A review by critter
The Broken Path by Erin Hunter

1.0

I had many issues with this book. Lick’s character had massive changes that have come out of nowhere. I understand that the treatment that she receives from some of the dogs may cause some of her changes, but not the massive changes that were present here. The treatment that she receives in this book is only truly shown to be received from Alpha and none of the other dogs are shown to treat her awfully like Alpha does. While I thought that the authors may have been trying to challenge the idea that Fierce dogs, which are dogs like Dobermans, are only vicious killers in the previous book, they took that away here. It severely disappoints me that they would show a group of dogs acting like this. I have work with dogs that they describe as Fierce dogs, and they are the sweetest and most gentle dogs I have ever been around. These authors have also had issues with ableism in their books and this book has had some of the biggest displays of ableism that I have ever read in one of their books. There is also a scene that involves another dog’s jaw being torn off that may be disturbing to younger readers.