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Onestar's Confession

Onestar's Confession

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Summary

An epic stand-alone adventure in Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series！

In this Super Edition， follow the journey of WindClan's Onestar， destined to lead his Clan through battle， hardship， and the long journey to the lake territories--and pay the price of the checkered legacy he left behind。

As a young WindClan warrior， Onewhisker never thought he would one day become Clan leader。 But when he is unexpectedly chosen by Tallstar as his successor， Onestar must learn to guide his Clanmates through the hardships of forging a new life in unknown territory--and face the deadly consequences of a mistake he tried to bury in the past。

Join the legion of fans who have discovered the epic adventures， fierce warrior cats， and the thrilling fantasy world of the mega-bestselling Warriors series。 This stand-alone entry is perfect for new readers and dedicated fans alike。

Onestar's Confession also includes an exclusive ten-page Warriors manga adventure！

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Reviews

ritsuC （new bio） ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 this gives me a different view of onestar and through this book， i could better understand the reasons behind his actions :] however， i think onestar should have atoned for his behaviour more。 or at least， starclan could have given him a task or something before accepting him as a member of starclan。 even so， i still fully support the continuation of the warrior cats series and i hope that we can see just a tad bit of improvements on the storyline/etc;。 i think its just me but i feel that onesta this gives me a different view of onestar and through this book， i could better understand the reasons behind his actions :] however， i think onestar should have atoned for his behaviour more。 or at least， starclan could have given him a task or something before accepting him as a member of starclan。 even so， i still fully support the continuation of the warrior cats series and i hope that we can see just a tad bit of improvements on the storyline/etc;。 i think its just me but i feel that onestar should have like， grieved for stagleaf more before moving on？ idk， but that has been on my mind lately so yeah。 sometimes， its just like “ hey！ why and how in tartarus did you get over their d34th so quickly？！ 😟” or “ excuse me but did you need to do that？ 🤨” or maybe even “ i’m sorry， miss/mister， but you are taking WAY too long to get over this！！ 😡😡 “onestar was just TOO mean/rude/disrespectful to the other clan leaders， esp。 firestar。 why did he have to ruin their friendship？ their relationship had been going so well， but onestar just had to go and destroy it。 by the way， onestar…WHY DID YOU MATE YOUR APPRENTICE？！！！？？！？！？？YOU EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT WHITETAIL HAD BEEN YOUR APPRENTICE， SO WHY DID YOU GO ALONG WITH IT HUH？？？ rootspring x bristlefrost 4ever 。。。more

Wisty ，

I had heard mixed reviews on Onestar's Confession before going into it。 Some people really loved it while others despised it and， honestly， I can see where the hate for this book comes from。 I was excited to get to learn more about Onestar and the life he led both outside and within the main plotline。 He was one of my favorite side characters during the earlier books and I was eager to explore his character more。 Unfortunately， the book sort of feels like it dropped the ball。 One of my biggest g I had heard mixed reviews on Onestar's Confession before going into it。 Some people really loved it while others despised it and， honestly， I can see where the hate for this book comes from。 I was excited to get to learn more about Onestar and the life he led both outside and within the main plotline。 He was one of my favorite side characters during the earlier books and I was eager to explore his character more。 Unfortunately， the book sort of feels like it dropped the ball。 One of my biggest gripes with the book was its failure to stay in one time period for any decent amount of time as well as its lack of good pacing。 At more than one point through my reading experience， I felt as if the story being told was extremely underwhelming。 I understand that Onestar's Confession has a lot of metaphorical ground to cover considering Onestar has been a character since the original series， but even with that in mind， I felt like the book skimmed over many parts of Onestar's life that could have been more fleshed out。 Some events that I had been excited to view from Onestar's point of view （view spoiler）[ （ like how he came to love Smoke， when Fireheart and Graystripe brought WindClan back after exile via Brokenstar， and the battle with the Dark Forest cats ） （hide spoiler）] were completely absent from the book。 Moving on from the pacing of the book， we know nothing about most of the characters in this book。 Prime examples of this， for me， are Smoke and subsequently Whitetail。 Who are they？ How did Onestar come to love them？ We are given almost nothing about either of them other than Smoke would come to listen to Onestar's stories when he visited Twolegplace and that Whitetail was his apprentice （ I'm not even going to open the can of worms concerning that age gap ）。 The main books， to my memory， don't even mention that Whitetail is Onestar's mate and Smoke isn't even given a name。 Whitetail and Smoke aside， this would also have been the opportune time to explore his relationships not just with his two mates， but other characters like Heathertail or Harespring。 On the topic of characters and Onestar himself， I am glad they retained Onestar's apparent descent into madness rather than attempting to turn him into a sympathetic character。 True to the main novels， Onestar is very self centered and cowardly。 He intentionally chooses to lie and cover his tracks over telling the truth because he is afraid of what others will think of him， justifying his lack of judgement again and again with poor excuses。 I did enjoy reading things from his skewed perspective， however。 Watching him argue with himself every time he lies or acts out was quite interesting。The last big complaint I had with Onestar's Confession was the editing or lack thereof。 I found so many errors through this book。 I am always willing to forgive slip ups here and there。 It happens。 Editors are only human。 However， there were so many grammar issues in the book that， frankly， there is no way to excuse it。 One part of the book has Onestar talking to Bramblestar。 During this conversation， Bramblestar looks over at two other characters and the book describes how his eyes had an amused glint to them。 The book， however reads something like "Bramblestar's glinted in amusement"。 Bramblestar's what？ The word "eyes" is completely missing from the text。 There was another part where the text refers to ShadowClan cats as being from ThunderClan and another part where the text uses both "she" and "he" to reference the same character in one sentence。 Every time I encountered one of these errors， it was honestly very jarring and immersion breaking。 I wanted to adore this book。 To a certain extent， I did， if for no other reason than for nostalgia's sake and for getting to spend more time with what was once one of my favorite characters。 Personal nostalgia aside， this book didn't live up to my expectations。 There are lots of plot holes and immersion breaking errors and I honestly felt nothing for most of the characters。 As a long standing Warriors fan， I am glad I read Onestar's Confession， but I don't see myself revisiting it over many of the other books in the franchise。 Overall， it's probably a two star book with an extra star simply for the nostalgia factor。 。。。more

Alyce ，

Better than Leopardstar's Honor but not good either。Here's all the things they could have done better:（view spoiler）[1） Talk about ShadowClan running out WindClan2） Talk about Tigerstar and BloodClan， and Gorsepaw3） Talk about the friendship between Firestar and Onestar because they are literally called best friends in this book and yet have one conversation4） Talk about Mudclaw's and develop his character， maybe about Onestar and Mudclaw's relationship more。 Very one-sided and Onestar wasn't Better than Leopardstar's Honor but not good either。Here's all the things they could have done better:（view spoiler）[1） Talk about ShadowClan running out WindClan2） Talk about Tigerstar and BloodClan， and Gorsepaw3） Talk about the friendship between Firestar and Onestar because they are literally called best friends in this book and yet have one conversation4） Talk about Mudclaw's and develop his character， maybe about Onestar and Mudclaw's relationship more。 Very one-sided and Onestar wasn't nearly as scared as he could have been。5） Develop the relationship between Smoke， or just develop Smoke in general since she acted very sassy。6） Write out what it said about Darktail as it just assumes he was evil from birth， not how things work。7） Talk about the badger attack in the third arc for point 4。8） Talk about relationship with Crowfeather， Whitetail， Breezepelt。。。 stuff about the Great Battle and Dark Forest， very skimmed over。Probably more things but I literally forgot half the things in the series （I've read these books over the past 10 years of my life） and even I know what they coulda done。（hide spoiler）]As you can see， the Hunters trolled us and wrote about the same two things。 Could have been so much more but nah the writers said no。 Only thing I liked in the book was Onestar's growing anxiety over Darktail - as one said， some psychological horror。 But Onestar has more to his character than just Darktail - he used to be one of my favorites before the Visions of Shadows arc。 Also， the manga at the end is kinda hilarious。#ScrewOnestar 。。。more

Svara ，

This book is written through the eyes of Onestar as he reflects his life through his memories。 If you keep that in mind then book is very entertaining。 It jumps around a lot， with horrible transitioning in the beginning， just like skipping from one memory to the next。 As the memories get closer to Onestars death they are longer with better transitioning。 I think this method is a great idea but it could have been executed better。

Mikaela Garcia ，

I hate how Erin writes Smoke and Whitetail。 I felt they never gave them any personality。 They only gave one treat。Onestar Mates。 And that's all。And it take place in 1， 2， 3， 4， and 6 arcs。 And it was too musch。 I hate how Erin writes Smoke and Whitetail。 I felt they never gave them any personality。 They only gave one treat。Onestar Mates。 And that's all。And it take place in 1， 2， 3， 4， and 6 arcs。 And it was too musch。 。。。more

Juliette ，

Was a little sad， but a great book overall。 I liked all the events and it really got me hooked。

Michelle Von ，

I really hate Onestar now。 I feel like this book was supposed to make my sympathize with him？ Because it had the opposite effect。。。。

Kaeley ，

It was fine。 It was mostly recounting a lot of the same stories that I’ve already read， just in another perspective。 Still many typos， but way way less than in some of the others。 Overall， a good book to include in the series but far from being my favorite。

MacKenzie ，

This book could've been so good This book could've been so good 。。。more

emily ★彡 ，

Unfortunately became a DNF。

Mle ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 3 stars for this one。 I enjoyed it more than I thought I would。 This Super Edition is about Onestar， one of the least liked characters in the entire series （for good reason）。 Contrary to what I've seen from other comments， I really don't think this book makes him sympathetic， if anything it made me dislike him more。 Onestar is selfish， narcissistic， and cowardly。 He chooses not to be honest time and time again because he is so afraid of what others will think of him。 He tries to justify his poor 3 stars for this one。 I enjoyed it more than I thought I would。 This Super Edition is about Onestar， one of the least liked characters in the entire series （for good reason）。 Contrary to what I've seen from other comments， I really don't think this book makes him sympathetic， if anything it made me dislike him more。 Onestar is selfish， narcissistic， and cowardly。 He chooses not to be honest time and time again because he is so afraid of what others will think of him。 He tries to justify his poor choices again and again， but they are no excuse。 I enjoyed that even though Onestar is the protagonist， he's still incredibly unlikable。 I'm glad that the Erins didn't shy away from Onestar's critical flaws。 It was entertaining to read from such a skewed perspective。 My major gripes with this book is the pacing。 The front half， which I was honestly more interested in， felt too fast。 Major events， like courting Smoke and the Eclipse battle， were skipped entirely。 Then， the last two hundred or so pages were very focused on Vision of Shadows events， where Onestar is at his absolute worst。 I think a better balance could've been struck。 This book also struggles with a lot of the same problems the more recent publications face （retcons， homogenizing clans， inventing family trees， etc。）。 I enjoyed this in a brain dead sort of way， but a lot of it falls apart when stacked against previous works。I also have mixed feelings about Onestar's redemption， it was incredibly poor。 。。。more

Binky ，

probably the worst super edition I’ve ever read

Pinchy ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 the book changed my whole perspective on onestar。。。 oh god how i love him now。 I am so sorry for him

Kiri ，

I knew he had a lot on his mind， glad I got to see it play out。

Rachel Schoenberger ，

Onestar should've gone to the Dark Forest。 Onestar should've gone to the Dark Forest。 。。。more

Lara Vehar ，

Man I wanted to love this one， I wanted to like Onestar， I wanted to see his reasons for why he was the way he was as a leader and I wanted this book to change my mind about him。。。 and it didn't。 The only one I liked less was the Leopardstar's SE from last year。 The only saving grace for me was that I really liked Onepaw and the way he was as an apprentice， but this book just got worse and worse the more I read it。 Let's see: -I hate it when books change charactes just so the main character has Man I wanted to love this one， I wanted to like Onestar， I wanted to see his reasons for why he was the way he was as a leader and I wanted this book to change my mind about him。。。 and it didn't。 The only one I liked less was the Leopardstar's SE from last year。 The only saving grace for me was that I really liked Onepaw and the way he was as an apprentice， but this book just got worse and worse the more I read it。 Let's see: -I hate it when books change charactes just so the main character has an opposition in their clan。 Tallstar loved Jake， Tallstar clearly thought Jake was an amazing and capable kittypet and he wanted him to join the clans at the end of his journey- in this book he suddenly dislikes kittypets and is unnecessarily harsh to them including giving them one chance only to pass their assesment before he kicks them out for being weak and unfit to be in the clan， even though Brushpaw was clearly trying really hard， he just needed more time- time that he didn't have because Tallstar chose to get him assesed way too early even though he'd been told that both he and his sister were struggling and falling behind。 -Onestar's and Smoke's romance was flimsy。 It came out of nowhere and it was super weak and just there because Smoke was Darktail's mother so she had to be in the story。 They just fall in love over night and I hate how he deceived her by telling her all these tall tales about the life in the clan。 And I hate the fact that he rejected her and decided not to let her into the clan solely because he was a coward who didn't want to admit that he had a kit with a kittypet。 -Whitetail romance。。 let's not speak about the part where he was her formal mentor when he suddenly noticed that she looked really pretty - they were both adults and this would've been fine， albeit a bit sudden if they chose to remove the part where he was her formal mentor， that just made it creepy。 Oh and him finally being cannonised as Heathertail's father would've been fine if Ashfoot wasn't his sister- that makes Heathertail and Breezepelt cousins yikes。 I wish that the author team checked these before they made them cannon :ł -Him keeping Smoke and Darktail a secret only to reveal it in front of a ton of cats instead of speaking to Whitetail and Heathertail privately and them instantly forgiving him was odd - like come on he just lied to you big time and kept a huge important thing from you and you are just like: "nah it's fine we totally understand。" -Him moaning over and over and over how he can't trust anyone and how he needs to tell someone but then changing his mind last minute because they either kept a secret from him either looked like they suspected something and they might reveal his secret if he told them was tiring。 -There are a ton of painfully obvious grammatical errors in this book。 And as much as I wanted to love this book and love Onestar and understand him this book did the opposite to me， I ended up hating his character more than I hated him before and I have zero sympathy for him or for what he did or the way he behaved。 。。。more

A ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Although the first 5 chapters were just fine， they were overall unnecessary。 They were just there to introduce Smoke and start Onewhisker's whole "Kittypets can't be warriors" thing， which was completely pointless， since chapter 6 jumps to a time where Firestar， a former kittypet， is the leader of ThunderClan and Onewhisker knows that he was wrong and kittypets CAN be warriors （he still sometimes thinks they can't for some reason， though）。Speaking of which， wow， what a time-skip！ This book liter Although the first 5 chapters were just fine， they were overall unnecessary。 They were just there to introduce Smoke and start Onewhisker's whole "Kittypets can't be warriors" thing， which was completely pointless， since chapter 6 jumps to a time where Firestar， a former kittypet， is the leader of ThunderClan and Onewhisker knows that he was wrong and kittypets CAN be warriors （he still sometimes thinks they can't for some reason， though）。Speaking of which， wow， what a time-skip！ This book literally spends a couple of paragraphs telling the readers every important event in Onewhisker's life that they've missed - WindClan leaving and returning to their home， Onewhisker's relationship with Fireheart and Smoke， Onewhisker getting two apprentices and multiple important cats in Onewhisker's life dying （Deadfoot， Gorsepaw and Wrenflight）。 I get that some of this stuff had to be skipped since not every part of Onestar's life can fit into this book， but I'm not sure that skipping all of this stuff in favor of what we got was a good idea。 There are other big time-skips in this book too， but at least those weren't as jarring （in my opinion， anyways）。Deadfoot sent Onewhisker a message from StarClan asking him to help Crowpaw。 Onewhisker never helped Crowpaw in any way and he never thought about Deadfoot's message after getting it。 Did the author forget about that or something？I quite enjoyed reading about Onewhisker's and Smoke's relationship， even though it did lack some depth。 I liked reading about Onewhisker's mistakes when it came to Smoke and Darkkit and was able to sympathize with him。 I didn't really feel this way towards the end though， since there's only so many times you can have a character go "I'm such a terrible person and I regret what I did， but I can't and won't do anything about it" before it becomes very redundant。Onestar was a pretty terrible cat and an even worse leader， he was a selfish coward who was terrible to everyone （including his Clanmates）， yet at the end， the book tries to paint him as this great leader who has worked hard to atone for his mistakes。Just like a lot of other people， I don't agree with this at all。 Onestar was not a good leader， and he never did anything to atone for his mistakes。 Even if you argue that him killing Darktail （and dying in the process） makes up for leaving Smoke and Darkkit， not telling everyone the truth and not intervening to stop The Kin until the end， he never atoned for attacking ThunderClan， being awful to everyone for no reason and the whole yellowcough situation （which cats died from， by the way）。Another thing that frustrated me is that by the end of the book nobody is angry with Onestar。 Again， even if what happened with Darktail isn't Onestar's fault， he's done other bad things unrelated to Darktail and Smoke （none of which he ever even apologized over）。There's other things that I could talk about， but I don't want this review to drag on for too long， so this is where I'll end it。To conclude， I thought that Onestar's Confession was all in all a pretty mediocre book with a very frustrating ending。 I can begrudgingly appreciate Onestar for the drama he brings in the main series， but I don't think this book was very good and I honestly think that it would've been better off as a novella which mostly just explored his relationship with Smoke。 。。。more

Maisy ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Where do I begin？ It took me around 10 days of on-and-off reading to trawl through the harsh disappointment of this book: even despite anticipating the disaster that any-book starring our ‘beloved’ Onestar， I was yet taken aback to find how awfully written and bogglingly boring this novella was！ Lets start with the premise of this book; Onestar’s confession is an apparent retelling of life from Onestar’s point-of-view， where in StarClan he is asked by Tallstar to simply recall the events of his Where do I begin？ It took me around 10 days of on-and-off reading to trawl through the harsh disappointment of this book: even despite anticipating the disaster that any-book starring our ‘beloved’ Onestar， I was yet taken aback to find how awfully written and bogglingly boring this novella was！ Lets start with the premise of this book; Onestar’s confession is an apparent retelling of life from Onestar’s point-of-view， where in StarClan he is asked by Tallstar to simply recall the events of his life， and ask the question of whether he is worthy for StarClan， unlike his son， Darktail， who had fizzled out from the heavenly plains upon immediate arrival。 It seems that the Erin’s did one with right with StarClan continuity， and kept the idea that there is a council of Ancestors that review the more controversial lives， and decide upon their place in the afterlife。 However， once again， we as a reader as simply told that Onestar is good and worthy of a place in StarClan， rather than abolished to kitty-hell。 This story serves to convince the audience that， even despite his terrible attitude as a leader， Onestar was victim to the Ashfur mindset （‘he loved too much’） - that he was， overall， a good and determined figure throughout his life。 But the book does nothing to redeem Onestar。 It does little to change the idea that he is infact a terrible cat！ The events we have already read in great detail， from the first， second， third and fifth series’， are retold to us in a fast， skimming fashion。 The crime of this book is adding absolutely nothing new to these plot-points！ There are a total of （maybe） three new slithers of information we are introduced to， hence the two stars this book somehow scrapes to claim。 1。 Whitetail - disgusting， and more on this later。 2。 Harespring - a tiny， tiny detail。 3。 The kittypets。。 Starting with Whitetail: we are introduced to Onestar’s mate， who is super-imposed as previously being his APPRENTICE。 Yes my friends， we have yet another Thistleclaw on our hands。 However， Onestar actually ACKNOWLEDGES the fact that it is strange he is mates with his apprentice！ It doesn’t stop him， it doesn’t make any-other cat think at how odd the situation is， and yet again the Erin’s enforce something far worse than ‘bad habits’ into their young reader’s minds。 If the Erin’s want to evolve into an older audience， they need to do more than spew boring retellings of previous stories， and stop assuming that their audience （no matter the young age） has the brain capacity of a babbling toddler。 Second off， lets discuss Harespring。 I， personally， LOVE Harespring。 Onestar acknowledges why Harespring is made deputy （to redeem the Dark Forest Warriors）， and equally shows us their mal-mistreatment of their sensible and wise deputy。 Though this does little to actively redeem Onestar， it does work to expand on Harestar’s later character; their nervousness and anxiety can easily be explained by their treatment as the deputy， and works to make them a much more likeable character。 I would’ve preferred this book to be about Harespring！ More on their life， maybe major events， including more of their reasoning for training in the Dark Forest （beyond parental issues） - that would’ve made for a far more engaging story。 Lastly， the kittypet apprentices。。 Melody and Leo， also Tansypaw and。。 Brushpaw （I can’t remember， and I don’t care to）。 Their existence was solely to prove that Firestar was an strange phenomenon in the Warriors world - maybe what had triggered both Tallstar’s and Onewhisker’s fondness of him。 However， any of the later opportunities to express HOW and WHY Firestar and Onewhisker became so close were simply time-skipped over！ It was as if all of the important， new details that could be written in-post of the actual story were left out， for only the scenes that were prewritten to be copy-pasted into the story！ Moreover， this book suffers massively from the most-recent ‘yesman’ issue Warriors as a series has been facing。。 When Onewhisker petitions for the kittypets to have another chance at their trial， the Clan rejects this， until he campaigns for them。 This scolding and closed-off mindset is not one that we know of Tallstar， who has historically been an advocate for kittypets - do you remember Jake？ Yeah！ Well the Erin’s don’t！ Tallstar seems against the kittypets from the getgo， and any semblance of his character is spoiled; as long as he opposes Onewhisker， then Onewhisker can have his development。 But it would’ve been a much more interesting take to see Onewhisker begin as a kittypet hater， scorn the apprentices and later learn his lesson through Firestar’s achievements！ THAT’S how to redeem a previously unredeemable and unlikeable character。 But， throughout this book， Onestar remains easily hated， and the Erin’s continue to spoil this beloved series with the same， overdone tropes and misused plots。 。。。more

Emily ，

I love these books 🥰❤🐾 It was fun to learn more about Onestar's life。 I love these books 🥰❤🐾 It was fun to learn more about Onestar's life。 。。。more

Jay Semeniuk ，

love the warriors books， as always！ ive seen lots of people complaining about the technical errors in this book and i do agree that they take away from the story （Onestar being mistaken for Heathertail， misspellings， etc） but i also understand that its a big team working on it and theyre trying to mean demand。

Hayli ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Hmm… I definitely have a lot of feelings towards this book。 When Onestar was Onewhisker he really wasn’t a favorite character of mine。 He definitely seemed very submissive and quiet， so when Tallstar made him leader it was surprising to me。 This book definitely goes more into detail as to why he acted the way he did once he became leader。 At the beginning of the book with the two kittypets that come to WindClan was supposed to be his reason for not letting Smoke and Darktail join later on， but I Hmm… I definitely have a lot of feelings towards this book。 When Onestar was Onewhisker he really wasn’t a favorite character of mine。 He definitely seemed very submissive and quiet， so when Tallstar made him leader it was surprising to me。 This book definitely goes more into detail as to why he acted the way he did once he became leader。 At the beginning of the book with the two kittypets that come to WindClan was supposed to be his reason for not letting Smoke and Darktail join later on， but I just feel like that really wasn’t a great reason。 I just felt like that whole part could of been left out。 I also felt like we didn’t get more details about Smoke and Onewhisker’s relationship。 He basically was just like “Oh she’s really pretty and she thinks I’m pretty cool” and then next thing you know she has his kit。 One thing that I did enjoy about this book was it showed more about Harespring。 I feel like he was just a random character that the author brought in and made leader and we didn’t really know much about him。 I also liked that it talked about the stouts （which you wouldn’t of known about unless you read Crowfeather’s Trial） and it also talked about the Great Storm （which is in Bramblestar’s Storm）。 The main series doesn’t ever mention these events。And finally， there was a huge inconsistency with when Crowfeather received his warrior name which I thought was really weird and I’m not sure why it was changed。Overall， I gave this book 3 stars as I felt like it covered almost too much of his life so there was a lot of detail left out。 He had been in the series since the beginning and then right up until The Broken Code series （I believe）。 Anyways， I like reading the background of some of these characters so I’m glad that I did read it， I just wish it was either longer or started off once he was a warrior so they could go into more detail。 。。。more

Rachel ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Oh， Onestar。 I wondered about Onestar's story after the AVoS arc， and this book did not disappoint。 I love how it built up the Warriors world and made Onestar a more understandable character; he lived almost his whole life keeping a secret just because he was ashamed and afraid no one would love him anymore if they knew the truth。 Poor guy。 I'm glad StarClan understood that he's not a bad cat。 He made huge mistakes， but he was good， too。 I liked reading from his perspective。 Oh， Onestar。 I wondered about Onestar's story after the AVoS arc， and this book did not disappoint。 I love how it built up the Warriors world and made Onestar a more understandable character; he lived almost his whole life keeping a secret just because he was ashamed and afraid no one would love him anymore if they knew the truth。 Poor guy。 I'm glad StarClan understood that he's not a bad cat。 He made huge mistakes， but he was good， too。 I liked reading from his perspective。 。。。more

Judah ，

This book made me feel very weary of the warrior cats series。 :（

Kassidy ，

I honestly liked the booksthe comic was probably one of the best parts

ladymacb3thh_ ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 It's not often that a children's series constructs such an elaborate world， and uses it to tackle such serious concepts。 And yet Warrior Cats does it， time and time again， and so brilliantly well。 I'm continuously amazed by the immense cast of characters， each so well fleshed out and full of viable flaws。 Onestar， one of the most hated characters in the Warriors universe， is a prime example of this。He started in the series as a fan favourite， forming a strong connection with the original protago It's not often that a children's series constructs such an elaborate world， and uses it to tackle such serious concepts。 And yet Warrior Cats does it， time and time again， and so brilliantly well。 I'm continuously amazed by the immense cast of characters， each so well fleshed out and full of viable flaws。 Onestar， one of the most hated characters in the Warriors universe， is a prime example of this。He started in the series as a fan favourite， forming a strong connection with the original protagonist， Firestar。 I， myself， loved him。 As an 8 year old reading these books for the first time， I couldn’t wrap my head around where it had all gone wrong。 Why had he decided to abandon such an old friend for seemingly no reason， and turn into a cold hearted tyrant？ Why did he keep accusing my beloved ThunderClan of being nosy when they were only ever trying to help？ Why couldn’t he see that？ Why did he have to go and mess everything up？ I began to resent him deeply for it。 Things only went further downhill when his long forgotten half-kittypet lovechild showed up， hellbent （or should I say ‘Place of No Stars bent’？） on destroying the clans。 I HATED Darktail for brutally torturing Needletail and Dawnpelt to death。 I hated him for everything he did。 The Erin’s made one thing clear。 It was all Onestar’s fault。 Even after his ultimate sacrifice， drowning himself in the lake to take his estranged son down with him， he continued to be widely despised。 But can we really write off this cat for a collection of idiotic misjudgements which concentrated to cause his downfall？ Does he deserve his place in StarClan after all that he did？The Mudclaw arc of this book bored me to death， but I understand they couldn't just skip it， given they needed to cover Onestar’s struggle in his rise to leadership。 It did clear up his motives for icing Firestar and all of ThunderClan out， and it made me understand where the behaviour that turned me against him had stemmed from。 It was his stubbornness and unwillingness to look weak that pushed him to continue making the wrong decisions。 I believe he suffered a bit from imposter syndrome， being chosen as leader completely out of the blue just minutes before the death of one of his mentors and father figures。 As he states many times in this book， he never wanted to be leader and felt he wasn’t up to the job。 Most deputies have moons of co-leadership to get used to the idea they may one day have to take their nine lives and lead their clan。 Onewhisker never got this， and this lack of preparation for the role could’ve easily made him feel like he didn’t belong with the other leaders。 His leadership got off to a rocky start， with Mudclaw there to voice the doubts that he himself was having。 That he wasn’t fit to lead a clan， that this had never been his destiny， and WindClan would simply be safer in Mudclaw’s paws。 Everything was a constant battle to prove his own doubts and those of the others around him wrong。 His desperation not to disappoint the great Tallstar was his own undoing。 While unlikeable due to his unwarranted snappiness and hostility towards ThunderClan， he plummeted to all new depths after we all found out about his lovechild with kittypet Smoke， whom he cruelly abandoned while pregnant， leaving her to give birth alone on the moors， and leading the to death of all their kits except one， Darktail。 Or at least， that was how Darktail told it。 In this book， we saw that maybe that wasn’t quite exactly how it had gone down。 Onewhisker had been a young tom cat， already with ties to the Twolegplace through deceased childhood friend Brushpaw， when he met pretty she-cat Smoke。 She hung onto his every word about his adventures as a brave and strong warrior of the moor。 He continued to visit her to fuel his ego， until one day he decided it was time to cut ties with the Twolegplace and take a mate within his own clan instead， Whitetail。 Whitetail was the reason for most of his reluctance towards admitting what had happened with Smoke， and taking responsibility for his son。Once he had very much moved on， it was a nasty shock to find out his old sweetheart was pregnant with his kits。 Knowing that there was no chance Smoke and her prospective kits could join the clan after what had happened with Brushpaw and Tansypaw， Onewhisker sent her away， and on the way back to her house， she went into labour。 Although Darktail portrayed the death of his littermates as all Onestar’s fault， personally， I’m not sure what else he could’ve done about this。 Smoke then approached him again， pleading for him to take her and the surviving kit with him to the clans new territory。 He denied her request， partly for his own selfish reasons of not wanting to jeopardise his relationship with Whitetail， and partly because the clans couldn’t afford to deal with it while they had just been driven from their home of many moons。 However， he ALWAYS intended to come back for Smoke and his son， but the surprise of the leadership he never wanted meant this was impossible。 He genuinly believed that for the time being， they would be safer with the twolegs （people）， and I'd say he was right。 And eventually， he did return， far too late to redeem the situation though。I greatly question the fundamentals of the system that decides who gets to go to StarClan， and who is condemned to rot in The Place of No Stars （Heaven and Hell）。 I still want justice for Juniperclaw。 Sure， he tried to poison the SkyClan fresh kill pile， but he believed it was the only way to save his clan。 And he gave his life to rescue Shadowkit。 He deserves better than being stuck for a literal eternity guarding the tunnel between heaven and hell。 They let ASHFUR into StarClan after he tried to burn his ex’s kits to death out of jealousy！ And I’m OUTRAGED that Leafpool had to go on trial before her acceptance into StarClan。 So what， she ran away with someone from another clan and ended up pregnant？ She was kind and pure of heart and acted selflessly time and time again， who gives a rats crap about the warrior code！ （Also， two of the cats on her jury were Bluestar and Yellowfang， who made the EXACT same mistakes she did！）。 Despite his annoying personality and constant frostiness towards the other clans， which made me hate him， Onestar himself never acted out of pure evil。 He never should’ve been put on trial either。In conclusion， Onestar fell into the trap of running from his mistakes。 As someone who struggles with taking accountability， I found myself relating to this cat instead of hating him。 Yes， he was selfish。 Yes， he was stubborn。 But aren’t we all？ Although boring in places， this book helped me understand Onestar as a whole， and forgive him for everything he did。 It hammered home the importance of perspective in every situation。 He took StarClans will in his paws， accepting the role of leader and constantly acting in what he thought was WindClan’s best interest， we should stop judging him for moments of weakness as a young and egotistical tom。 These books feel like my second home。 I know all the lore to such an extent that the fundamentals of their world feel like the fundamentals of mine And here I am again weeping just at how accomplished these books are。 I bloody love this book series， even at 15， and will forever defend it with my life。 I would reccommend it to literally everyone。 May StarClan light your path。If you know me irl; yes I did write this essay instead of working on my circles theorems report。 So what。 Daniel Moore is just a concept himself。 。。。more

Average Book Reviewer ，

By the time I got halfway done， I was already disappointed with the book。 There was so much that the story lacked in favor of more detail in places where it wasn't necessary。 To keep it organized， I'll discuss each point that disappointed me in this book。First， there was no formal introduction to Smoke - a character who was said and implied to be very important to the book。 It felt like Smoke was thrown in quickly and randomly throughout to keep the promise of her being in the story， but ultim By the time I got halfway done， I was already disappointed with the book。 There was so much that the story lacked in favor of more detail in places where it wasn't necessary。 To keep it organized， I'll discuss each point that disappointed me in this book。First， there was no formal introduction to Smoke - a character who was said and implied to be very important to the book。 It felt like Smoke was thrown in quickly and randomly throughout to keep the promise of her being in the story， but ultimately discarded in favor of other plotlines。 Then， to gather sympathy for our protagonist， she was made to be clingy and spiteful。 There was so much that could have been done with Smoke's character， but alas， that is a story the fans will have to make themselves。I had similar problems with Whitetail。 Again， very little introduction to her except in a few summary paragraphs， and another character tossed into the story for plot reasons but with no real value。 If time had been taken to introduce Whitetail， like going through the time she was being trained which could also have been used to introduce Smoke， would have made the story much， much better。 But no， it's more important to reiterate the Great Journey， settling at the lake， and give just a bit more detail for A Vision of Shadows。Second， Onestar himself was a terrible character throughout。 I think it's safe to assume that one purpose of this Super Edition was to create sympathy for the protagonist and to justify his arrival in StarClan。 If that was intended， then it failed miserably， causing me to go from doubtful about Onestar to simply disliking him。 He acknowledged his love for Smoke and didn't consider the long-term consequences， then took a different mate before working things out with his former mate。 Then he completely ruined the peace between WindClan and ThunderClan because of arrogance and misinterpretation - which， when you think about it， could have endangered WindClan had ThunderClan's leader not been so kind。 If only to punish his poor decisions， Onestar had a better chance with the Dark Forest than StarClan （in my opinion）。And finally， the overall writing of the story wasn't great。 I'm not just talking about the painfully obvious errors here。 The constant groveling for Firestar is bothersome at best， as it has been since the second arc。 Darktail wasn't even a good villain， just a sloppily written bully。 At least in A Vision of Shadows he was presented as relatively clever。In the end， I'm almost certain a group of dedicated Warriors fans could have produced something better。 Actually， the original Erin Hunter team could have produced something better by themselves。 I wasn't pleased with this， and if someone asked me to sign a petition to end Warriors novel production， I would absolutely be signing it。 。。。more

Alex T。 ，

Boring and disappointing。Full review at: https://skybookcorner。blogspot。com/20。。。 Boring and disappointing。Full review at: https://skybookcorner。blogspot。com/20。。。 。。。more

Rachael Witt ，

A book that answered so many questions - and gave insight to a cat I always loved。 Thank you for writing this one！

Summer Larkihn ，

I would’ve given this two stars if It didn’t have sentimental value attached to it。 There were many inconsistencies that were overlooked by the Erin’s and editors that drove me crazy。 A simple reread of the first series would’ve helped them a lot。 And as for Onestar - I went into this book despising him and finished it still disliking him， although I’ll admit， a lot less than before。 This drawn out， overdone superedition would’ve been a four or five star if it were a novella instead。

Reference

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