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Warriors Super Edition: Bluestar's Prophecy
by Erin Hunter
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I finally got around to read this one, only a couple more to go and I am done with SE's.
Anyways, I really, really thought that I would like this one. I loved Bluestar in the first few books she was in, then she became mad and completely switched character in Star clan and man, this book made me loathe her her even more.
It's not a bad book, but it's not a good book either - the writing definitely isn't as good as some other SEs that I've read. The new cover... I kind of like the softer rounder look on this one, yeah she is blue and cats aren't blue - but the new Bluestar looks like someone threw her in the washing machine and after a cycle they decided to throw her in the dryer as well - it looks so unappealing it's horrid. I really wish that I got the old cover instead when I ordered this one on BD.
But anyways, onto the story:
We meet Bluekit and Whitekit. Bluekit takes a little bit longer to open her eyes than the other kits and when she finally does we explore the camp through her eyes - that entire scene was adorable, I loved Snowkit's and Bluekit's curiosity, I loved Stonepelt being all grouchy and mad to find them in the warrior's den and I loved that he later teased Bluestar after she became an apprentice and then again later when she was a warrior- he was such a good character. And so were Moonflower, Snowfur and Goosefeather. Moonflower is such a lovely doting mom. But then- Goosefeather tells them to raid Wind camp and destroy their supplies otherwise the Wind clan will take over the forest and destroy it -in that battle Moonflower dies and it's never actually specifically stated what would have happened if the battle didn't happen and if she didn't die- Bluepaw grieves - and everyone just keeps telling her that lives goes on and that clan must be taken care of and that she should just move on, stop grieving and forget Moonflower- I was so upset because she was essentially a child that just saw her mother die in a horrifying way- it wasn't like she just drifted off to sleep, she was killed off in front of her and she was obviously in shock when she saw her dead body, instead of talking with her everyone gives her a cold shoulder and then once she becomes a warrior again everyone is suddenly okay with her.
Then she becomes a warrior and she meets Oakheart whilst her sister falls in love with Thistleclaw an arrogant, horrible warrior from Thunderclan and has a kit. Bluestar doesn't like Thistleclaw but when she talks to her sister about Riverclan not being all that bad (because she is slowly falling in love with Oakheart) her sister gets mad, they battle Shadow clan intruders, she races over the thunderpath... and gets hit by a car- Bluestar is in shock again and once again, everyone is like: "just move on and don't grieve" - she does help raise Whitestorm, Snowfur's son and their moments were so nice to watch. She then decides to have a one-night stand with Oakheart and have his kits- Oakheart offers to join Thunderclan which would've solved so many problems but Bluefur declines and decides to raise his kits as a single mom leading her clan to believe that Thrushpelt is the father - she later wants to become a deputy so she gives her kits to Oakheart, losing Mosskit on the journey- I mean Sunstar was constantly saying that his only choices were Thistleclaw and Buefur when it wasn't true, he could've easily picked someone else temporarily and once Bluestar's kits were apprentices she could've been the next deputy- or she could be a queen and still be a deputy for those few moons that were left before her kits became apprentices. I also hated her and Oakheart's relationship, Thistleclaw and Snowfur at least had some chemistry but they had none, they met once and were suddenly in love because Oakheart lightly teased her. I also didn't like how everyone kept saying that you need to have a mate and kits to be happy, if you don't you are never going to feel fullfilled, when you can be just fine never having a mate or kits (Mousefur is a proof of that) -
Overall, the writting seemed bland and repetitive, Bluefur was not a fun character to read about most of the time and the characters that were interesting or had potential to be interesting were shoved to the background or killed off before they had a chance to do anything meaningful to the story. It was an okay book, just not a book I will pick up again any time soon.
Anyways, I really, really thought that I would like this one. I loved Bluestar in the first few books she was in, then she became mad and completely switched character in Star clan and man, this book made me loathe her her even more.
It's not a bad book, but it's not a good book either - the writing definitely isn't as good as some other SEs that I've read. The new cover... I kind of like the softer rounder look on this one, yeah she is blue and cats aren't blue - but the new Bluestar looks like someone threw her in the washing machine and after a cycle they decided to throw her in the dryer as well - it looks so unappealing it's horrid. I really wish that I got the old cover instead when I ordered this one on BD.
But anyways, onto the story:
We meet Bluekit and Whitekit. Bluekit takes a little bit longer to open her eyes than the other kits and when she finally does we explore the camp through her eyes - that entire scene was adorable, I loved Snowkit's and Bluekit's curiosity, I loved Stonepelt being all grouchy and mad to find them in the warrior's den and I loved that he later teased Bluestar after she became an apprentice and then again later when she was a warrior- he was such a good character. And so were Moonflower, Snowfur and Goosefeather. Moonflower is such a lovely doting mom. But then- Goosefeather tells them to raid Wind camp and destroy their supplies otherwise the Wind clan will take over the forest and destroy it -in that battle Moonflower dies and it's never actually specifically stated what would have happened if the battle didn't happen and if she didn't die- Bluepaw grieves - and everyone just keeps telling her that lives goes on and that clan must be taken care of and that she should just move on, stop grieving and forget Moonflower- I was so upset because she was essentially a child that just saw her mother die in a horrifying way- it wasn't like she just drifted off to sleep, she was killed off in front of her and she was obviously in shock when she saw her dead body, instead of talking with her everyone gives her a cold shoulder and then once she becomes a warrior again everyone is suddenly okay with her.
Then she becomes a warrior and she meets Oakheart whilst her sister falls in love with Thistleclaw an arrogant, horrible warrior from Thunderclan and has a kit. Bluestar doesn't like Thistleclaw but when she talks to her sister about Riverclan not being all that bad (because she is slowly falling in love with Oakheart) her sister gets mad, they battle Shadow clan intruders, she races over the thunderpath... and gets hit by a car- Bluestar is in shock again and once again, everyone is like: "just move on and don't grieve" - she does help raise Whitestorm, Snowfur's son and their moments were so nice to watch. She then decides to have a one-night stand with Oakheart and have his kits- Oakheart offers to join Thunderclan which would've solved so many problems but Bluefur declines and decides to raise his kits as a single mom leading her clan to believe that Thrushpelt is the father - she later wants to become a deputy so she gives her kits to Oakheart, losing Mosskit on the journey- I mean Sunstar was constantly saying that his only choices were Thistleclaw and Buefur when it wasn't true, he could've easily picked someone else temporarily and once Bluestar's kits were apprentices she could've been the next deputy- or she could be a queen and still be a deputy for those few moons that were left before her kits became apprentices. I also hated her and Oakheart's relationship, Thistleclaw and Snowfur at least had some chemistry but they had none, they met once and were suddenly in love because Oakheart lightly teased her. I also didn't like how everyone kept saying that you need to have a mate and kits to be happy, if you don't you are never going to feel fullfilled, when you can be just fine never having a mate or kits (Mousefur is a proof of that) -
Overall, the writting seemed bland and repetitive, Bluefur was not a fun character to read about most of the time and the characters that were interesting or had potential to be interesting were shoved to the background or killed off before they had a chance to do anything meaningful to the story. It was an okay book, just not a book I will pick up again any time soon.