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skyzinnia's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
What has and will continue to prevent me from rating these any higher is the constant reintroduction of every character. Gwynneth, the Masked Owl. Thunderheart, his second Milk Giver. Gwyndor, Gwynneth's father. Especially the frequency, at about every two pages. It's infuriating to have to read this over and over and over for every character every time they appear in every book. It starts to get a little better by the last few chapters, but I hate it so much it's almost all I'm thinking about when I read them.
This one is probably my favorite in the series so far. I liked the story, characters, and plot. The foreshadowing was done well and I didn't suffer through it nearly as much.
What a crazy plot twist the Prophet was! That's not who I was expecting at all. I appreciated that little arc with Gwynneth and the Sark as well.
The dancers were such an interesting problem for them to have to navigate. I liked them going through and figuring everything out and the different POVs on the matter.
Mhairie and Dearlea's reveal was quite unexpected and so well foreshadowed. I liked it a lot and it made the ending so beautiful and wholesome.
I didn't care for Faolan's part of the ending much, but it's not the worst thing to happen.
What has and will continue to prevent me from rating these any higher is the constant reintroduction of every character. Gwynneth, the Masked Owl. Thunderheart, his second Milk Giver. Gwyndor, Gwynneth's father. Especially the frequency, at about every two pages. It's infuriating to have to read this over and over and over for every character every time they appear in every book. It starts to get a little better by the last few chapters, but I hate it so much it's almost all I'm thinking about when I read them.
This one is probably my favorite in the series so far. I liked the story, characters, and plot. The foreshadowing was done well and I didn't suffer through it nearly as much.
What a crazy plot twist the Prophet was! That's not who I was expecting at all. I appreciated that little arc with Gwynneth and the Sark as well.
The dancers were such an interesting problem for them to have to navigate. I liked them going through and figuring everything out and the different POVs on the matter.
Mhairie and Dearlea's reveal was quite unexpected and so well foreshadowed. I liked it a lot and it made the ending so beautiful and wholesome.
I didn't care for Faolan's part of the ending much, but it's not the worst thing to happen.
darri_reads's review against another edition
4.0
The story, in places seemed to go off topic over frivolous things. Although, the villain in this book was certainly a surprise and I didn’t see it coming
cptrexct's review against another edition
adventurous
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? No
2.5
kat703's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
cassidylynnereads's review against another edition
2.0
For some reason I thought the series got better after Watch Wolf, but so far that's been my favorite book. It's not that this book was terrible, it just wasn't to my liking. The entire plot of this book seemed so hopeless. There was just too much suffering and darkness for my taste. It's a pretty bleak book for having a target audience of children. I also felt like the specific conflict in this installment dragged on way too long. I can't really think of what else to say about this book that doesn't include spoilers, so if you already read the book and want to see my thoughts on the specific events go ahead and read the next part.
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The major reason I gave this book such a low rating wasn't just because it was bleak. I don't particularly enjoy seeing characters I like suffer, but generally I don't have such a problem with it. The reason I disliked this one so much is because the Skaars dancers conflict drags on the entire book and is never even resolved. I don't even know what this conflict was supposed to set up. I can tell that it's leading up to the wolves exiting the Beyond in search of a land with more food and normal weather, but all the meaningless death is a bit much. If the MacNamaras and the wolves of the Watch are the only ones left then I have to wonder at how they'll repopulate since gnaw wolves aren't supposed to have pups. I also thought the whole plot twist with Liam was kind of stupid. He was supposed to be deluded enough to believe he was a Prophet and that by leading so many wolves to their deaths he was helping them meet a peaceful end. Ok, I can believe that a wolf would go crazy and believe stuff like that, but for him to snap out of it just because the Sark, Gwynneth, Faolan, and Edme told him what he was doing was wrong. If he knew that disturbing Gwyndor's hero mark was going against his father's wishes and if he was so deluded to believe he was doing right, being told once that his actions were wrong wouldn't have suddenly snapped him out of it. Also at the end I think three wolves fitting inside the body of a musk ox is a bit ridiculous. Unless that thing is the size of a tree I highly doubt that would work, unless I wasn't understanding what was going on, in which case the author should have worded that scene more clearly so it made more sense.aotora's review against another edition
2.0
This one was my least favourite from this series so far- several reasons but here are the main ones:
- I hated the fact that it's more about religion as in the main villain in this one is a false prophet- that one was … weird.
- On the topic of the false prophet/villain - Liam had so much potential in my opinion. He was already dislikeable in the previous book but in this book we learn that his mother who pulled all the strings and basically ruled instead of him died and he got lost, confused and depressed. None of his subordinates listen to him or take him seriously and he wishes that his parents would let him do more when he was younger so he'd know how to lead- That's a lot of great potential for a good villain right there. Later, he pretty much believes that if he steals the mask that Gwynneth's father wore he could pretend that he is a prophet that would deliver the other wolves and grant them the death they want - by making them go mad and starve to death. Which was dark and came out of nowhere- after a ton and I really mean a ton of wolves go mad and die of starvation because of him he is yelled at by a few wolves and Gwynneth, shows her where his father's bones are and he returns the mask - after all of that the book ends with him standing around feeling sorry - and in the next book he gets crushed by a boulder- so his entire arc felt both wasted and lame- what I would do instead is, I would make him go mad, still go with the whole prophet story line but then he meets Heep, they battle but then he realizes that they have similar ideas so they team up and in the end he either gets finished by Heep because he no longer needs him/wants him around either gets killed by Gwynneth for disturbing her father's grave. Anything would've been better than what we got.
-Faolan being a reincarnation of a grizzly bear- that part felt just tacked on and it goes absolutely nowhere, I hope that in the last two books it's explored more and it finishes on a good note.
The parts that I liked:
-Whistler getting more screen time and development, I love The Whistler and I am glad that he finally had a chance to shine.
-Faolan discovering his sisters and their relationship slowly blooming over the story.
-Winks's death - that one was emotional for me. Though I wish that her death happened on screen and Edme was present instead of being away and later learning about her death from Fengo.
I am not sure what happened with this book but it was horrible compared to the rest. I hope that the last two are better than this one, I really do.
- I hated the fact that it's more about religion as in the main villain in this one is a false prophet- that one was … weird.
- On the topic of the false prophet/villain - Liam had so much potential in my opinion. He was already dislikeable in the previous book but in this book we learn that his mother who pulled all the strings and basically ruled instead of him died and he got lost, confused and depressed. None of his subordinates listen to him or take him seriously and he wishes that his parents would let him do more when he was younger so he'd know how to lead- That's a lot of great potential for a good villain right there. Later, he pretty much believes that if he steals the mask that Gwynneth's father wore he could pretend that he is a prophet that would deliver the other wolves and grant them the death they want - by making them go mad and starve to death. Which was dark and came out of nowhere- after a ton and I really mean a ton of wolves go mad and die of starvation because of him he is yelled at by a few wolves and Gwynneth, shows her where his father's bones are and he returns the mask - after all of that the book ends with him standing around feeling sorry - and in the next book he gets crushed by a boulder- so his entire arc felt both wasted and lame- what I would do instead is, I would make him go mad, still go with the whole prophet story line but then he meets Heep, they battle but then he realizes that they have similar ideas so they team up and in the end he either gets finished by Heep because he no longer needs him/wants him around either gets killed by Gwynneth for disturbing her father's grave. Anything would've been better than what we got.
-Faolan being a reincarnation of a grizzly bear- that part felt just tacked on and it goes absolutely nowhere, I hope that in the last two books it's explored more and it finishes on a good note.
The parts that I liked:
-Whistler getting more screen time and development, I love The Whistler and I am glad that he finally had a chance to shine.
-Faolan discovering his sisters and their relationship slowly blooming over the story.
-Winks's death - that one was emotional for me. Though I wish that her death happened on screen and Edme was present instead of being away and later learning about her death from Fengo.
I am not sure what happened with this book but it was horrible compared to the rest. I hope that the last two are better than this one, I really do.
skylacine's review against another edition
3.0
Wolf cult, wolf cult, wolf cult.
Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2020/07/book-review-wolves-of-beyond-series-by.html
Full review at: https://skybookcorner.blogspot.com/2020/07/book-review-wolves-of-beyond-series-by.html
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death
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