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Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)
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So... Warriors. No, not that awesome 80's flick starring that guy from Xanadu. Unfortunately.
Warriors, Into the Wild is Book 1 of 6 (SIX!!) in the first of like---- a zillion series. My 10 yr old daughter is in love with these books---she can devour one a day (and the way that they are churned out....) She is so into these that she asked my husband and I to give them a shot. Fine, I can take one for the team, I mean, heck, she's reading, right?
Thing is, it's not so bad. You've got a li'l bit of Tolkien and a splash of Shakespearean tragedy in a Jets vs. Sharks sorta way... It makes for a lively story.
Here's my issue...
So, you have the kittpet, Rusty, longing to pounce on mice and rabbits, tearing into their cold, fuzzy, flesh--he meets Graypaw and is introduced to Thunderclan and meets Lionheart and Tigerclawand Dustpaw and Sandpaw and they take him in and he becomes Firepaw and apprentices with Bluestar but Tigerclaw has this chip on his shoulder and doesn't like him and he runs into Yellowfang and falls for Spottedleaf, then has to save the honor or Ravenpaw who watched Redtail be killed by Oakheart, but it wasn't Oakheart it was Tigerclaw and meanwhile you have Shadowclan, which is Yellowfang's old gang and they're led by Brokenspear who has daddy issues and offs Raggedstar and sends Clawface to capture Frostfur's kits so there's this A-Team like maneuver to invade Shadowclan that Whitestorm leads and then Graypaw becomes Graystripe and Firepaw who was Rusty now becomes Fireheart...
Breathe...
See?
Warriors, Into the Wild is Book 1 of 6 (SIX!!) in the first of like---- a zillion series. My 10 yr old daughter is in love with these books---she can devour one a day (and the way that they are churned out....) She is so into these that she asked my husband and I to give them a shot. Fine, I can take one for the team, I mean, heck, she's reading, right?
Thing is, it's not so bad. You've got a li'l bit of Tolkien and a splash of Shakespearean tragedy in a Jets vs. Sharks sorta way... It makes for a lively story.
Here's my issue...
So, you have the kittpet, Rusty, longing to pounce on mice and rabbits, tearing into their cold, fuzzy, flesh--he meets Graypaw and is introduced to Thunderclan and meets Lionheart and Tigerclawand Dustpaw and Sandpaw and they take him in and he becomes Firepaw and apprentices with Bluestar but Tigerclaw has this chip on his shoulder and doesn't like him and he runs into Yellowfang and falls for Spottedleaf, then has to save the honor or Ravenpaw who watched Redtail be killed by Oakheart, but it wasn't Oakheart it was Tigerclaw and meanwhile you have Shadowclan, which is Yellowfang's old gang and they're led by Brokenspear who has daddy issues and offs Raggedstar and sends Clawface to capture Frostfur's kits so there's this A-Team like maneuver to invade Shadowclan that Whitestorm leads and then Graypaw becomes Graystripe and Firepaw who was Rusty now becomes Fireheart...
Breathe...
See?
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May 10, 2009
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June 1, 2009
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September 21, 2009
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Ummm, I dig YA, but I think I'll pass...
:(
The Black Dagger Brotherhood (cheesy sexy vampire thrillers) comes to mind: Rhage, Psadist, Tohrment, etc...
*snort*
Jackie! I had no idea you'd read such books!!!! Hmm... must re-examine the Jackster..
; )
Love,
Mhishel
Marley's right, after a few books, you know all the names and cats.
People either love this series to death, or are like you who are like 'Ehh...'
I for one, are part of the love-these-books-so-fricking-much-if-I-had-to-choose-one-series-to-die-with-I'd-no-doubt-choose-this-one.
:)
(By the way I'm on the 1st book in the new prophecy) ;)
My problem with this series is the number of characters. There are SO MANY cats in Thunderclan! How am I supposed to remember the difference between Mousepaw and Mouseclaw? Then there are some characters who are important in about two books, and aren't even mentioned in the other 20! Do they just lie around in the warriors' den all day? Also, the list of Thunderclan cats are like two pages long, while Riverclan has about five warriors.
It's an okay series besides that, though.
I have never thought of the book like that before.
*brain explodes*