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A review by leafpools
Crookedstar's Promise by Erin Hunter
4.0
From a technical perspective, I actually think this is one of the better Warriors books - often with these books my suspension of disbelief can’t stretch quite as far as it needs to, but there was much less to jolt me out of the world in this one.
However. As much as I wanted to care about the storyline, this book bored me almost to tears. Maybe that’s partly on my end, but as much as I care about these books, I know it can’t be all me. I think it’s an okay book, and I definitely wouldn’t not recommend it to a fan of the series, but, of all the Warriors books I’ve read, it was simply one of the least interesting.
So, after thinking it over for a few days, my 4 star rating is a compromise - the writing quality is a 4.5, but the actual reading experience is closer to a 3.5, because it is simply not that interesting, dragging on and on, stuffed with extra information that does little to enrich the world or characters. Again, not a bad book. Just… Not a very good one? I can only think that maybe, if I’d read it just after finishing the third or fourth arc, it would have been a bit more engaging, but I don’t plan on rereading it to find out.
However. As much as I wanted to care about the storyline, this book bored me almost to tears. Maybe that’s partly on my end, but as much as I care about these books, I know it can’t be all me. I think it’s an okay book, and I definitely wouldn’t not recommend it to a fan of the series, but, of all the Warriors books I’ve read, it was simply one of the least interesting.
So, after thinking it over for a few days, my 4 star rating is a compromise - the writing quality is a 4.5, but the actual reading experience is closer to a 3.5, because it is simply not that interesting, dragging on and on, stuffed with extra information that does little to enrich the world or characters. Again, not a bad book. Just… Not a very good one? I can only think that maybe, if I’d read it just after finishing the third or fourth arc, it would have been a bit more engaging, but I don’t plan on rereading it to find out.