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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-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:
Yes
Unfortunately the Erin's keep making the pre-Into the Wild continuity and canon more and more muddled.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not bad; it was interesting to see what Redtail was like since he's dead when the original series starts, but there's so many amazing Warriors stories that this one was just average.
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-A lot of the characters felt really under developed.
-Ravenpaw was really out of character is this book.
-it seems like in novellas/super edition they always make the leader not very smart.
-They completely changed the battle at sunning rocks
-Ravenpaw was really out of character is this book.
-it seems like in novellas/super edition they always make the leader not very smart.
-They completely changed the battle at sunning rocks
a great book expending on the existing lore, though i must say there are some continuity errors (oakheart’s death?)
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Going into this novella, I knew about the glaring mistake (where Redtail kills Oakheart, even though the first series features a mystery that hinges on the fact that Oakheart died accidentally, from a rockfall). My expectations were low, and I was more than ready to find fault in other elements of the story.
For the most part, however, "Redtail's Debt" was fairly decent, in my opinion. I enjoyed the personality attributed to Redtail; the emphasis placed on his relationship with his sisters; and the theme of owing debts. It makes sense why Bluestar chose him as a deputy, and I liked seeing him grow from an anxious-to-please apprentice into a noble, principled warrior.
Besides the whole Oakheart inconsistency, my biggest complaint is Tigerclaw's brand of villainy, which doesn't always seem consistent in the main series, either. He is so obviously cruel in "Redtail's Debt" (like a Thistleclaw duplicate) that it baffles me how he could have maintained such a good image, especially in Bluestar's eyes. I know that he was far from her first choice of deputy, but if he was so like Thistleclaw (the cat against whom Bluestar dropped everything to protect her Clan), then why wouldn't she have chosen literally anyone else?
Still, I expect these plot holes from Warrior cats, and my nostalgia for old school ThunderClan was enough to keep this novella fun and engaging throughout.
For the most part, however, "Redtail's Debt" was fairly decent, in my opinion. I enjoyed the personality attributed to Redtail; the emphasis placed on his relationship with his sisters; and the theme of owing debts. It makes sense why Bluestar chose him as a deputy, and I liked seeing him grow from an anxious-to-please apprentice into a noble, principled warrior.
Besides the whole Oakheart inconsistency, my biggest complaint is Tigerclaw's brand of villainy, which doesn't always seem consistent in the main series, either. He is so obviously cruel in "Redtail's Debt" (like a Thistleclaw duplicate) that it baffles me how he could have maintained such a good image, especially in Bluestar's eyes. I know that he was far from her first choice of deputy, but if he was so like Thistleclaw (the cat against whom Bluestar dropped everything to protect her Clan), then why wouldn't she have chosen literally anyone else?
Still, I expect these plot holes from Warrior cats, and my nostalgia for old school ThunderClan was enough to keep this novella fun and engaging throughout.
adventurous
fast-paced
I liked how this book was starting and it had potential with the power complex introduced, but it just...fell apart in the second half. Some of the most iconic characters in Warriors were horrendously OOC, character development was weak, and one of the main plot points of the original arc was completely wrong, which made this book frustrating.