Review: Fleshing out the Warrior's World
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
All series come to an end. At least they drop to a lower level of interest than that with which they started. By no means did the final Harry Potter episodes have the same impact as did the first. Think also of Rita Mae Brown's "Mrs. Murphy", and Shirley Rousseau Murphy's "Joe Grey." Lillian Jackson Braun had killed just about everyone and burned down just about everything she could by the end of the "Cat Who" series. Carole Nelson Douglas has kept the "Midnight Louie" series fresh with a strong on-going plot and a promised end that stays within sight. Erin Hunter, the four lady entity, has kept the Warrior series alive and healthy by fleshing out  various characters we came to know in the 24 books of the first four series. In those books we knew of Crookedstar, but we didn't know him. The same was true of Mistystar, Tallstar and others. By telling a more detailed story of each, it is like fitting another pieace into a jigsaw puzzle. With each additional piece, the whole great story becomes more complete and, I think more enjoyable, particularly with a rereading. But Tigerstar's story was especially interesting because he was the "bad guy." How could we find his story to be enjoyable? We do because we still detest him, but now we understand his warped set of values and over-riding ambition. His story is a proper addition to the "Big Story" and it answers some questions of which we didn't realize we wanted answers.