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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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
I have really enjoyed this arc so far! I felt like this particular book moved a little slower than some of the previous books in this arc. However, it was still enjoyable!
This book was alright, though it was the worse of TBC so far.
****SPOILERS FOR GRAYSTRIPE'S VOW****
This book was pretty good. It was incredibly fast-paced with the three different POVs flowing nicely and smoothly together. It was easy to transition from Shadowsight to Bristlefrost to Rootspring and it felt as though I was reading the same story told from different perspectives, which is an aspect several books have tried and failed, to do. It was wonderful to see Graystripe take charge; out of every cat in ThunderClan, he has the most experience. I absolutely loved his comeback to Tigerstar II when he tried to push Graystripe out of the conversation regarding the Dark Forest: "I led ThunderClan for moons when Firestar was away on his quest to find SkyClan-long before you were even kitted. So how about a bit of respect?". Iconic.
I do wish Bramblestar died in the Dark Forest for the sole fact that I don't care for him. It also would have been interesting to see how a quest can fail. One of the main goals was getting Bramblestar back, and if they failed and Bramblestar died, what would have happened? Would Squirrelflight continue to lead once she came back? Would Graystripe help her the way he promised to in "Graystripe's Vow"? How would the dynamics of ThunderClan shift?
With Bramblestar back, how does ThunderClan heal from this? How do the dynamics change? How was Ashfur able to come up with this plan? Why did StarClan let him into their hunting grounds in the first place? If there was trouble in the Clans and StarClan wanted to warn them, why would they send Ashfur out of all cats instead of someone like Leopardstar, Tallstar, Rowanclaw, or Firestar? And how is all of this supposed to come to an end in one book? I hope the last book has some answers.
This book was pretty good. It was incredibly fast-paced with the three different POVs flowing nicely and smoothly together. It was easy to transition from Shadowsight to Bristlefrost to Rootspring and it felt as though I was reading the same story told from different perspectives, which is an aspect several books have tried and failed, to do. It was wonderful to see Graystripe take charge; out of every cat in ThunderClan, he has the most experience. I absolutely loved his comeback to Tigerstar II when he tried to push Graystripe out of the conversation regarding the Dark Forest: "I led ThunderClan for moons when Firestar was away on his quest to find SkyClan-long before you were even kitted. So how about a bit of respect?". Iconic.
I do wish Bramblestar died in the Dark Forest for the sole fact that I don't care for him. It also would have been interesting to see how a quest can fail. One of the main goals was getting Bramblestar back, and if they failed and Bramblestar died, what would have happened? Would Squirrelflight continue to lead once she came back? Would Graystripe help her the way he promised to in "Graystripe's Vow"? How would the dynamics of ThunderClan shift?
With Bramblestar back, how does ThunderClan heal from this? How do the dynamics change? How was Ashfur able to come up with this plan? Why did StarClan let him into their hunting grounds in the first place? If there was trouble in the Clans and StarClan wanted to warn them, why would they send Ashfur out of all cats instead of someone like Leopardstar, Tallstar, Rowanclaw, or Firestar? And how is all of this supposed to come to an end in one book? I hope the last book has some answers.
Why are these cats so dramatic and also how did this series go from “housecat wants to learn to live in the wild!” to LITERAL CAT HELL???? 10 year old me would’ve been TRAUMATIZED I tell you
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I know this is gonna be weird. But I was so happy returning to The Place of No Stars. In the previous series Omen of the Stars, we had received a glimps of the dark forest. So little was known and is known.
Finally, Bramblestar returns to his body! Squirelflight has her mate back and now the final battle between living and dead will start. I hope Rootspring survives and Bristlefrost can save him.
Ashfur, oh Ashfur your obession - might be the death of you. It is exciting to see him back as the villian.
Lionblaze is turning into a character that I'm starting to hate but . . . understandable where he is coming from. So what will happen with the clans?
Finally, Bramblestar returns to his body! Squirelflight has her mate back and now the final battle between living and dead will start. I hope Rootspring survives and Bristlefrost can save him.
Ashfur, oh Ashfur your obession - might be the death of you. It is exciting to see him back as the villian.
Lionblaze is turning into a character that I'm starting to hate but . . . understandable where he is coming from. So what will happen with the clans?
I think this book had a LOT of potential, but it just...fell short in quite a few aspects. To me, I thought this book felt like it was more focused on fan service than being a good book in general. I know fan service is important, but the focus just felt too big in this one. There were a few scenes I really enjoyed- Graystripe was great (although I would've preferred more tension than just the usual 'oh, Bristlefrost is right again' sequence), some RiverClan representation (albeit not great) was there and I'm really enjoying how this arc brings back characters from all the previous arcs together.
But there's so many sections where I felt there could've been a lot more depth. Lionblaze and Shadowsight could have a really complex relationship based on the fact both had influence from bad spirits and Ashfur mentored Lionblaze, but it was just summarised as 'Lionblaze is angry' without much depth in it. Sure, Lionblaze sometimes needs anger management, but there was so much lost potential there.
And the Dark Forest, too. I enjoyed revisiting it and seeing how it has changed, revisiting characters from the past. It's clearly changed a lot from Arc 4, but the amount of focus is had in this book was a lot less than I was expecting based on the advertisement. I hope Book 6 adds more depth to it, and that the cliffhanger leads to a great finale.
But there's so many sections where I felt there could've been a lot more depth. Lionblaze and Shadowsight could have a really complex relationship based on the fact both had influence from bad spirits and Ashfur mentored Lionblaze, but it was just summarised as 'Lionblaze is angry' without much depth in it. Sure, Lionblaze sometimes needs anger management, but there was so much lost potential there.
And the Dark Forest, too. I enjoyed revisiting it and seeing how it has changed, revisiting characters from the past. It's clearly changed a lot from Arc 4, but the amount of focus is had in this book was a lot less than I was expecting based on the advertisement. I hope Book 6 adds more depth to it, and that the cliffhanger leads to a great finale.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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