Wednesday, April 2, 2008

"Warriors" – Forest of Secrets" by Erin Hunter

Fireheart’s best friend Graystripe falls in love with a Riverclan she-cat, Silverstream. After one full-moon, Silverstream is about to give birth to her and Graystripe’s kittens. After she gave birth, she was exhausted and passed away. In sorrow, Graystripe took his kittens to his clan, Thunderclan. Everybody was shocked to know that the kittens had both Thunderclan and Riverclan blood. Later, Graystripe decides to become a Riverclan cat, so he can nurse his kittens. While Fireheart and Graystripe are in conflict over Graystripe’s kittens, the Thunderclan deputy, Tigerclaw attacks Thunderclan’s leader, Bluestar with the rogue cats. What will happen to Bluestar and Graystripe and his kittens? The setting is in a forest near a small village. Four clans of cats live among the forest; Thunderclan, Riverclan, Shadowclan, and Windclan. These four clans all respect their ancestor warrior’s clans, Starclan. The main characters, Fireheart, Graystripe, are the best friends.

The weakest part of this author’s story is that if you do not read the series of his books from the beginning, they wouldn’t be much fun and exciting. The strengths are that he writes as if he was a cat, and he knows and describes the cats excellently. This story, which of course is a fantasy book, would be enjoyable to any person who likes to read fantasy books.


Geun Ho

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ive read this one, too. you would never expect cats to have that much courage to fight neiboring clans. Its also amazing how fast Greystripe grew in rank from just being a house cat with a routine life to a feral cat that rages war throughout the forset.

Anonymous said...

I think this is an interesting piece of reading because you would never expect cats to be as loyal and thoughtful as this book. The author has successfully developed an imaginative topic into a worthwhile book.

Anonymous said...

This was a good review. It didn't tell the ending but it told you enough. you were told about the characters, but you might have wanted to say who they were in digfferant places. I have read the books before this and i was keen to read the book and now after reading the review i can't wait to read it.
Jared k

Anonymous said...

This sounds like a great book. I really want to read this book. The way the book is described so vividly and persuading that I feel that I can train my cat into a loyal warrior and make him loyal to my own clan. Even though the book sounds to be great, the review is not quite, but is still very, very good. Your book review is really good except for the fact that you have given too much info. I feel that the read is spoilt a little, but your explanation of the book is better than your summary of the book. Great Work!
~Anish King

Anonymous said...

I think this review can be improved by explaining more about the characters, their pasts and current situations. As you said, the weakest part of the story is that you need to read her books from the beginning, so you should have explained more. The plot summary only focused on one aspect of the book, deviating from the main story of the series, which is the conflict between Fireheart and Tigerclaw.
Mick L.