Christian Parental Review of Warriors by Erin Hunter

Warriors: Into the Wild and its many sequels and spin off series are pop middle grade books. The heart grades are where parents oftentimes stop pre-reading their children's books, and so I try to do as many reviews of centre grade and teen books as I can. When a blog reader asked for my accept on these, I was happy to oblige and write a review.

What'due south information technology all about?

Warriors are a series of books about feral cat tribes: their wars, friendships, wars, alliances, loves, and mostly wars. In the anamorphic world of Warrior, cats talk, hate, love, and grade friendships. But otherwise they human activity similar feral cats.

In the beginning book, a pampered house cat, Rusty, runs away from his Twoleg (human being) family and joins one of the four major true cat tribes in the area. He is quickly swept upward into an atmosphere of secrets, intrigues, and frequent battles.

Life is a Battleground for Survival

That nigh sums upwards the Warriors worldview. These books are often recommended for viii-ten year olds, just they were upsettingly trigger-happy in my adult opinion. Cats give and receive bloody wounds, kill each other, get run over by vehicles, smashed by bulldozers, and otherwise maimed or killed. Much of the book is taken upwardly with lengthy descriptions of cat fights. A lot of these are quite graphic descriptions which many sensitive children might find upsetting. More problematic, for kids who are prone to be fascinated with violence, these books will definitely feed that taste for violence.

Interesting thing to consider: the homo parallel of the feral cat globe is probably gang warfare. The parallels are significant, particularly the obsession with territories, procreation, revenge, and rank. I'thousand non sure if this was intentional, but it is a hitting point to consider.

"The Cutter"

The cats are violently opposed to the thought of neutering and spaying animals. They speaking disparagingly of cats who have been to "The Cutter" (the vet) to be neutered, calling them fat and lazy. A major gene in Rusty's conclusion to leave his man family unit is his want to escape being neutered.

There's a large focus in the cat tribes with having more kits in order to go along their tribes strong. I actually thought it kind of amusing that the series' authors were so vehemently pro brute reproduction. It makes you wonder if they are as pro human reproduction.

Anyway, as a kids' book, I saw potential for kids to be very upset about their own pets existence neutered or spayed after reading this book.

Star divination

A picayune enquiry brings you the fact that this series was begun by two authors (now written by at least six authors) who were inspired by astrology. This inspiration leads to a cat globe where the "religion" involves some astrological aspects such as dead cats becoming stars in the "Silverpelt," a thick band of stars. At that place is some instances of praying to and seeking communication from the ancestors/stars.

Multiple Authors = Depression Literary Quality

Generalizing is dangerous, but at least in my reading, I've institute that books like this with multiple authors tend to be depression quality. The multiple authors technique seem to correlate with poor plots and even worse writing. Warriors confirms that feeling for me. Truly, the writing is quite atrocious. There's stilted language and lack of a unified style. Or any manner.

Takeaway

Warriors misses the mark on appropriateness for its intended immature audience due to pervasive violence. It'due south non simply that there'southward violence; it'southward that these books primarily run on battle fumes. Is the Warriors series the worst book your child could be reading? No. But in that location are so many better written books with improve themes for this age range!

Need improve ideas?

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