Sleekwhisker killing Rowanclaw could have been a better scene, especially if she didn’t disappeared forever after that.
As usual, I hate Dovewing and I keep being disappointed by her. She should have been killed in The Last Hope.
Briarlight’s death broke my heart, especially Jayfeather’s reaction. It was undoubtedly the most heartbreaking death in all the series, even if she was not one of my favorite character at all.
I found it weird that Ivypool has kits, it’s really out of the blue. All the Velvet drama annoyed me. Sleekwhisker killing Rowanclaw could have been a better scene, especially if she didn’t disappeared forever after that.
As usual, I hate Dovewing and I keep being disappointed by her. She should have been killed in The Last Hope.
mr_cinder's review against another edition
3.0
Rating: 6 out of 10
Even though this book was better than the last one, the first half was slow and kind of boring. However, the ending (which I was not spoiled of, mainly because I don’t read the Super Editions in order) got me hooked and made everything worth it. Tree was super interesting and one of the things that redeemed this book for me. He was unique and fun, at first seemed lazy and undedicated, but during the book he showed that he actually cared and had great skills. Also, Briarlight’s death scene was heartbreaking and I loved Jayfeather’s character development, despite many books have passed since he was a main character.
This wasn’t the best book in AVoS, but not the worst either. It was worth the time, even if it wasn’t fantastic.
Even though this book was better than the last one, the first half was slow and kind of boring. However, the ending (which I was not spoiled of, mainly because I don’t read the Super Editions in order) got me hooked and made everything worth it. Tree was super interesting and one of the things that redeemed this book for me. He was unique and fun, at first seemed lazy and undedicated, but during the book he showed that he actually cared and had great skills. Also, Briarlight’s death scene was heartbreaking and I loved Jayfeather’s character development, despite many books have passed since he was a main character.
This wasn’t the best book in AVoS, but not the worst either. It was worth the time, even if it wasn’t fantastic.
jameth15's review against another edition
5.0
I just can't get enough of the Warriors series. I hope it never ends!! <3