A review by amazon_hamster
Thunder and Shadow by Erin Hunter
5.0
Spoilers: I’m not sure where all the hate for this book comes from I really enjoyed this. I know it could be a bit similar to Omen Of The Stars but it feels like it was done even better. The way how Darktail managed to take over without even having a battle is the innerworks of a genius mastermind. In the first halve nearly all of shadowclan’s apprentices had left to join the rouges. All it took was for a sickness to spread and all of a sudden, all but three cats had lost complete faith in Rowanstar.
This may be an unpopular opinion but I really liked Onestar in this book and it’s not because he was a good leader but undoubtedly bad one. I think that’s what made it so interesting Onestar is completely terrified of these rouges making him not want anything to do with the other clans and refusing to give them the herb. They say that everyone creates the thing they dread the most, which is exactly what Onestar does. If he just let them have the herb nobody would of lost faith in Rowanstar and Darktail would be nowhere near as big of a threat. I really wish we had a wind clan perspective.
I’m not sure if I like Violetpaw or not her conflict seems to be something more with loyalty and loneliness compared to Ivypool’s jealousy issues. She is really interesting but at the same time my god is the cat thick. Twig paw did not come to see you, to share the news that her mother was dead, she came to you for comfort because she thought you’d be the one other cat to understand. Use your head!
This may be an unpopular opinion but I really liked Onestar in this book and it’s not because he was a good leader but undoubtedly bad one. I think that’s what made it so interesting Onestar is completely terrified of these rouges making him not want anything to do with the other clans and refusing to give them the herb. They say that everyone creates the thing they dread the most, which is exactly what Onestar does. If he just let them have the herb nobody would of lost faith in Rowanstar and Darktail would be nowhere near as big of a threat. I really wish we had a wind clan perspective.
I’m not sure if I like Violetpaw or not her conflict seems to be something more with loyalty and loneliness compared to Ivypool’s jealousy issues. She is really interesting but at the same time my god is the cat thick. Twig paw did not come to see you, to share the news that her mother was dead, she came to you for comfort because she thought you’d be the one other cat to understand. Use your head!