Elisha Lucero

science fiction thriller with a tinge of philosophical ideation on what it means to be you in regards to the infinite number of decisions you could have made, but chose not to. 

This book is about a young house cat named Firepaw. Firepaw keeps having dreams of him living outside his house, and hunting in the wild. Eventually he wanders out of his backyard only to find out his whole comfortable life as a house cat has disappeared.

Warriors Book 1 Into The Wild is very exciting to read. It's mixture of suspense, comedy, romance and even religious qualities make for a diverse selection of writing. The main characters being cats actually comes natural to think about; though you may never look at your own cat the same again. The only thing keeping this book further back is the diction level, possibly preventing young adult readers from really enjoying the book when it could appeal to a broader range without removing from the young children reader base.

While not my personal favorite in the series, BOSAS might be Collins' most refined work. Snow's arc is paced deliberately, and the writing leans more on internal logic and character tension than pure plot. His selfishness is consistent in a way that makes the slow unraveling feel earned.

The contrasts and symbolistic through-lines are what make it work. Dr. Gaul, Sejanus, and Lucy Gray each offer a different way of navigating power.  Each forces Snow to make a choice and he always picks himself. His parents and the symbols he maintains of them help paint his descent into the person he becomes. 

Less action-heavy than the trilogy, but more layered. Stronger character writing and tighter structure. 

The House of the Scorpion is a very interesting and exciting book. It contained a nice ammount of elements you'd expect from a Sci-fi novel, but subsidized by the cultish era of the book. I enjoyed the character progression of the main character , Matt, in the book (especially how the author throws you off with the naming convention of the chapters). I did however become disappointed by the ,what seemed to be rushed, ending. It's just my personal taste, but I enjoy endings that provide a definite, focal conclusion or that at least leave you with information to inference upon. Unfortunately this book didn't cover all the basis for the ending, and almost seemed like she got mental block towards the end of what could've been another conflict for a sequel. For that i'm only giving this 3 stars. But I did thoroughly enjoy the plot throughout the novel.

Pretty bad and shallow book, particularly because it attempts to locate structural racism in the attitudes of individual white people rather than through the biases and function of institutions as a whole. And I don't think it even needs to be said that this is written for white people to justify ignoring the decades of critical work and perspective that Black authors have given to this field.