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hoosgracie's review against another edition
4.0
Bobby travels to the territory of Eelong, which is populated by cat people and humans are slaves in order to save Gunny. I like that roles are reversed and humans are slaves. This one also has Mark and Courtney travelling.
deefinglee's review against another edition
5.0
Gods damn! This one took me a bit to get into but it was very interesting, so many twists and turns. Some part made me mad honestly. The end though gods damn.
proffy's review against another edition
4.0
The fifth book in the Pendragon series, Black Water strays from the first four in one way which to me is very intriguing. Much like the past books, the central conflict revolves around two tribes of people, but on Black Water, the controlling group are human-sized, intelligent cats and the oppressed population are seemingly unintelligent mute humans. Fascinating.
Obviously, the conflict involves the human slaves rising up against their cat masters, but it is not that simple. The humans are not trying to destroy their masters, merely escape to a legendary, if not mythical, land referred to as Black Water. Saint Dane is of course there to wreak havoc and he does so by committing a Traveler sin - bringing items from one territory to another. Unfortunately, Saint Dane is not the only Traveler doing this. As a matter of fact, the "good guys" are doing something much worse.
I really enjoyed this story. The number of characters and their personalities were impressive, and the plot was interesting and more complex than I first thought it would be.
Obviously, the conflict involves the human slaves rising up against their cat masters, but it is not that simple. The humans are not trying to destroy their masters, merely escape to a legendary, if not mythical, land referred to as Black Water. Saint Dane is of course there to wreak havoc and he does so by committing a Traveler sin - bringing items from one territory to another. Unfortunately, Saint Dane is not the only Traveler doing this. As a matter of fact, the "good guys" are doing something much worse.
I really enjoyed this story. The number of characters and their personalities were impressive, and the plot was interesting and more complex than I first thought it would be.
kimal25's review against another edition
5.0
The inhabitants of Eelong are in danger of being wiped out by a mysterious plague. The only way Bobby can stop it is to bring the antidote from another territory. Since moving items between territories is forbidden by the Traveler rules, if Bobby chooses to save Eelong he could endanger himself, his friends, and the future of every other being in Halla.
Very good book.
Very good book.
readbymatt's review against another edition
3.0
This was the longest book of the series so far by not much. Not that excited about the way things are heading. Really didn't like the involvement of Mark and Courtney. Would have been fine by me if they were left out of it. This book just made them seem like a bunch of punks. Hopefully they stay away for a few more.
dwheeler88's review against another edition
4.0
The first third of the book was really annoying. How can Bobby still be so stubborn and unaware of the fact that his race is not superior on this world? On the flip side I feel like I'm starting to get a better grasp on the system of flume and traveler. We must leave open the possibility that there are more worlds, the just don't have flumes. I am also still confused as to where a flume sends a traveler when there is more than one flume on a planet.
I also hope to see Spader again :/
I also hope to see Spader again :/
brennieree33's review against another edition
3.0
So off we flume again to the territory of Eelong, where cat people live and humans are enslaved. Cool. I think that this book had a decently interestint premise, but it just took me so long to read. I think there was a cool twist ending, and it was nice to both meet some new characters and catch up with some old ones. Yay. I think this is a good kids book, but you can defitely tell that it's for a younger age demographic than the one that I belong to.
427 pages
TW: blood, death, enslavement, fighting
- I think it's super devastating to lose Kasha, especially after a long book of building her up and getting to know her, and her finally believing in the cause of the Travelers. I also think that while it kind of cheapens her death having her die by a freaking rock hitting her head, it shows the consequences of what happens when you break the rules.
- I hate that Bobby calls himself a creep when he was perfectly justified in what he did. Like yeah, he can apologize for being toughter than he should've been, but he wasn't a creep. I have no idea why this specific thing bothered me so much but it did.
- Why did Mark and Courtney use the flume when they could've literally gotten the name of the acolyte from Eelong from Tom Dorney, or told Yenza what was going on and have Spader head to Eelong without them? There were so many better solutions here and it ultimately happened for plot convience.
- I know that this book is for a younger audience, but no self-respecting 15 year old uses the word "icky" in casual conversation.
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427 pages
TW: blood, death, enslavement, fighting
Spoiler
- I think it's super devastating to lose Kasha, especially after a long book of building her up and getting to know her, and her finally believing in the cause of the Travelers. I also think that while it kind of cheapens her death having her die by a freaking rock hitting her head, it shows the consequences of what happens when you break the rules.
- I hate that Bobby calls himself a creep when he was perfectly justified in what he did. Like yeah, he can apologize for being toughter than he should've been, but he wasn't a creep. I have no idea why this specific thing bothered me so much but it did.
- Why did Mark and Courtney use the flume when they could've literally gotten the name of the acolyte from Eelong from Tom Dorney, or told Yenza what was going on and have Spader head to Eelong without them? There were so many better solutions here and it ultimately happened for plot convience.
- I know that this book is for a younger audience, but no self-respecting 15 year old uses the word "icky" in casual conversation.
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kristenbooks's review against another edition
4.0
First read: 7th grade (early 2007ish)
Re-read: July 16, 2014
My love of this book is very interesting, because I really love the plot, but I really hate the world. It isn't my least favorite world, but it's definitely the world I would least like to live on. Eelong is definitely one of the more interesting worlds, because humans are the inferior species to the Gar, who are large jungle cats. It's really interesting and the plot is really great because of the questions that it poses for Bobby as far as what he should and shouldn't do to help the territories. And it's just a really epic storyline and is one of my favorites in the series.
9/10 (4.5/5)
Re-read: July 16, 2014
My love of this book is very interesting, because I really love the plot, but I really hate the world. It isn't my least favorite world, but it's definitely the world I would least like to live on. Eelong is definitely one of the more interesting worlds, because humans are the inferior species to the Gar, who are large jungle cats. It's really interesting and the plot is really great because of the questions that it poses for Bobby as far as what he should and shouldn't do to help the territories. And it's just a really epic storyline and is one of my favorites in the series.
9/10 (4.5/5)
kbelcher1992's review against another edition
4.0
Still impressed with the author's work. The series is definitely getting darker but I honestly appreciate that. I don't like it when it is always easy to determine right and wrong and everything is black and white. Still impressed with the series and it's a ways in.