Please.... Fireheart..... Please Stop Making These Choices I Am BEGGING

Please.... Fireheart..... Please stop making these choices I am BEGGING

I do like Yellowfang. Grumpy old lady.

I'm reading Warriors for the first time!

I'll blog my thoughts on it here. Please don't give me spoilers, though.

I finished book one and I did like it.

I am going to explode if Tigerclaw doesn't get gotten. He's such a shit head.

Holy shit he’s back

Cloudkit has a gift for being the most (in)convenient cat in the forest

Please.... Fireheart..... Please stop making these choices I am BEGGING

HES SHADOWCLAN LEADER NOW, WHAT

I'm reading Warriors for the first time!

I'll blog my thoughts on it here. Please don't give me spoilers, though.

I finished book one and I did like it.

I am going to explode if Tigerclaw doesn't get gotten. He's such a shit head.

My Thoughts on The Prophecies Begin

Obvious Spoiler warning, I will be talking about all six books and the ending of this particular series, but it will be limited to this one.

I think, especially when compared to a lot of books for a similar demographic, Warriors was really good. The writing is descriptive, but not overly flowery, while still feeling to the point. It didn't feel like there was a lot of filler, I feel like most everything was relevant to the story in some way, and the world and its rules were really interesting. I don't really blame the books for being predictable, they're meant for an audience younger than me.

The tension in most of the series was genuinely really good. There was a lot of setup for some things, like Tigerstar (then Tigerclaw) being seen sharing tongues with Brokentail, and the reader immediately knows something is up.

I did find some of the characters frustrating, but I am not sure if that is more a me problem or a symptom of where some aspects could have improved. For example, Book 2 (Fire and Ice) was the single most frustrating one to read, since a lot of the conflict in that book comes from both Fireheart and Graystripe consinuously making similarly bad decisions, and Fireheart being mad a Graystripe for it, but not really considering how his actions were not much different. I also found Cloudpaw a little annoying and frustrating, though I think this may have been a little bit of the point of his character at the time he was Cloudpaw.

There were a lot of characters I did really like, though. I really liked Yellowfang, she was a fun character and her grumpy old lady kind of personality I think was interesting for a character who spends her time caring about and for others. Her death was one of the saddest scenes in the book, and I cannot get over her wishing that she had Fireheart for a son instead of the one she really had.

I also really enjoyed Whitestorm. He was just, likeable. There wasn't really anything to dislike about him. He was a good friend to the main character, and very wise. I kind of wish he had been developed a little more as a character. But what we did get to see of him, I liked a lot. He was loyal, and wise, and kind. Even when Bluestar wasn't well, he was there for her and was going above and beyond to help Fireheart, guising him gently, but not pushing him to anything through his deputyship. He was an obvious choice for Clan deputy.

My thoughts on Bluestar are super complicated, and I did initially really like her as a character. My thoughts on Bluestar after Tigerclaw's treachery was known are complicated, and I don't know exactly how to word them or what words to use. I did really like a few passages with her then, as a few were certainly extremely memorable. I'm just not sure I can articulate how I feel about her character in a way that would make any sort of sense.

I'm not sure how much I liked the thing with BloodClan, they seemed like they could have been interesting as a villain, but they were not around for ling, and only really became relevant in like, the last 10% of the Darkest Hour, which did unfortunately make them feel a little rushed and our of place for me. Especially since they wound up killing Tigerstar. I'm not sure what a better way to set them up in my opinion would have been, but they just felt so... weird?

I did think the religion that the cats had was interesting. They don't really have a deity, but there's not much better way to describe how they seem to feel about their warrior ancestors in StarClan. They believe that StarClan has more control over things than they really do, when StarClan is much more observatory and destiny, if that makes sense. They believe that StarClan can control the happenings of the forest, though they more just take a role of guides.

Overall, I think it was pretty good, maybe I can figure out more of my thoughts later, and when my boyfriend actually finishes reading them, talking with him might help me put better word to my thoughts. If I do, I'll likely add in the reblogs.