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The Apprentice's Quest
by Erin Hunter
This is the first book in the... was it fifth? arc within the bestselling "Warriors" series. This series has some pretty split opinions, either you hate it, or you love it. Personally, I love it. However, I was disappointed by this new book. The first four arcs were fantastic, and they seemed to have ended the whole series for a LONG time. I just checked, there is about four years between the release date of "The Last Hope" and "The Apprentice's Quest". I thought it would've been fine if the Hunters just left it with "The Last Hope". I was happy with the ending, it closed up nicely. Was it really necessary to make more? Because of how epic and action-packed "Omen Of The Stars" was, everything after that is just going to seem dull, and not live up to it.
Additionally, you eventually run out of storylines, because this series is so long. It feels so similar to so many other books in this series. Some sort of prophecy storyline appears in almost every arc. And in "Midnight" (first book in The New Prophecy), Brambleclaw has to go off on a long adventure with Squirrelpaw, who at the time he thought was childish, immature, and annoying. In this book, Alderpaw had TO GO OFF ON A LONG ADVENTURE WITH NEEDLEPAW, WHO AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT WAS CHILDISH, IMMATURE, AND ANNOYING. It seems pretty similar to me.
I also had some issues with Alderpaw. He was a bit of a frustrating character at times. You know what I noticed? Why does every medicine cat POV we get in this series have to be shy and insecure? We are seeing a lot of the same characters in different cats. Needlepaw is just like Squirrelflight, Alderpaw is similar to Leafpool in that shy medicine cat way. When are we going to get a really cool, confident medicine cat? There just isn't much character variety in this whole series. (no offense to the rest of the Warriors series)
Overall, the writing was still good, and I liked the book I guess. I just thought it wasn't really necessary to the series. Or at least it could have been more unique with the characters and storylines. Hopefully it improves in the rest of the Vision Of Shadows Arc!
Additionally, you eventually run out of storylines, because this series is so long. It feels so similar to so many other books in this series. Some sort of prophecy storyline appears in almost every arc. And in "Midnight" (first book in The New Prophecy), Brambleclaw has to go off on a long adventure with Squirrelpaw, who at the time he thought was childish, immature, and annoying. In this book, Alderpaw had TO GO OFF ON A LONG ADVENTURE WITH NEEDLEPAW, WHO AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT WAS CHILDISH, IMMATURE, AND ANNOYING. It seems pretty similar to me.
I also had some issues with Alderpaw. He was a bit of a frustrating character at times. You know what I noticed? Why does every medicine cat POV we get in this series have to be shy and insecure? We are seeing a lot of the same characters in different cats. Needlepaw is just like Squirrelflight, Alderpaw is similar to Leafpool in that shy medicine cat way. When are we going to get a really cool, confident medicine cat? There just isn't much character variety in this whole series. (no offense to the rest of the Warriors series)
Overall, the writing was still good, and I liked the book I guess. I just thought it wasn't really necessary to the series. Or at least it could have been more unique with the characters and storylines. Hopefully it improves in the rest of the Vision Of Shadows Arc!