Post by |:{Rainita}:| on Aug 21, 2009 20:59:46 GMT -8
Wow...
Before reading the book, my expectations weren't very high. I'd read Sunrise a few weeks prior and was greatly disappointed. I, of course, hoped that Bluestar's Prophecy would be good, but I was wrong. It was marvelous. Perhaps it's because it took place in the original forest, but this one just seemed a lot more like the original series to me.
It was fun to see the characters from the first series slowly take form in B's P. I'd always wondered more about the family ties in ThunderClan after reading the original series. Who were Graypaw's parents? Sandpaw's? This book didn't help with those particular cats, but I learned which cats were siblings, heard a bit about demented little Tigerstar and whatnot...
Now, I hope other people cried during this book too. Understand, I didn't sniffle. I didn't tear up. I didn't weep. I sobbed. I sobbed convulsively. I had to put the book down, and lay flat on my back, and sob, out loud, with my shoulders shaking. Luckily no one was home at the time. My eyes still sting from the whole ordeal, and that was 3 hours ago.
Now, the first thing to cry about was Moonflower, of course. I saw it coming. It had to happen eventually. But, I didn't think eventually, I very much knew that she was going to die at that battle. Erin Hunter left strong foreshadowing. One, she promised Snowpaw and Bluepaw that's she'd take them to get moss. She said she'd always be with them. Bluepaw realized, too late, that she didn't wish Moonflower luck... say goodbye... Bluepaw was unable to see her throughout that battle. With all that foreshadowing, you'd think I wouldn't have to bawl about it. Ha... It was still sad...
Snowfur. I did not see this coming. I mean, it did have to happen eventually, but in my head, I had sort of supposed that Snowfur might be Spottedpelt's mother. Too bad. I guess Erin Hunter might have had some foreshadowing with that death, too, but I didn't pick up on it at the time, and I don't feel like rereading that part to figure out what the foreshadowing was. Now, her dying is sad all by itself. I teared up a little. Then Bluefur says something about Whitekit. That's when I started really crying. See, Bluefur's grief alone isn't enough. It's when you incorporate the other characters and their reactions and use true empathy. Empathy's really my problem... I do it to much.
So, the next sad part is actually 232345678234502345 different little parts rolled into one fat stupid part. The reason it's stupid, to me anyway, is the fact that out of all the sad things, it's the one everyone had to know was coming. Let's try to put an order to this mess...
Thrushpelt. Personally, I picked up on his crushing on Bluefur when Bluefur came home from Highstones with Pinestar and thought that Snowfur had remade her nest. When Snowfur said that Thrushpelt did it, it was like DING DING DING... Now, there are a thousand other instances where Thrushpelt's loving is evident, but I dont' feel like remembering and listing them. One might be wondering why Thrushpelt is in the sad part. Pretend you're Thrushpelt. Bluefur's a freaking jerk. Seriously. Sure, she doesn't want to get distracted. But really now. Do you really have to be like that? Really?
Oakheart. The fact that Oakheart was like 'Forget RiverClan, if I can be with you, Baby, I'd climb all of your trees and stay in ThunderClan.' True, Oakheart going from egomaniac to lovesickpuppy wasn't exactly as believable as perhaps I'd like it to be, it was still empathy-evoking. Ach. I can't even voice how angrily unfair this book is.
The kits. I'm pretty sure I cried the entire time that Bluefur was taking her kits to Oakheart. But specifically, these parts were the worst. I don't understand why Mosskit had to exist. That sucked. I mean, really. Thanks Erin Hunter. I'm sure one of your goals as a group of four middle-aged women is to break the heart of your readers as many times as you can. Then, Bluefur hands her kits over, and just is like 'This is Stonekit. This is Mistykit. Mosskit's dead. Toodles.' Then she ignores everything they say, walking backwards, and then runs away. She buries her kit in the frozen ground, and somehow plucks up enough gumption to tear a whole in the nursery, and put on an act for the rest of the clan. When, I turned to the last two pages of the chapter, my stupid eyes strayed to teh last part where it says 'Help! My kits!' or whatever, so I knew what was coming. Therefore, it took me much longer than necessary to read the two pages, because I kept having to put it down and sob in anticipation.
My eyes sting even more because I'm crying again.
Anyway, I basically posted all this because I have no one to talk to in real life about this book, and I have to talk to someone after crying that much over a book about cats. I guess, it'd be nice if anyone wants to add to what I've said. I'd be interested to read other people's opinions. And, at the same time, I'd understand if no one even got far enough to read what I'm writing now because I wrote so dang much.
[/center]Before reading the book, my expectations weren't very high. I'd read Sunrise a few weeks prior and was greatly disappointed. I, of course, hoped that Bluestar's Prophecy would be good, but I was wrong. It was marvelous. Perhaps it's because it took place in the original forest, but this one just seemed a lot more like the original series to me.
It was fun to see the characters from the first series slowly take form in B's P. I'd always wondered more about the family ties in ThunderClan after reading the original series. Who were Graypaw's parents? Sandpaw's? This book didn't help with those particular cats, but I learned which cats were siblings, heard a bit about demented little Tigerstar and whatnot...
Now, I hope other people cried during this book too. Understand, I didn't sniffle. I didn't tear up. I didn't weep. I sobbed. I sobbed convulsively. I had to put the book down, and lay flat on my back, and sob, out loud, with my shoulders shaking. Luckily no one was home at the time. My eyes still sting from the whole ordeal, and that was 3 hours ago.
Now, the first thing to cry about was Moonflower, of course. I saw it coming. It had to happen eventually. But, I didn't think eventually, I very much knew that she was going to die at that battle. Erin Hunter left strong foreshadowing. One, she promised Snowpaw and Bluepaw that's she'd take them to get moss. She said she'd always be with them. Bluepaw realized, too late, that she didn't wish Moonflower luck... say goodbye... Bluepaw was unable to see her throughout that battle. With all that foreshadowing, you'd think I wouldn't have to bawl about it. Ha... It was still sad...
Snowfur. I did not see this coming. I mean, it did have to happen eventually, but in my head, I had sort of supposed that Snowfur might be Spottedpelt's mother. Too bad. I guess Erin Hunter might have had some foreshadowing with that death, too, but I didn't pick up on it at the time, and I don't feel like rereading that part to figure out what the foreshadowing was. Now, her dying is sad all by itself. I teared up a little. Then Bluefur says something about Whitekit. That's when I started really crying. See, Bluefur's grief alone isn't enough. It's when you incorporate the other characters and their reactions and use true empathy. Empathy's really my problem... I do it to much.
So, the next sad part is actually 232345678234502345 different little parts rolled into one fat stupid part. The reason it's stupid, to me anyway, is the fact that out of all the sad things, it's the one everyone had to know was coming. Let's try to put an order to this mess...
Thrushpelt. Personally, I picked up on his crushing on Bluefur when Bluefur came home from Highstones with Pinestar and thought that Snowfur had remade her nest. When Snowfur said that Thrushpelt did it, it was like DING DING DING... Now, there are a thousand other instances where Thrushpelt's loving is evident, but I dont' feel like remembering and listing them. One might be wondering why Thrushpelt is in the sad part. Pretend you're Thrushpelt. Bluefur's a freaking jerk. Seriously. Sure, she doesn't want to get distracted. But really now. Do you really have to be like that? Really?
Oakheart. The fact that Oakheart was like 'Forget RiverClan, if I can be with you, Baby, I'd climb all of your trees and stay in ThunderClan.' True, Oakheart going from egomaniac to lovesickpuppy wasn't exactly as believable as perhaps I'd like it to be, it was still empathy-evoking. Ach. I can't even voice how angrily unfair this book is.
The kits. I'm pretty sure I cried the entire time that Bluefur was taking her kits to Oakheart. But specifically, these parts were the worst. I don't understand why Mosskit had to exist. That sucked. I mean, really. Thanks Erin Hunter. I'm sure one of your goals as a group of four middle-aged women is to break the heart of your readers as many times as you can. Then, Bluefur hands her kits over, and just is like 'This is Stonekit. This is Mistykit. Mosskit's dead. Toodles.' Then she ignores everything they say, walking backwards, and then runs away. She buries her kit in the frozen ground, and somehow plucks up enough gumption to tear a whole in the nursery, and put on an act for the rest of the clan. When, I turned to the last two pages of the chapter, my stupid eyes strayed to teh last part where it says 'Help! My kits!' or whatever, so I knew what was coming. Therefore, it took me much longer than necessary to read the two pages, because I kept having to put it down and sob in anticipation.
My eyes sting even more because I'm crying again.
Anyway, I basically posted all this because I have no one to talk to in real life about this book, and I have to talk to someone after crying that much over a book about cats. I guess, it'd be nice if anyone wants to add to what I've said. I'd be interested to read other people's opinions. And, at the same time, I'd understand if no one even got far enough to read what I'm writing now because I wrote so dang much.
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