Warriors Super Edition: Riverstar's Home

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When the Clan Founders are looking into the puddle, Shadowstar is seen hunched over beside Skystar and Thunderstar. When Riverstar states that Frostpaw is strong enough, Shadowstar asks that even if it kills her, and asks strong enough for this. Rainbowshine shares why they’re excited for Riverstar’s Home. Official cover art by Owen Richardson The first half of the book, excluding a few chapters at the beginning, are simply retelling Dawn of the Clans—only certain details are changed and River Ripple's mysterious entrances are explained away so that they're no longer quite as interesting. For example, in the main series, River Ripple describes the territory as it was several seasons ago, explaining what the rogues and loners did to battle illness. But in this super edition, River Ripple spends half a year in a Twoleg nest and doesn't make the territory his home for very long before the mountain cats show up. Similarly, in the main series, River Ripple mentions a vague history with One-Eye and other rogues he's dealt with in the past; but we barely see any of that in this super edition, and the lost potential is disappointing. Why doesn't this series explore and expand upon its own canon more?

And Flutter isn't the only character with no personality. All of Riverstar's character- his coolness, confidence, and mystery is gone. He's suddenly insecure and can't make a decision without StarClan or Night reaching out. I mean, seriously? And why was he "taught" to swim by Night? You'd think they'd have given him a prior connection to the river- at least more than just "oh the river saved me from the park monsters." There were a few things I enjoyed about this book, of course: Night and Riverstar's friendship (as opposed to his romantic relationships, which all felt extremely forced and utterly unnecessary) was surprisingly well written, and Drizzle grew a lot on me throughout the story. And yet it's easy to find things you like in a book that's otherwise full of... nothing.

This book contains examples of the following:

With this life, I give you initiative, so you will always lead and never follow. Even if your courage fails, your imagination will find a way to guide you. Secrets of the Clans • Cats of the Clans • Code of the Clans • Battles of the Clans • Enter the Clans • The Ultimate Guide • The Warriors Guide • The Ultimate Guide: Updated and Expanded Edition The magic and mystery of Riverstar as a unique and slightly eccentric character has been completely wiped away with this book. There's a whole lot more needless love drama I didn't care to read about. A lot of this book (about 50%) is just downright recycled plot elements from Dawn of the Clans but this time from Riverstar's POV. Skystar is still the worst (nothing new there, I suppose). The book feels drawn-out and doesn't really get interesting until past the 50% point when we enter "new" territory with Riverstar going to aid his old parkmates and feeling torn between his homes. The worst part of this is the fact that River Ripple apparently DIDNT LEARN TO SWIM UNTIL BOOK 2 OF DAWN OF THE CLANS. This guy, with his supposed great connection to the river, had to be taught to swim by Night. What. Why. I would've preffered if, say, RR had always taken an interest in water, perhaps learning to swim at the park. With this life, I give you resilience. You must endure when others fall, but you cannot let suffering change you.

I'm glad that Night is not a romantic interest. It feels so rare to see such a well developed platonic friendship in these books. Pretty average super edition imo. The first half was pretty good, with fun characterization and a really neat look into a group of cats and how they came together. I loved Riverstar and Night's interactions, and Drizzle was an unexpected favorite. The way River personified the river and saw it as a genuine friend was very heartwarming, and I also was glad to see his mindfulness/meditation skills focus so prominently in the book. I think that's, like, the first skill I've ever seen a character have in this book that could actually be useful for its readers to utilize too, haha. The same goes with Riverstar's character itself: although I didn't quite dislike him, they stripped him of most of the characteristics that would have made him a fun character to read the POV of (and yeah, I voted for him in the polls. I don't regret it: I'm pretty sure any of the other options would've been worse) and just overall made him a lot less interesting than he was originally. In Riverstar's Home he is mistakenly called Ripple, even though he did not have that name at the time. [35]

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Firestar's Quest • Bluestar's Prophecy • SkyClan's Destiny • Crookedstar's Promise • Yellowfang's Secret • Tallstar's Revenge • Bramblestar's Storm • Moth Flight's Vision • Hawkwing's Journey • Tigerheart's Shadow • Crowfeather's Trial • Squirrelflight's Hope • Graystripe's Vow • Leopardstar's Honor • Onestar's Confession • Riverstar's Home • Ivypool's Heart • Super Edition 18 Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Clear Sky starts to panic and grieve when he thinks that his friends have all betrayed him and left his mate to die. It takes Wind Runner raking her claws across his ears and telling him to sit up and stop acting like a kit to make him realize that they actually have a plan to save her. As River Ripple's narration says, Wind Runner isn't a cat to do things gently. I really wanted to like this book. I really did. River Ripple was one of my favorite characters from the Dawn of the Clans series. But this one just didn’t deliver for me. We've given you the gift we give all leaders. The gift of nine lives. Take Night as your deputy. She will give you strength when you have none of your own. She is a good and honorable cat, who will be a leader herself one day. Go home now and lead your cats, Riverstar. Riverstar's character is a far cry from what it was in the Dawn of the Clans arc. He's no longer aloof, confident, and mysterious. He's now a bumbling dumb-dumb who can't make a decision to save his life. (Literally.) Though I suppose the doofy cat on the cover better fits the latter description of him.