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Eclipse (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 4)

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Firestar's three grandchildren have learned of the powerful prophecy that foretells their destinies, and the responsibility of deciding the Clans' future weighs heavily on the three apprentices. But each secretly yearns for power: Lionpaw dreams of being undefeatable in battle, while Hollypaw longs to be a great leader and Jaypaw knows only he can see the true past and future for them all. Their strengths are tested when ThunderClan is suddenly attacked—and all four Clans are thrown into a battle unlike any the cats have ever seen.

Then a dark shadow falls across the forest, and a mysterious stranger warns the Clans of more trouble to come. For the first time, it appears that StarClan does not hold the answers the cats need.

All of a sudden, the warrior code is being tested. A crisis of faith threatens to tear the four Clans apart and destroy what the cats have built their lives upon. . . .

DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780060892111
ISBN: 0060892110
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Publisher: HarperCollins
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: 2008-09-02
Studio: HarperCollins


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Warriors: Power of Three #5: Long Shadows
• Warriors: Power of Three #3: Outcast
• Dark River (Warriors: Power of Three, No. 2)
• Warriors: Power of Three #6: Sunrise
• Warriors: Power of Three #1: The Sight


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Total Nonsense (Spoilers ahead)
Comment: For those of us who have read the other two series, this book is as insulting as it is badly written.

For some reason known only to them, the Erin Hunter team embarks in this book on a mission to assassinate the characters of cats we've known since they were kitted in the first series.

As the book opens, Onestar, whom we've known - mostly - as a friend since Firestar and Graystripe brought Windclan home from Twolegplace, attacks the Thunderclan camp in the middle of the night. We don't know why. We never find out why. He just does.

And Riverclan helps. Again, we don't know why. We never find out why. It's all just a set up for an eclipse, which stops the fighting and leads Blackstar to question his faith and which introduces a new character named Sol who briefly takes over Shadowclan.

As if that weren't nonsensical enough, the book climaxes with yet another deus ex machina in the form of a thunderstorm that sets fire to the Thunderclan camp. As Squirrelflight tries to help "her" three kits escape the flames, who should block her way but Ashfur. You remember him. Brindleface's kit, Ferncloud's brother, excellent warrior.... He is trying to murder the kits to punish Squirrelflight for choosing Brambleclaw as her mate. Oh, and by the way, he was the one who set up Firestar to be murdered at the end of the last series.

It doesn't make any sense at all, but the Erins don't stop there. When Squirrelflight spits out that she's not the kits' mother, Ashfur threatens to tell everyone. Instead of telling him that he'd be better off keeping his mouth shut if he doesn't want the Clan to know he has, at last count, tried to murder four Clan members including Firestar, Squirrelflight and the kits panic and worry and completely "forget" Ashfur's own confession.

The book ends with Ashfur's murder. The kits treat Squirrelflight horribly, even though Jayfeather can sense how much she loves them all. In fact, the kits move from being fully fleshed out characters to one-dimensional spiteful power-hungry freaks. They don't care about each other, their "mother," or anything other than that they might not be the cats of the prophecy and, in Hollyleaf's case, might not even be fullblood Thunderclan. That nasty little bit of cryptoracism in Hollyleaf is just unforgivable. And inexplicable, considering the thorough airing the issue already received in the first series.

Customer Rating:
Summary: The title holds the key
Comment: Eclipse starts out on the return journey from the mountains, where Jaypaw has told Lionpaw and Hollypaw about the prophecy. I still find it strange that Stormfur and Brook decide to stay behind-they were treated as dead when they arrived back with the tribe in Warriors: Power of Three #3: Outcast, and doesn't Stormfur want to meet his half-siblings?(Millie gives birth in this book, and it is the first litter Jaypaw delivers). When they return home, things are still tense with Windclan-pretty funny for me, because I started reading the books after this one was published and I can remember clearly how much help Windclan needed in the past, especially since I just reread Fire and Ice (Warriors, Book 2). A mysterious stranger named Sol appears, and predicts that "the sun will die". During a massive battle, the sun dies-the titular eclipse. While eclipses are rare even among Twolegs, I still find how the cats freaked out kind of lame-the sun came back! Also, I assume that this was a solar eclipse, so wouldn't the cats hurt their eyes if they looked directly at it? Due to Sol predicting the eclipse, a Clan leader makes a shocking annoucement that makes me wonder what's going to happen next. This book also wraps up the plotline involving Cinderpaw. There was one mistake in the book that I found that was mentioned by another review-"Tigerstar" is called "Firestar" in one of Lionpaw's dream sequences. All in all,I think it's the best of Power of Three so far, and among the best Warriors books in all. I can't wait until I have Warriors: Power of Three #5: Long Shadows in my hands!

Customer Rating:
Summary: So good in so many ways, and then it falls apart
Comment: I would give most of this book five stars. The authors raise and address extremely sophisticated religious and political concepts from the point of view of cats in a way that doesn't overly anthromorph the cast of felines but has broader application to the world in which we humans live. And they do so in the context of a fantastic action/adventure story.

As is so often the case with these books, the very deftness with which these authors execute that which they do well makes it doubly disappointing when they do something poorly. Eclipse suffers, almost fatally, from stunningly inconsistent characterization.

The book opens with an act that is completely out of character for the clan leader who initiates it. The inconsistency is never explained, leading to the conclusion that the choice was purely plot-driven with no thought given to the fact that it makes no sense for this particular character to do this.

Near the end of the book, secrets are revealed, including one that ties up a loose plot thread from the previous series. However, that particular secret is immediately and completely forgotten: a nasty little contrivance that allows the next stupid plot twist to occur (but only with the help of at least two more personality transplants for cats we have come to know quite well).

As if it were not bad enough that the main characters "forget" a secret that gives them just as much, if not more, power over a cat who knows something about them, a magical cat who can read other cats' feelings begins speculating that cats will do things the readers know would never ever happen.

While it might makes sense for any number of cats to engage in such speculation, this particular cat should know better, and the authors have spent nearly 1500 pages explaining to us exactly how and exactly why he would know better.

And the cat who might engage in such speculation, because she has a gift for working hypotheticals and applying rules to facts, doesn't. Instead, even though she has been shown repeatedly to possess much better than average compassion for others and burgeoning diplomatic skills, she's an unthinking, unfeeling mess.

It's as if the authors have forgotten everything they have told us about these characters.

The action scenes are amazing, and I will love these books forever for the way they keep my son excited about reading, but the authors need to have more respect for their readers' investment in these characters. It's part of what keeps them reading.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Action packed surprise
Comment: This book is the best warriors book in the power of three I have read yet. It is action packed from beginning to end. First it starts with an unusual alliance. And makes its way down to a mysterious cat holding a prophecy and convincing a clan to leave Starclan and the lake. To check out what happens in this book, check out Warriors Power of three The Eclipse. And hope the author keeps dealing out these magnificent tails.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Really good book, recommended!
Comment: I really liked Eclipse because although usually there is some drama that happens in these books like a fire, flood, storm etc, this time it had an eclipse. None of the cats knew what was happening and they thought that Starclan (warrior cats ancestors who have died) was mad at them for fighting with other clans. In the book a strange cat named Sol comes to Thunderclan asking to speak with Firestar. At first I liked Sol and I thought he was going to help Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and Jaypaw (later Hollyleaf, Lionblaze and Jayfeather) understand the prophecy, "Three kin of your kin (Firestar's kin) will hold the powers of stars in their paws." But it turns out that he goes to Shadowclan and makes them stop believing in Starclan! That's when it really got interesting because Erin Hunter usually does not make cats stop believing in Starclan (especially a whole clan!). The only reason I rated this book four stars is because I didn't like Jaypaw one bit! I mean, it's okay to be aggravated because you can't see, but to be grumpy all the time at everything is just plain annoying. The only thing I like about Jaypaw is that he has a special connection with Starclan that allows him to walk in other cats' dreams. Lionpaw (Lionblaze) thinks he is the best fighter (which he is) but Erin Hunter drags it out a little tooooo much, I mean I get the point already! I feel really sorry for Hollypaw/Hollyleaf because she doesn't (as far as I know) have any powers. Even though I love Erin Hunter's books very much I am getting tired of the names that all end in heart, tail, fur, claw, foot etc. I think the names could be more interesting, like ending in night, shade, sparkle, willow etc. I don't know about other people but I read Warriors Super Edition: Firestar's Quest and I would love to see Skyclan again in another book. All in all, Eclipse is a really good book and I would recommend it to anyone who loves cats, but you have to start at the first book (Warriors #1: Into the Wild). --Sincerely, Sydstar

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