A review by orangerful
Cottons: The Secret of the Wind by Jim Pascoe
4.0
I honestly just picked this up because the cover art looked really cool. When I read the blurbs mentioning [b:Bone Complete Set, Volumes 1 9: Out From Boneville, The Great Cow Race, Eyes Of The Storm, The Dragonslayer, Rock Jaw, Old Man's Cave, Ghost Circles, Treasure Hunters, And Crown Of Horns|6433834|Bone Complete Set, Volumes 1 9 Out From Boneville, The Great Cow Race, Eyes Of The Storm, The Dragonslayer, Rock Jaw, Old Man's Cave, Ghost Circles, Treasure Hunters, And Crown Of Horns|Jeff Smith|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1337107132l/6433834._SY75_.jpg|88871], [b:Redwall|7996|Redwall (Redwall, #1)|Brian Jacques|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327877368l/7996._SY75_.jpg|486980] and [b:Into the Wild|111332|Into the Wild (Warriors, #1)|Erin Hunter|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327994729l/111332._SX50_.jpg|1346922], I knew this was going to be an adventure. But wow, I was not expecting such a dark, mysterious fantasy.
My only complaint was the few times I was having trouble telling the rabbits apart, mostly at the start of the book when I was still learning the characters and their motives. After that, you could identify them, if not be how they looked, at least by the context of the scene.
There are also some major [b:Watership Down|76620|Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)|Richard Adams|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405136931l/76620._SY75_.jpg|1357456] vibes (so much so that I have head-canoned that the before times they talk about are just the events of that book). But there are magical elements too that make it clear these are not just anthropomorphized animals, but creatures with a complex society and culture.
Great read for kids/tweens/teens that like high fantasy tales and can deal with things getting dark and heavy
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My only complaint was the few times I was having trouble telling the rabbits apart, mostly at the start of the book when I was still learning the characters and their motives. After that, you could identify them, if not be how they looked, at least by the context of the scene.
There are also some major [b:Watership Down|76620|Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)|Richard Adams|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405136931l/76620._SY75_.jpg|1357456] vibes (so much so that I have head-canoned that the before times they talk about are just the events of that book). But there are magical elements too that make it clear these are not just anthropomorphized animals, but creatures with a complex society and culture.
Great read for kids/tweens/teens that like high fantasy tales and can deal with things getting dark and heavy
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