Why Don't People Like OOTS, Bramblestar's Storm, and POT?

The writing.

I'll tackle Bramblestar's Storm.

I hate this book because its boring. It's 500 pages of absolute rubbish where nothing happens. Before the book came out, the whole fandom was hyped because we were promised something new and exciting. This "storm" was supposed to be unlike anything the Clans had ever experienced. Instead we got a measily flood that barely killed anyone. Not to mention, there is no over all driving plot. The plots that are thrown in are completely random, and have nothing to do with the rest of the storyline. They are over and forgotten as quick as they happen, and they affect nothing in the overall storyline. The rest of the book is dedicated to boring Clan chores such as patrolling and apprentice training, which is boring. Also the prophecy was weak and meaningless. We already know Bramblestar and Tawnypelt have a close relationship. There is no need for a prophecy on that. It would be like making a prophecy about how Graystripe likes food. It's pointless and has been established long ago.

Overall, this book just feels like it was slapped together without thought. There is no action. The characters are dull. The story is so boring I'd rather watch paint dry. It was just completely unneeded and should have been an ebook if they wanted it to exist so bad.

Bump because impatience.

POT - it had no real climax; it took six books to not even resolve the plot it set up (also, the power cats are a drawback for many)

OOTS - because it existed to finish up POT, the majority of its plot was filler drama that ran on clichés (popular talented Dove vs. envious bullied Ivy; forbidden love; Lion/Cinder with rejecting/coming to terms with destiny) - clichés aren't automatically bad, but a series built of them tends to get old quickly; many found the characters bland and/or unlikable

I didn't have much of a problem with PoT, but it could've been better in general.

OotS is my least favorite arc because of how poor the quality dropped. Terrible cliches, rehashed plots from previous arcs, plot holes, poor characters (and I actually like Dovewing), pointless romances that seemed to have more focus on it than the actual storyline (and I don't even dislike LionxCinder or JayxHalf), subplots that were never resolved (at least not onscreen anyway), and the writing quality was just poor in general, especially in regards to the deaths.

As for Bramblestar's Storm, it's sort of a similar issue. Personally for me, I felt like it was rushed. Besides the hurricane, the only other conflicts the book has were the kittypets and badgers that were attacking ShadowClan, and ThunderClan stayed in the tunnels for the majority of the story.

Also, how is Briarlight even still alive after all this? I get that this is a fantasy series, but there has to be at least some realism to the stories. Just because something is fantastical doesn't meant it can't be realistic. And I know that she is based on one of Vicky's friends, but Briarlight has already cheated death seven times! Either it's author favoritism or Briarlight has been extremely lucky.

As for what I thought of the kittypets, I honestly felt like they were unnecessary. Frankie and Minty didn't really do much to move the plot forward, and I felt like Jessy was just there to make Bramblestar realize his feelings for Squirrelflight, which was pointless anyway since Vicky said that Bramblestar would've gone back to Squirrelflight even if Jessy had stayed.

And speaking of Jessy, I also felt like her "relationship" with Bramblestar was rushed and underdeveloped. Seriously, Bramblestar didn't even consider taking Jessy as a mate until towards the end of the book, and even then he didn't really love her!

And then of course, there's the inconsistencies. I know there's a reprinted version of the book, but really that infamous mistake should've never been there at all. I can understand mixing up Stonefur and Stormfur since the names are similar, but how do you confuse Feathertail with Mistystar, especially since neither cat was a background character? There was also Graystripe saying that he fought against the badgers in Twilight when he didn't even return to the Clans until The Sight and Squirrelflight saying that she was Bramblestar's apprentice when she was really Dustpelt's.

Also, does anyone else get the feeling that Vicky and Cherith might've forgotten that Cinderheart and Poppyfrost were also Brackenfur and Sorreltail's daughters? The book never really acknowledged it, like when Seedpaw died. And Poppyfrost was only referred to as being Lilyheart's mentor, but there's never any mention of her also being her older sister, like they did with Whitewing and Dewnose. Of course, one of Cinderheart's kits is named Sorrelstripe after Sorreltail, but still…

Overall, the book is my least favorite of the Super Editions. Really, the only things I liked about it were Minty and how it gave the background characters more of a personality, especially with Daisy, Millie, and even Rowanstar.

I personally liked how the Power of Three ended and I think they should have just left it off there. I didn't think the prophecy needed closure and they should've just left it open to interpretation what happens after Sunrise (that would have been far more intriguing than what we ended up with in Omen of the Stars).

The only thing I liked OOTS for was for Ivypool, and maybe Jayfeather? Everything else was pretty much garbage. Firestar's death was so terribly written in comparison to Gray Wing's. Too many op powers, unnecessary love spats, and family drama. Also I don't wanna read a book again about Bramblestar mooning over some she-cat when his ex is literally right there, while he's attempting to be Firestar 2.0.

I still think it was a bad writing decision to make Yellowfang's statement a lie; if they had to continue Firestar's bloodline they had LionxCinder, WhitexBirch, and even BrightxCloud available, and two of those pairings even had kits in time for AVOS to start (I know they already used Whitewing's kits but she could have had more, which might have been interesting)

I thought that POT was a little slow, but it wasn't that bad. The powers were a little weird, but that didn't really bother me that much.

I didn't think OOTS was that bad at the beginning. Sure there was some filler drama and the whole thing Cinderheart was annoying (both the Cinderpelt possession and drama with Lionblaze), but there was nothing really that bad until TLH came out and completely rushed the conclusion. The Dark Forest scenes were actually kind of interesting until the rushed battle made the DF seem really lame.

BrS was really slow and nothing much happened except for the 16th code. There were also a ton of errors. Such as Blackstar messing up when announcing Redwillow's name when honoring the cats that died in the battle, Squirrelflight being Bramblestar's apprentince and Graystripe's retirement speech.

PoT was fine. I personally had no problem with that arc - in fact it's my favorite one. The character development was great. The Three all had great personalities and they all developed. I just wish the ideas weren't so repetitive.

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All characters went downhill at this point in OotS. At least AVOS is improving. But I hope Warriors ends at this point.

That's exactly what I did, after hearing how bad BS was. Looked up the description on the wiki, and hello, Apprentice's Quest.

Most people just call it BrS.

Yep.

I personally, loved PO3, though it was probably just because of Jayfeather