Reviews

Fire Bringer by David Clement-Davies

dreadspawn's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, and Death

inkfire's review

3.0

I didn't realize until this rereading that the plot of this story is lifted almost wholesale from Watership Down. Obviously, there are some adjustments for species, as rabbits and deer don't behave in precisely the same way, but the amount of overlap on major plot points is large enough that I'm surprised I didn't notice it sooner.

That said, I don't think this is a bad adaptation. In fact, I think it's very well done. This is still one of my favorite books, and I will fall back to reread this one in future.

Extra points for talking animals that still behave mostly like animals. You'll like this book if you liked the Warriors, Seekers, or Survivors series.

aklev13's review

4.0

If you like Watership Down you will most likely enjoy this - i really enjoyed it. I loved the detail of the deers lives and felt that the challenges the deers had to face were genuinely intriguing. The story was a little more violent than i was expecting but i love how the author explored violence: whether it was sometimes necessary, whether the intention behind its use mattered and whether violence by animals was different to that inflicted by man. Overall very nice read :)

pascalandthedogs's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

alexandrabree's review

5.0

While many see this as a duplicated Watership down, featuring deer in the place of rabbits, I throughly enjoyed this novel. I found the story engaging enough that I read it twice back to back. Davies has joined Brian Jaques and Richard Adams on my list of wonderful animal authors. I would recommend this to anyone who is up for the long read in small print

rachelthecrook's review

I LOOOOOVED this book as a kid, so when I was sick last week I picked it up for a comfort read. Pure childhood nostalgia

gracebikes's review

4.0

A childhood favorite revisited can go either way.

This held up. What an intense adventure of Rannoch and his friends as they go up against the ruthless Sgorr. Well worth the re-read.

I have to admit the [spoiler forthcoming] death of Sgorr at the bow of Liam felt very deus ex machina, but I suppose it fulfilled the Prophecy .. I would've liked to have known why Liam was there and able to kill Sgorr, but oh well.

bailo2's review

4.0

Aside from the overuse of the word "ruminate" in the last half of the book, I was entertained and impressed, especially considering this is a YA, anthropomorphic novel about deer of all creatures. It's like CS Lewis meets Tolkien meets the Lion King meets Bambi.

julialaurajean's review

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

One of my favourite books simply for nostalgia reasons. It was one of the first books I read outside of school work, and David Clement-Davies' books all have a special place in my heart

jmyodafriend's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5