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Cats of the Clans
by Erin Hunter
Reread Oct 19, 2020.
And another one down! This was another quick, short read, only about an hour or so. I'm enjoying these short volumes in between, it's nice to feel like I'm actually making decent progress rather than slogging through multiple 400 pagers in a row. Plus it lets me inflate my reading goal numbers, ahaha~
Overall, I thought this one was cute! I liked the narration especially; the concept of kits having wandered from StarClan and hearing all these stories from Rock is really neat, imo. It added some personality and flavour to each cat's page which I really enjoyed. I feel like it would have been a lot more bland if it was told in just plain third person view.
I could give my opinion on every single cat, because as Rock says, they all deserve to be remembered and I have Thoughts about all of them. But that would take ages, so instead I'll pick a few that I have particularly prominent thoughts about.
For one, thank you Rock for acknowledging Sandstorm as the Queen. She is amazing and I love her. If she had been leader instead of Firestar I wouldn't have complained one bit, she deserves it.
I found Yellowfang/Brokenstar's section quite interesting, and tying it in with Leafpool's I realized something that left me a bit confused. First off, there's the error they made saying that Brokenstar never knew Raggedstar was his father, but in the first guide Raggedstar makes it widely known that Brokenkit is his son. There were rumours abound as to who his true mother was, of course, but it was never a secret that he was the leader's son. But this is Warriors, after all. Continuity errors are just part of the fun at this point :D
Also, gonna put this next bit in regards to Leafpool vs Yellowfang in a spoiler, since it technically hasn't been revealed yet.
I liked the even focus it had on cats from all the Clans, and even cats outside the Clans. I appreciated Rock's reminder that the Clans, and ThunderClan in particular, are not the only noble cats out there even though they're the ones we see the story of most often. I'm very excited to see the other Clans become more fleshed out now that we're moving away (albeit very slightly) from the ThunderClan centricity.
But anyway, I'm rambling as always. Time to move on to our next story, which Rock segued us into nicely by finishing off with Scourge and Bone: The Rise of Scourge! Let the bloodshed begin!
And another one down! This was another quick, short read, only about an hour or so. I'm enjoying these short volumes in between, it's nice to feel like I'm actually making decent progress rather than slogging through multiple 400 pagers in a row. Plus it lets me inflate my reading goal numbers, ahaha~
Overall, I thought this one was cute! I liked the narration especially; the concept of kits having wandered from StarClan and hearing all these stories from Rock is really neat, imo. It added some personality and flavour to each cat's page which I really enjoyed. I feel like it would have been a lot more bland if it was told in just plain third person view.
I could give my opinion on every single cat, because as Rock says, they all deserve to be remembered and I have Thoughts about all of them. But that would take ages, so instead I'll pick a few that I have particularly prominent thoughts about.
For one, thank you Rock for acknowledging Sandstorm as the Queen. She is amazing and I love her. If she had been leader instead of Firestar I wouldn't have complained one bit, she deserves it.
I found Yellowfang/Brokenstar's section quite interesting, and tying it in with Leafpool's I realized something that left me a bit confused. First off, there's the error they made saying that Brokenstar never knew Raggedstar was his father, but in the first guide Raggedstar makes it widely known that Brokenkit is his son. There were rumours abound as to who his true mother was, of course, but it was never a secret that he was the leader's son. But this is Warriors, after all. Continuity errors are just part of the fun at this point :D
Also, gonna put this next bit in regards to Leafpool vs Yellowfang in a spoiler, since it technically hasn't been revealed yet.
Spoiler
So Yellowfang was clearly punished for having kits, and ended up losing two to stillbirth and the third was a terror to the forest that she had to kill herself. By all accounts, she paid the price for breaking the warrior code. But then you have Leafpool, who is also a medicine cat that had kits... and with a WindClan warrior, no less. So she broke the code twice. Yet her only sacrifice is that she has not been able to raise them as her own, instead treating them as her sister's kits. They're all good kits, loyal to their Clan. It feels like StarClan is unfairly fickle when it comes to punishing those who break the code. But then again, the story of Leafpool and her kits is nowhere near over, so perhaps I'll change my view on this as things progress. Just a thought I had while reading this particular volume.I liked the even focus it had on cats from all the Clans, and even cats outside the Clans. I appreciated Rock's reminder that the Clans, and ThunderClan in particular, are not the only noble cats out there even though they're the ones we see the story of most often. I'm very excited to see the other Clans become more fleshed out now that we're moving away (albeit very slightly) from the ThunderClan centricity.
But anyway, I'm rambling as always. Time to move on to our next story, which Rock segued us into nicely by finishing off with Scourge and Bone: The Rise of Scourge! Let the bloodshed begin!