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vibingjaren's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
A great continuation to the first book! I loved the story and it left me with wanting more. I loved seeing Soren put more and more pieces together, and I liked seeing them all adjust to life at the tree and becoming well-respected owls, for the most part. I also love the little system they have with the chaws. I’m for sure looking forward to reading the third book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Child death
Minor: Animal death and Kidnapping
anispaperbacks's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Read this fairly quickly, I'm just reading this series in the background of my main book. I loved getting to know the Great Ga'hoole Tree and its exciting to see the story start to come together with some of the previous little details we've seen already! The only thing that bothers me is the like.. species supremecy stuff? Like with the tyto supremacy/purity, it's there for the plot so, whatever. But the other stuff like with birds that aren't owls or animals that aren't owls etc idk it just doesn't feel like it's... super necessary and it's just a little bit uncomfortable really. Like obviously not all the characters subscribe to these beliefs, at least not completely, but I feel like we would be able to have the world and the plot with the Pure Ones both exist as they are without having this other trope of anything that's not an owl be viewed as lesser by most owls. And also the fact that Mrs. P sorta suffers from house-elf syndrome where she's painted out to agree with that view. Not that nest maids are treated as badly as the majority of house-elves in Harry Potter, they are generally on a more equal standing, especially in Soren's family, but just the way yhat Mrs. P talks about the very notion of daring to compare oneself as a nest-maid snake to great and noble owls and that kind of stuff.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Cannibalism
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