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Post by Aʟᴘɪɴᴇғᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ on Oct 16, 2016 13:21:56 GMT -5
I just read Tallstar's Revenge which is last one which I have not read.
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Post by Frozen on Oct 16, 2016 13:25:03 GMT -5
Firestar's Quest. Yes, it's definitely an unpopular opinion. It's the only SE that I have a physical copy of, and I take it with me every time I need something to read. It's exciting, interesting, and the characters are all pretty good. Firestar also has great characterization, and it was cool to see him lead normally in the beginning of the book.
Second place would be Crookedstar's Promise.
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Post by Aʟᴘɪɴᴇғᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ on Oct 16, 2016 13:28:12 GMT -5
Yeah I love Crookedstar's promise, it made Crookedstar one of my favorite characters, have you read all of them?
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Post by 𝕡𝕖𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕥 on Oct 16, 2016 13:32:30 GMT -5
Moth Flight's Vision isn't on there...
Crookedstar's Promise is my favorite, followed by MFV.
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Post by Frozen on Oct 16, 2016 13:33:55 GMT -5
Yeah I love Crookedstar's promise, it made Crookedstar one of my favorite characters, have you read all of them? I've read all but Moth Flight's Vision. Crookedstar's Promise is really solid though, I just personally enjoy FQ more. My least favorites are Bramblestar's Storm, Tallstar's Revenge, and Yellowfang's Secret.
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Post by Aʟᴘɪɴᴇғᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ on Oct 16, 2016 13:34:19 GMT -5
Oh is that a Super Edition? I will put it on their. I have never read it.
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Post by Aʟᴘɪɴᴇғᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ on Oct 16, 2016 13:36:19 GMT -5
Yeah I love Crookedstar's promise, it made Crookedstar one of my favorite characters, have you read all of them? I've read all but Moth Flight's Vision. Crookedstar's Promise is really solid though, I just personally enjoy FQ more. My least favorites are Bramblestar's Storm, Tallstar's Revenge, and Yellowfang's Secret. Yeah, I like BP a lot because I have read it a lot, I did not really like Bramblestar's Storm as well
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Oct 16, 2016 13:41:00 GMT -5
Mine is SkyClan's Destiny. I loved the characters, especially Shrewtooth, I thought the story was interesting, and I really liked how there were two PoVs instead of one. I also thought the relationship between Billystorm and Leafstar was interesting and Harvey x Red was just tragic.
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Post by Aʟᴘɪɴᴇғᴇᴀᴛʜᴇʀ on Oct 16, 2016 13:42:20 GMT -5
Mine is SkyClan's Destiny. I loved the characters, especially Shrewtooth, I thought the story was interesting, and I really liked how there were two PoVs instead of one. I also thought the relationship between Billystorm and Leafstar was interesting and Harvey x Red was just tragic. Yeah I just read that book again a couple of weeks ago, I liked it too.
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Post by Dawnrose on Oct 16, 2016 14:49:31 GMT -5
I haven't read all of them yet (i've read firestar's quest, moth flight's vision and crookedstar's promise) and I'm currently reading Bramblestar's Storm.
My favorite so far is Crookedstar's Promise
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Post by SilverHailstorm on Oct 17, 2016 10:17:10 GMT -5
Crookedstar's Promise takes the cake.
It was definitely emotionally charged. I had a lot of fun with that one.
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Post by Aspenflame on Oct 22, 2016 23:31:13 GMT -5
Moth Flight's Vision isn't on there... Crookedstar's Promise is my favorite, followed by MFV. Same X3
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 5:38:18 GMT -5
Tallstar's Revenge is my favorite.
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Post by Brownie on Nov 9, 2016 16:27:40 GMT -5
FQ easily. I can read that book in an hour and still love every word. I really connected with that one, which I can't say for many books at all.
And I'm surprised there aren't more BP lovers out there. Wasn't that the big thing? CP was decent, although I don't remember it much. I don't think I liked it when I first read it. The second time was better, but it didn't really leave an impression on me like some of the others did. (FQ and BrS, to a lesser extent) Dragons (help them grow <3)
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Post by Owlmoon on Dec 11, 2016 13:44:00 GMT -5
All of them were good, but I felt like Crookedstar's Promise was the best. He and Oakheart were great brothers and I felt like, in a way Crookedstar lost everything. Crookedstar is one of the best leaders. BTW, have you noticed, if you read Bluestar's Prophecy at the same time as Crookedstar's Promise, you ca kind of get more out of it. You can expierience two views, in kind of the same story.
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Post by EthanTheAnnus on Jan 24, 2017 17:38:49 GMT -5
I love Crookedstar's promise and SkyClan's Destiny.4 Eagerly awaiting Tigerheart's Shadow.
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Post by Silverwing on Jan 29, 2017 20:51:10 GMT -5
Bluestar's Prophecy for me. Crookedstar's Promise was great too, but I couldn't get into it as much because I've never been that into Crookedstar, while Bluestar was someone I really wanted to know more about. I also never liked the whole DF thing, which was completely absent in BP.
BP overall had a lot of heart written into it, especially in the emotional scenes, which make me cry every time I read them. It was overall a fantastic book.
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Post by Jei-Dinofelini on Apr 10, 2017 8:18:32 GMT -5
Crookedstar's promise ♡♡
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Post by howdoiwrotewords on Jun 7, 2017 15:47:49 GMT -5
I used to read the super editions religiously when they first came out, back when I didn't know they'd keep pumping these out until the heat death of the universe. Must be stressful for new readers to get into these, huh? Here's my spoilery thoughts on the first five, since they're the only ones I read up to.
1. Firestar's Quest:
A great start to the super editions and a nice little epilogue for Firestar's original series shenanigans. Slowly rebuilding a clan and tracking down a ragtag group of cats is surprisingly...cozy. Like capturing pokemon to make a stronger team. Making all these prickly furballs get along is the hard part (extremely entertaining), though it never really becomes wildly exciting like in the old testament original series. Rescuing Petalnose and kits is basically Cloudpaw 2.0. The scene where everyone finally finds out Spottedleaf's been stalking Firestar is funny and resolved decently, unlike a certain later book in the fourth series. The stuff with the big-brained rat and his legion is ridiculous, but the final battle with them provides a nice climax for the book. Seriously, I don't think we've seen anything even in the later series that's as off its rocker as these stupid rats. The whole books is nicely self-contained; I don't like how it forces the dumb power of three prophecy right into the end, but I'll take what I can get.
It's certainly a book with very unique subject matter, and it's only going to get more important as AVoS goes on. I'd say this one might even become required reading depending on how Skyclan is integrated into the official fanfiction main series.
2. Bluestar's Angst Prophecy:
Bluestar's whole family dies and she gives away what's left of it in return for an entire clan. Not a bad trade, eh? Thistleclaw is complicated and honestly very different from what I expected when he was mentioned in Forest of Secrets. The Oakheart subplot went on a lot faster than I expected; they spend half the novel as enemies, 2 or 3 chapters meeting, and then the whole kit stuff happens. Almost gave me whiplash. Goosefeather is unpleasant and kind of dumb. Hawkheart literally kills an intruder in his den, and that crosses way too many boundaries for a medicine cat. Thrushpelt is the physical embodiment of the friend zone. The whole book is dark and has a ton of deaths, which is a common complaint that I can't really refute. A fairly comprehensive compendium of Bluestar's messed up life.
Ironically, this book isn't comprehensive enough, since Bluestar's so involved in the original series; we don't get any of the Tigerclaw stuff and how it almost breaks her spirit, her mentorship of Firesue, or even how she leads the clan because it's already been covered in other books. The closest we get of her leadership period is a few confusing time skips. It's a shame, and weakens the focus of the book and its quality as a whole.
3. Skyclan's Destiny:
I was excited for this! A sequel to Firestar's Quest! Oh baby, here we go!
It's boring. Nothing happens. They spend the climax of the book avoiding a conflict, which isn't inherently bad except it's done in such a bad way that you feel completely cheated of anything notable happening. And then it ends. Good times. Leafstar doesn't leave a great impression (kinda like Bramblestar lmao). Sharpclaw's a good guy. I don't remember anyone else except there's a bunch of loners/rogues from twolegplace.
The concept of daylight warriors rubs me the wrong way, especially since the entire warriors franchise starts with Rusty being told that clans don't work like that. I don't think this book is even required to understand AVoS, that's how uneventful it is.
4. Crookedstar's Promise:
Crookedstar's whole family dies. Takes place over his whole life, from crippled kit to old leader, start to finish (if you include the manga/comic). In addition, it's very focused on the concept of family and how it's systematically destroyed by his promise. Rainflower is probably the worst mother we've seen so far. This is funny, because Shellheart and Oakheart are some of the nicest, coolest family around. Crookedstar's shippingmate is nice too, but she's not developed that well. It's also fun to see where it intersects with Bluestar's Prophecy, though I think there's a few continuity errors (as is tradition). Last but not least, Mapleshade. She's at her best here: inscrutable, opportunistic, and insanely malicious. She is the pettiest villain in the entire series, and I absolutely love it. The length she goes to destroy a lineage is nothing short of astronomical (hah). Earned her place in the dark forest indeed. Unfortunately, Mapleshade's character is weakened the more she is shown, culminating in her pathetic showing in The Last Hope where she attacks Sandstorm because she's...from Thunderclan and...happy??? Whatever, that book was kind of an embarrassment for everyone in it. Also her divisive novella. Remember the days of speculating whether she ate other cats or not? Less is more, Erin. In this one single book at least, she makes a great showing, even though many people dislike how it overemphasizes the supernatural element of Warriors. I personally think Mapleshade would have been fine even as a one-off character for this book.
Unlike Bluestar's Prophecy, this book isn't hampered by the original series, since Crookedstar is so out of focus in it. Most readers won't care about Crookedstar, but this book basically creates his character out of scratch and still lands on its feet. Everything important life event is covered and on display, except for Silverstream. The ending of this book still manages frames it in heartbreaking fashion, because she's all that he has left, and you know what's going to happen because you are a smart person and read the original series before the super editions. It's the perfect tragedy, and unlike Bluestar's Prophecy, the horrible stuff serves the story instead of the other way around.
The jewel of the super editions, and possibly the franchise as a whole.
5. Yellowfang's Secret:
Yellowfang's whole family doesn't die. This is not a good thing. Raggedstar is mean and does a bad job of keeping Brokentail in check. Yellowfang's mom turns on her in an instant, and her dad is kind of a bystander. Her siblings are actually pretty nice. Also Brightflower is apparently in the dark forest because she's filled with hate - what in the unholy heck?
Yellowfang can also feel the pain of others. This is a little too close to PoT/OoTS for me.
I felt that this story did need to be told, as Brokenstar's transformation of Shadowclan is fascinating, but was not given the focus it deserved in the original series. Yellowfang's book doesn't suffer from original series overlap as badly as Bluestar's, because the focus is less on Yellowfang's terrible life (I think I'm seeing a pattern here) and more on Brokenstar's conquest. Maybe they should have given Brokenstar the super edition instead. I'm disappointed that we don't see how he exiles Windclan from their own territory, a feat that has still not been matched in 14 years (the FQ rats don't count). Still, the book ends at a less-than-stellar place, right in the middle of another story. This book did it, Rogue One did it, but it's still a sub-par ending.
I thought Yellowfang's fur was a faded yellow for 10 years until I searched her up today. I am not a smart person.
TLDR; Crookedstar's Promise is a popular choice, and it deserves it all.
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Post by ashfire923 on Jun 22, 2017 6:52:14 GMT -5
My favorite is Moth Flights Vision. I love that one and it is so sad when she loses her mate Micah, a yellow tabby, and it's also sad when Moth Flight gives her kits up to follow her destiny.
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Post by Jettstar on Aug 24, 2017 18:01:50 GMT -5
I just finished reading Firestar's Quest and loved it. It's the only one I read so far. I'm reading Bluestar's Prophecy now but shouldn't I read Skyclan's Destiny instead since Firestar's Quest was about Skyclan?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 18:29:05 GMT -5
I just finished reading Firestar's Quest and loved it. It's the only one I read so far. I'm reading Bluestar's Prophecy now but shouldn't I read Skyclan's Destiny instead since Firestar's Quest was about Skyclan? SkyClan's Destiny is a follow up to Firestar's Quest, and takes place about six months later from Leafstar's pov. But really it doesn't matter what order you read the super editions in. I would say read SkyClan's Destiny next if you want to continue the SkyClan story, but like I said it really doesn't matter
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Post by iceheartt on Aug 25, 2017 2:53:07 GMT -5
bluestar's prophecy and tallstar's revenge are my favorites. i like the super editions more than the main series books in general. there's just something about them that makes them much more well written than the main series books.
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Post by Jettstar on Aug 25, 2017 9:23:12 GMT -5
I just finished reading Firestar's Quest and loved it. It's the only one I read so far. I'm reading Bluestar's Prophecy now but shouldn't I read Skyclan's Destiny instead since Firestar's Quest was about Skyclan? SkyClan's Destiny is a follow up to Firestar's Quest, and takes place about six months later from Leafstar's pov. But really it doesn't matter what order you read the super editions in. I would say read SkyClan's Destiny next if you want to continue the SkyClan story, but like I said it really doesn't matter I'm reading in published order while I wait for Vision #4 to come out. I didn't read any of Vision yet. Thanks!
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Post by BrightishWolf on Aug 26, 2017 2:30:25 GMT -5
Out of the ones that I've read, my favorites are Yellowfang's Secret, Tallstar's Revenge, and Crookedstar's Promise.
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Post by finland on Aug 26, 2017 10:19:56 GMT -5
Crookedstar's Promise
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Post by Jettstar on Sept 11, 2017 19:25:54 GMT -5
I read the first 4 in order. So far I enjoyed Crookedstar's Promise the best. I just finished it. Last chapter made me cry!! 😖😖😖!!
Reading Yellowfang's Secret next...
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Post by dixonticonderoga on Sept 12, 2017 14:26:17 GMT -5
I haven't read Yellowfang's or Tallstar's, but this answer is a no brainer for me.
I've always loved Bluestar's Prophecy, maybe because I was just a kid and I really liked something that was actually awful, but whatever. I'll have to reread it sometime for sure though. I just really liked how it captured the vibe of the original series, and seeing the background characters actually sort of get personalities was fun, not to mention handled much better than POT/OOTS. Its not like the deaths are handled lazily, each one takes place with alot of time apart. If anything, thats natural, wildcats die off all the time anyways. Plus, only Moon and Snow really get focused on alot, everyone else important just kinda dies off screen. Also, despite how long it was, I suppose it would've been much better if we could've seen some of the stuff that happens right before the first book. Although its not really important, seeing her most of her lives from the time skip would've been interesting.
I don't remember much from Crookedstar's Promise, but I can definitely see why its objectively the "best" one. It did seem relatively well written for a warriors book. I think edginess isn't just about violence, emotional trauma is important too. Mapleshade was a pretty interesting villain because of her eerie stalking and whatnot, I mean shes literally preying on a child if we want to compare it to the real world. Besides, I like the whole "I'm ruining an entire family lineage" thing, it doesn't feel forced or stupid. The fact that Rainflower constantly gets brought up just to get bashed is hilarious, I for one am glad she exists. The entire warriors series, especially the Super Editions, are full of tearjerker moments anyways.
I didn't really enjoy either of the SkyClan ones. But if I had to choose, Firestar's one was still way better.
I remember not wanting to spend money on Bramblestar's Storm, so I skimmed through it really fast at the book store. I was right not to spend hard earned cash on it.
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