| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
There will be three, kin of your kin . . . who hold the power of the stars in their paws.
The secret of Hollyleaf's, Jayfeather's, and Lionblaze's true identities has been revealed, but one shocking question remains unanswered. Now, in the harshest days of leaf-bare, Clanmate turns upon Clanmate, danger lurks behind familiar faces, and one more warrior may be lost forever. . . .
Erin Hunter is inspired by a love of cats and a fascination with the ferocity of the natural world. As well as having great respect for nature in all its forms, Erin enjoys creating rich mythical explanations for animal behavior. She is also the author of the bestselling Seekers series.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An exciting end to the series,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Warriors: Power of Three #6: Sunrise (Hardcover)
WARNING: SEVERAL MINOR SPOILERS BELOW
I rarely cry over books, though I did cry at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but never has a book made me weep with such intensity as Sunrise. Like many others, I rushed off to my local bookstore yesterday morning to get the long-awaited finale to the Warriors: Power of Three series. I was surprised that after half a year of waiting, I found myself rather reluctant to read the book, going off every ten minutes or so to read or do something else. It wasn't that the book wasn't good. It's just that I found it a bit unreal. I was soon reading steadily, however. The main characters acted in ways I could not imagine them ever acting. They developed and aged, becoming rich and far deeper than they had been previously. I found the first part a bit stretched and boring, especially the Three striving to find out who their parents were when the answer was staring them in the face and most fans had already figured out who the parents were. Then in the second part, everything began coming to a head and with exciting action alternated with the talking and figuring out. Sol's presence and the journey to the sun-drown place seemed a bit pointless in my view. The Three were finding things out better on their own by then, and he seemed to need to be brought back into the story simply so that some of the loose ends about him could be tied. There weren't many loose ends, though. Mleh. Towards the very end, everything was becoming clear to the characters with astonishing clarity. One thing that I found especially enthralling was Leafpool's talk with Hollyleaf. Until then Hollyleaf had been a bit of a generic Mary-Sue, but then she suddenly became the most deep and complex of the Three. I thought I would give the book 3 stars, but then I came to the end and an extremely clever mix of the resolved and the unresolved concluded the book, with an undeniable promise that there is much more to come. I am smitten with this book. As an extremely bookish home-schooled ten-year-old, I can say that it is one of the best books I have ever read, particularly considering that it is part of a long series, which can make writing a bit difficult and close. Why did I give it four stars then? There were some things I did not like about the book, but it was very well-written with a wonderful plot, and it is worth reading over. But my sister is reading it now... There were many other things I wanted to mention in this review, but I have forgotten them. I hope this review will help you.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining, but lacked closure,
This review is from: Warriors: Power of Three #6: Sunrise (Hardcover)
Today, I had spent most of my time from 9 AM to 11:49 AM twitching in my seat, wishing for the clock to move just a little faster. According to Amazon.com, the sixth book in the third Warriors series had been released: April 21, which was a shock to me, because I had expected it to be April 22. I'm still not sure where I got the extra day, but I'm not complaining because I'm glad I could get it earlier than I had thought.
As for this last book, I can't say that I'm disappointed. However, I can't say that I'm up and down pleased either. There's one thing the sixth book in the previous two series did correctly: it tied up all the loose ends in the series and closed the door on the major plot the cats had faced throughout it. While I enjoyed all the delicious drama and grimaced when a main character died, the book didn't feel quite as satisfying as its predecessors due to the lack of "completeness," one might say, at the end. The series calls itself "The Power of Three" and concentrates on the prophecy surrounding three cats, kin of the clan's leader. Alas, while this prophecy becomes very important, the readers never actually get to see what becomes of it. Instead, we're left with a major cliffhanger (which I consider an absolutely dreadful thing to do in the last book of the series), which promises that this and other questions will be answered in the next series. The first book of that one comes out in mid November. Mid November. I can admit expecting my $16.99 to go towards a certain amount of closure, especially considering the three main characters. Another comment that struck me upon reading the book: there was a major secret revealed in it that was, unfortunately, not much of a secret. Considering that the "secret" was virtually trotted out and decorated with flashing Christmas lights in the sixth book of the second series, spending nearly half the book learning the first half to the secret (which we already knew as intelligent readers) and the second half of the book learning the last half of the secret (again, it was obvious) led to some sadness from me as a reader. I would have rather the authors dealt with the secret knowing that we, the readers, knew what it was. I also cringe at the thought that the other cats didn't realize this secret as quickly as we did, even if one considered the extra knowledge we gained through the play the authors released via their website, which made the secret even more obvious. Still, they dragged out the secret's telling for an abysmally long time, as if thinking their readers truly couldn't guess it (that's how I felt, at least). Now, if they would have pulled a fast one and proven our guesses wrong, then I would have appreciated the time put into drawing it out. But, no, our guesses were right. It's true that watching the aftermath of the secret's revealing was very interesting, but the point up until that lacked tension, since we already knew what was coming. Of course, I'll buy cat books whenever they come out. I think the series will have to dive into the toilet for me to consider not buying them, let alone not actually doing it. Cats really are that magnetic.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth Reading - Rather Slow and Little Progress,
By Radio_Dad (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Warriors: Power of Three #6: Sunrise (Hardcover)
**MINOR SPOILERS**
This was a nice book, but I cannot honestly say that it quite lived up to my expectations. I bought it from the bookstore just yesterday, itching to read it as soon as possible. I was hoping to sit down on the couch and escape reality for a while by sinking back into the lives of the forest cats after such a long, expectant wait for this sixth and final book in the Power of Three series. Well, I can't say that it satisfied my hope. It was of course, a good book; it was worth reading just for the sake of continuing the story line. But there were a number of disappointing factors, which I will explain in the list below. 1. Nothing really happens. The first three-fourths of the book really seemed like a waste of words to me. What with Lionblaze and Hollyleaf on their pointless trek to bring back a cat they don't really care to find, and Jayfeather stuck back at the camp with only his stick for company, the plot line moves at about the pace of a snail. 2. Discovering the true parents. When the plot finally gets moving, it's still not very engaging. The time it takes to discover their identities, and the siblings' shock when they finally discover the truth, is not only hard to believe, but monotonous - the author keeps waving the truth in our faces like a fat, juicy mouse, and our supposedly-intelligent main characters are completely oblivious. 3. Strange behavior. Each of our heroes, especially Hollyleaf, seem to be much more complicated than previously suspected. In a way, this is good, of course. But their current behavior is completely out of line with what we thought we knew of their personalities. 4. Loose ends left dangling. There are still a few mysteries to be cleared up, which of course is nice, as a cliff-hanger - but these seem to be forgotten and left to rot in the trash bin. A couple of them are: - What about Fallen Leaves? Will he appear in the next book, or are we readers left to wonder and pity the poor cat stuck in the caves for all eternity? - And Squirrelflight's slip-up? Near the end of Long Shadows, she comes bounding up to the Gathering patrol, soaking wet and covered in mud. Was she really looking for herbs on the ShadowClan border? Is this a clue to unlocking future secrets? Although I don't know how many more secrets ThunderClan can take. After all the text and work that went into the book, what have we found out? The parents of Hollyleaf, Jayfeather, and Lionblaze - which we pretty much already knew. The murderer - which we didn't know, but had speculated on. The new female villain - although she may have died as soon as she was born. We still don't know who the third cat is, although we are given two to choose from. Fourth apprentice? Nope, that remains a mystery. We still don't know what Sol is after, or if he's just a flea-ridden, power-hungry, lazy piece of fox dung. And the biggest questions of all: Who are the Three? What are their powers? Why do they have their powers? How did they get their powers? Are they ever really going to do anything with their powers? All of these big gaps are still missing from the puzzle. So go ahead! Spend your $16.99 to get the book, and read it through. Catch up with the plot and gape at the page every time one of the characters does something irrational. It's worth it. But don't expect too much - don't expect it to be exceptional. I'm giving it four stars because I don't believe it deserves three. Enjoy your book! Hope the next one is better! Happy speculating. :)
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
![[Start the discussion]](http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/start-new-discussion-sec._V192250339_.gif){kind=small}
