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A review by bashsbooks
Squirrelflight's Hope by Erin Hunter
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Oh, Warriors.
I forgot how insufferable Squirrelflight was until I commited to reading this book. Everything was her fault. She could not listen to Bramblestar (even moreso than he wasn't listening to her) or see that compromising with the other Clans was important to everyone's survival. Hell, if she hadn't made the suggestion for SkyClan to move into the Sisters' territory, none of this would've happened.
Speaking of the Sisters... there seemed to be some sort of weird feminist separatist vibe underlying them. An anti-tom sentiment so strong that they send their sons off their own super young and won't let them back in the camp? What is that all about?
The sidebar to StarClan was silly and cheap. And everyone but Jayfeather's out here being fake about Leafpool.
I would've DNF'd it if I didn't need it for a time-sensitive book challenge I'm doing.
I forgot how insufferable Squirrelflight was until I commited to reading this book. Everything was her fault. She could not listen to Bramblestar (even moreso than he wasn't listening to her) or see that compromising with the other Clans was important to everyone's survival. Hell, if she hadn't made the suggestion for SkyClan to move into the Sisters' territory, none of this would've happened.
Speaking of the Sisters... there seemed to be some sort of weird feminist separatist vibe underlying them. An anti-tom sentiment so strong that they send their sons off their own super young and won't let them back in the camp? What is that all about?
I would've DNF'd it if I didn't need it for a time-sensitive book challenge I'm doing.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism, Blood, and Abandonment
-Talk of dead kittens
-Forcing non-Clan cats off their land in a way that seemed like a colonialism allegory to me