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A review by night0wl_23
Mørkets elv by Erin Hunter, Erin Hunter
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
(This review includes spoilers, read at your own discretion)
I simply adore Hollypaw, Lionpaw and Jaypaw as main characters. All three have their own things going on throughout the book, but they always end up in trouble together.
Just like the first book they feel young and inexperienced, but you can see them grow and test limits surrounding the warrior code, themselves and their relations to others.
It’s so sweet seeing them learn from mistakes and grow as characters, and seeing them stick together despite fights and disagreement's. They’re an amazing trio and definitely my favourite main characters.
Now onto the more rant-y bit of my review:
It’s unbelievable how Brambleclaw suspects that Lionpaw has learned fighting techniques from Tigerstar, and still manage to talk about his father positively. Brambleclaw knows what Tigerstar’s goal was by training him and Hawkfrost, he knows why and how Hawkfrost died, and yet he’s not worried seeing his son walk the same path? He knows, but instead of warning Lionpaw to stop and get away, he had a speech about how Tigerstar was a great warrior, just ‘a bit too ambitious’?? Insane.
It’s also so annoying how everyone ignored Hollypaw “cause she’s an apprentice and inexperienced”, especially after she came home from Riverclan. She knows more about the situation than the rest of you, even if she promised not to tell. They could’ve at least heard her out, but they wouldn’t purely because she’s an apprentice. They only listened once Mousefur backed her up.
Adding onto my previous point, while I really enjoyed seeing how Riverclan keeping their issues secret snowballed into a full on threat of war because of rumours and speculation - Windclan and Thunderclans fight over pray was so incredibly stupid.
“They’re hunting forest pray! Our pray!” Thunderclan hunt rabbit if it’s on their territory, they always have, why shouldn’t Windclan learn to hunt all types of pray found on their territory? Thunderclan was so incredibly dramatic over nothing, and made shit worse by being so aggressive towards Windclan cats who weren’t even doing anything wrong.
I simply adore Hollypaw, Lionpaw and Jaypaw as main characters. All three have their own things going on throughout the book, but they always end up in trouble together.
Just like the first book they feel young and inexperienced, but you can see them grow and test limits surrounding the warrior code, themselves and their relations to others.
It’s so sweet seeing them learn from mistakes and grow as characters, and seeing them stick together despite fights and disagreement's. They’re an amazing trio and definitely my favourite main characters.
Now onto the more rant-y bit of my review:
It’s unbelievable how Brambleclaw suspects that Lionpaw has learned fighting techniques from Tigerstar, and still manage to talk about his father positively. Brambleclaw knows what Tigerstar’s goal was by training him and Hawkfrost, he knows why and how Hawkfrost died, and yet he’s not worried seeing his son walk the same path? He knows, but instead of warning Lionpaw to stop and get away, he had a speech about how Tigerstar was a great warrior, just ‘a bit too ambitious’?? Insane.
It’s also so annoying how everyone ignored Hollypaw “cause she’s an apprentice and inexperienced”, especially after she came home from Riverclan. She knows more about the situation than the rest of you, even if she promised not to tell. They could’ve at least heard her out, but they wouldn’t purely because she’s an apprentice. They only listened once Mousefur backed her up.
Adding onto my previous point, while I really enjoyed seeing how Riverclan keeping their issues secret snowballed into a full on threat of war because of rumours and speculation - Windclan and Thunderclans fight over pray was so incredibly stupid.
“They’re hunting forest pray! Our pray!” Thunderclan hunt rabbit if it’s on their territory, they always have, why shouldn’t Windclan learn to hunt all types of pray found on their territory? Thunderclan was so incredibly dramatic over nothing, and made shit worse by being so aggressive towards Windclan cats who weren’t even doing anything wrong.