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Tigerheart's Shadow
by Erin Hunter
*This review contains spoilers!*
I went into this book not knowing what to expect. I didn't really know anything about Tigerheart as a character -- I skimmed through the fourth series and haven't gotten to it yet in my re-reading of all the books. I knew he was the son of Rowanstar and Tawnypelt, and that he wasn't evil like his grandpa Tigerstar, but that's it.
Right off the bat, Tigerheart is given a decent bit of his own personality, something that's obviously becoming harder to come by as there are now hundreds of characters. He's shown to be a bit on the anxious side, deeply loyal to what he cares about, but these are very conflicting interests: concern for his father leading a broken Clan, and a difficult situation with his forbidden mate. Dovewing, his mate, gives him an ultimatum early in the book that he must choose his Clan or her, as she's leaving the Clans to have hers and Tigerheart's kits in a safer place, far away. We see him struggle with this decision for a long time before he finally goes to catch up with Dovewing and become a father.
Tigerheart and Dovewing settle down in the city with a group of stray cats known as the guardian cats, and Dovewing eventually gives birth. My only issue is with one of the kits' names, Shadowkit. Not only is it odd for a cat to share a name with a Clan, but I get the feeling this ties young Shadowkit into the end of this arc somehow -- "A Vision of Shadows," and Shadowkit has visions.
By the end of the book, Tigerheart shows a good amount of character development, something that has become lacking in recent books. I hope the Erins stick with it in future books. Tigerheart grows from an anxious cat who can't make up his mind and is always questioning himself, to a confident leader and father who knows where his priorities lie. I have mixed feelings on him becoming Tigerstar 2.0, but we'll see, maybe it'll be nice to have a Tigerstar who (hopefully) will be a good and just leader, and maybe even pull ShadowClan back together.
I went into this book not knowing what to expect. I didn't really know anything about Tigerheart as a character -- I skimmed through the fourth series and haven't gotten to it yet in my re-reading of all the books. I knew he was the son of Rowanstar and Tawnypelt, and that he wasn't evil like his grandpa Tigerstar, but that's it.
Right off the bat, Tigerheart is given a decent bit of his own personality, something that's obviously becoming harder to come by as there are now hundreds of characters. He's shown to be a bit on the anxious side, deeply loyal to what he cares about, but these are very conflicting interests: concern for his father leading a broken Clan, and a difficult situation with his forbidden mate. Dovewing, his mate, gives him an ultimatum early in the book that he must choose his Clan or her, as she's leaving the Clans to have hers and Tigerheart's kits in a safer place, far away. We see him struggle with this decision for a long time before he finally goes to catch up with Dovewing and become a father.
Tigerheart and Dovewing settle down in the city with a group of stray cats known as the guardian cats, and Dovewing eventually gives birth. My only issue is with one of the kits' names, Shadowkit. Not only is it odd for a cat to share a name with a Clan, but I get the feeling this ties young Shadowkit into the end of this arc somehow -- "A Vision of Shadows," and Shadowkit has visions.
By the end of the book, Tigerheart shows a good amount of character development, something that has become lacking in recent books. I hope the Erins stick with it in future books. Tigerheart grows from an anxious cat who can't make up his mind and is always questioning himself, to a confident leader and father who knows where his priorities lie. I have mixed feelings on him becoming Tigerstar 2.0, but we'll see, maybe it'll be nice to have a Tigerstar who (hopefully) will be a good and just leader, and maybe even pull ShadowClan back together.