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mlottermoser's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Kidnapping and Bullying
lizziaha's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Animal death
Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Kidnapping
Minor: Bullying, Excrement, Grief, and Pregnancy
likeagilmoregirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Even after all these years, I’m so invested in these cats’ drama. Why is there so much drama!?
These books are entertaining, funny, sometimes a little too graphic for their target audience, and occasionally emotional. In other words; they’re a fun time.
These are great books to read in between heavier books as a little palate cleanser. I can’t wait to continue the series.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Bullying, and Murder
vibingjaren's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Bullying, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Violence, Xenophobia, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Minor: Bullying
rokinjaguar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The worldbuilding is so fun and inspiring, and it’s your classic “kid enters new culture and is trained to be a warrior and struggles through hardship to find community and becomes a part of something greater than himself” story, but it’s done really well.
It’s a bit brutal at times and cats kill each other left and right, but it somehow also has that childlike wonder and play that’s so inspiring.
Can’t wait to continue with the well-written first series and then revisit how things completely go off the rails after that!
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Death
Minor: Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Bullying, and Kidnapping
carrotsxcks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Bullying, and Violence
samdalefox's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
So far I think this is a great book series for kids. They tackle most of the things you'd like them to introduce to kids: e.g. working together as a team, being confident in yourself/independent, the importance of honesty, respect for nature, it showcases a strong women leader. It does have violence, but this is the natural violence of nature, not gratuitious violence and it certainly isn't gory or detailed. The one and only point I thought wasn't explained well, was why the cat clans couldn't reach an accord and share hunting rights of their lands to ensure everyone prospers. I hope that this is a storyline they return to in the future, otherwise the story does endorse the idea of borders, them vs us mentality, militarianism, and resource scarcity.
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Bullying, Blood, and Animal death