I got Crowfeather's Trial! *spoilers*
Aug 5, 2018 10:21:18 GMT -5
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Aug 5, 2018 10:21:18 GMT -5
I decided to get the book as a physical copy after all, and it came in today! I already finished reading it just now, and here are the most notable parts.
-The prologue is set right after WindClan returns home from helping ThunderClan with the badgers. Onestar scolds Crowfeather for his actions and some cats like Tornear and Weaselfur believe he should be exiled. Ashfoot, however, stands up for her son, and—much to everyone's surprise—so does Nightcloud, who usually never got along with Crowfeather.
After Onestar agrees to give his nephew a second chance, Crowfeather asks Nightcloud why she defended him, she tells him she knows what it's like to not be trusted by your Clanmates simply for listening to your heart, and implying that she had indeed loved Mudclaw. Eventually, the conversation leads to Nightcloud revealing that she wants kits and Crowfeather knows he needs to prove his loyalty somehow, so they agree to become mates with hopes that they'll come to love each other one day.
-The rest of the story focuses largely on Crowfeather's relationship with the Dark Forest trainees, particularly Harespring and Breezepelt. After Ashfoot died, Harespring became deputy, but most of WindClan was against this decision because Harespring had trained in the Dark Forest. Crowfeather is especially against this, since he blames Harespring for Ashfoot's death, but slowly begins to trust him as the book progresses.
As for Breezepelt, he's even more ostracized than Harespring is for actually siding with the Dark Forest in the battle. Some cats however can't help but partially blame Crowfeather for how Breezepelt turned out, and cats begin avoiding him too. Father and son are often at odds with each other, with Nightcloud joining in a few times and siding with her son. As the book goes on however, they slowly begin to mend their broken family—not quite forgiving each other, but just enough that they'll be able to move past it, and the narrative makes it clear that not one cat is at fault for what happened, but all three are to blame in some way. Crowfeather and Nightcloud officially decide to end things, but are content that it's on good terms.
-We do get plenty of BreezexHeather moments, with Heathertail being furious and hurt that Breezepelt betrayed his Clan. Breezepelt tries to explain himself, but Heathertail is having none of it. They do however eventually make amends and become mates by the end of the book.
-The book also gives us moments of Crowfeather as Featherpaw's mentor. Her resemblance to Feathertail makes Crowfeather uncomfortable at first, but they manage to build up a strong friendship that's able to help Crowfeather move on from Feathertail. He also has dreams of Leafpool and constantly wonders how different things might've been if they had run away or if she had told him about their kits much sooner.
-As for the thing that threatens WindClan, this is the one thing I will not spoil. It's just that good, and even more shocking than Darktail being Onestar's son. Which reminds me, the book does give small hints here and there that Onestar is hiding something whenever he interacts with Crowfeather, Nightcloud, and Breezepelt, which is clearly supposed to reference his connection to Smoke and Darktail. At one point, in what is possibly the greatest scene in the entire book, Onestar is just so done with Crowfeather's drama that he doesn't even hesitate to call him out on it. Onestar may have been a jerk for most of the series after becoming leader, but he was definitely one of my favorite characters in this book.
-The book ends with Crowfeather at last being able to move on from his past and look forward towards the future. The manga takes place after Onestar's death and is about him becoming the new deputy of WindClan.
So yeah, the book wasn't that bad. Definately better than TS at least, and it actually made me like Crowfeather and his family at least as far as their characters as concerned.
-The prologue is set right after WindClan returns home from helping ThunderClan with the badgers. Onestar scolds Crowfeather for his actions and some cats like Tornear and Weaselfur believe he should be exiled. Ashfoot, however, stands up for her son, and—much to everyone's surprise—so does Nightcloud, who usually never got along with Crowfeather.
After Onestar agrees to give his nephew a second chance, Crowfeather asks Nightcloud why she defended him, she tells him she knows what it's like to not be trusted by your Clanmates simply for listening to your heart, and implying that she had indeed loved Mudclaw. Eventually, the conversation leads to Nightcloud revealing that she wants kits and Crowfeather knows he needs to prove his loyalty somehow, so they agree to become mates with hopes that they'll come to love each other one day.
-The rest of the story focuses largely on Crowfeather's relationship with the Dark Forest trainees, particularly Harespring and Breezepelt. After Ashfoot died, Harespring became deputy, but most of WindClan was against this decision because Harespring had trained in the Dark Forest. Crowfeather is especially against this, since he blames Harespring for Ashfoot's death, but slowly begins to trust him as the book progresses.
As for Breezepelt, he's even more ostracized than Harespring is for actually siding with the Dark Forest in the battle. Some cats however can't help but partially blame Crowfeather for how Breezepelt turned out, and cats begin avoiding him too. Father and son are often at odds with each other, with Nightcloud joining in a few times and siding with her son. As the book goes on however, they slowly begin to mend their broken family—not quite forgiving each other, but just enough that they'll be able to move past it, and the narrative makes it clear that not one cat is at fault for what happened, but all three are to blame in some way. Crowfeather and Nightcloud officially decide to end things, but are content that it's on good terms.
-We do get plenty of BreezexHeather moments, with Heathertail being furious and hurt that Breezepelt betrayed his Clan. Breezepelt tries to explain himself, but Heathertail is having none of it. They do however eventually make amends and become mates by the end of the book.
-The book also gives us moments of Crowfeather as Featherpaw's mentor. Her resemblance to Feathertail makes Crowfeather uncomfortable at first, but they manage to build up a strong friendship that's able to help Crowfeather move on from Feathertail. He also has dreams of Leafpool and constantly wonders how different things might've been if they had run away or if she had told him about their kits much sooner.
-As for the thing that threatens WindClan, this is the one thing I will not spoil. It's just that good, and even more shocking than Darktail being Onestar's son. Which reminds me, the book does give small hints here and there that Onestar is hiding something whenever he interacts with Crowfeather, Nightcloud, and Breezepelt, which is clearly supposed to reference his connection to Smoke and Darktail. At one point, in what is possibly the greatest scene in the entire book, Onestar is just so done with Crowfeather's drama that he doesn't even hesitate to call him out on it. Onestar may have been a jerk for most of the series after becoming leader, but he was definitely one of my favorite characters in this book.
-The book ends with Crowfeather at last being able to move on from his past and look forward towards the future. The manga takes place after Onestar's death and is about him becoming the new deputy of WindClan.
So yeah, the book wasn't that bad. Definately better than TS at least, and it actually made me like Crowfeather and his family at least as far as their characters as concerned.