Take Matka Alkaa (Etsijät #1) Narrated By Erin Hunter Expressed As E-Text
few years ago I was obsessed with this book, it was one of my favourite books ever.
So when my TBR jar challenge was to 'reread a childhood favourite' I decided that I definitely wanted to reread this one.
This time round, I didn't enjoy it that much the whole book was kind of samey, with bear cubs wandering around by themselves getting into various lethal situations.
The storyline didn't really captivate me at all, However I did enjoy the first few chapters where we got to see the lives of the three bears and what led them to be by themselves.
If I was to rate this book entirely based on this time reading it, I would probably give it.
orstars, however I can't just dismiss how much I loved it when I was younger.
For a child I think it is a great book, full of likeable characters and adventure and mystery, but for an older reader I think it is a little tedious, so I've given it an overall rating ofstars.
Ehehehehe SO ridiculous. Very cleansing after a bunch of nonfiction books
Erin Hunter has done it again, only this time the emotions are REAL.
I can't begin to express how emotional this book was and how many times I have cried.
This is only book one in the series and I'm dying to see what the rest of the series has in store.
I have to say that compared to Erin Hunter's other series Warriors: The Prophecy, book on of the Seekers: The Quest Begins escalates rapidly causing the reader to rapidly read through to the end.
You'll find yourself on an emotional rollercoaster ride while reading this book, This insanely powerful book is well deserved fivestar rating for the emotional pulling it has on the heart and for the great length in details that paint the emotions and image in your head.
Pick up a copy as soon as you get the chance, I was fortunate enough to receive this as a present from my husband and it has become one of my top favorite books thus far.
Synopsis: Three young bears from different speciesblack, polar, and grizzlyare separated from their families when they are just young cubs.
They find themselves brought together on a perilous journey, Fate is about to change all these bears lives forever, setting their paws on a path toward a future they cannot yet imagine.
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: Having just learned that Erin Hunter is actually a pen name for three seperate writers makes me less jealous of the fact that they were able to not only write this fantastic story but also managed to find time to crank out the equally awesome "Warrior" series without essentially breaking a sweat.
So, now that I know, it's not as envy inspiring, . . but, only ,igtbearly. Straight off of the top, this book is very touching and it made me teary in a few placesso little ones and sensitive readers should know to be prepared.
Natural selection and tragedy are realistically, unapologetically interwoven in this remarkable story, This tale follows three bear cubs Kallik, Toklo and Lusagreat names! through their separate journeys as they each struggle with illness, abandonment, death and captivity.
It is their individual mythical belief in the protective, gallatic, earth, water and wind bear spirits which provides strength to continue on in the face of natural heartbreaking tragedy.
The balance of characterization, natural bear behavior and environmental concerns makes this a really fantastic adventure story.
As mentioned, more sensitive readers will need to steel themselves against the realistic portrayal of life in the wild.
Critical s: The reviews I found agreed, "Told with an interesting balance of cute anthropomorphic characterization and realistic attention to bear behaviors and the brutalities of life in the wild.
" ALA Booklist. "Hunter creates a richly sensuous world filled with cruelty, beauty, tenderness, savagery and just enough underlying legendary background to add mystery.
" Kirkus s
Well I liked it, but I didn't love it like I do Warriors.
It probably wasn't even as good for me as Survivors, Basically it took far too long to develop any action, although the characters were cute and distinct.
I bought this as a daily deal on Kindle at some point, and actually read snippets
over the course of two weeks while waiting for the bus.
I finally made a solid dent in at the doctor's office today, because they were running an hour behind.
Maybe the choppy reading I did corrupted my view, but I don't think so, I have to know more about what motivates this series before making a commitment,
Warriors/Survivors fans would probably still enjoy this set, even if it's not the books they've come to love.
Four for now. So Thought I'd try out the other Erin Hunter series, 'Seekers', Obviously it's about bears instead of cats like I'm used to reading about in 'Warriors, '
Characters/I thought that the characters were good, and there was a good variety of different personalities incorporated into them which made them each more interesting and unique to read about.
My favourite would probably be Lusa she seems to have this sort of humour about her, yet it's ironic considering the situations.
I really enjoyed how this was portrayed, However, I still need to develop more with the characters, which I'm sure I will as the series progresses.
In this first book we find out the basics about each one, but now it's all been set up, I expect the characters will grow on me in books two and beyond.
Plot/A slower plot than what I'm used to from Erin Hunter, so I suppose this seemed strange at first, and by the end of the book only the very basics had been setup.
Though I think because there were a lot of themes in here, the pacing gave for more thinking time rather than simply dashing through the pages.
But I still feel like more could have happened and, for me, it lacked a little bit of intensity and the action that I like to see from any book that I read.
Writing/As I've said, it progressed in a much slower style, and I didn't feel as much intensity from it.
There were definitely elements of sadness though, and that was brought across brilliantly, and a lot of the descriptions are always fun to read just the right amount not too much that it's overpowering, but not too little that you need to know more.
The perspectives were interesting too and showed contrasts between each bear, but this had some negatives in the sense that you were sometimes waiting three chapters to actually find out what happened from the cliffhanger a few chapters before.
This probably caused the slower pace, and whilst I felt like reading on to find out, maybe it was a little too long to wait and caused any intensity to come and then go soon after.
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Enjoyment/It was an enjoyable read, but I definitely prefer Warriors, I'm not sure, I just think everything works a lot better in those books, But it's still a great, easy read, and it incorporates some great themes and personalities within the characters.
Needed further development and more action at times, but I'm confident that, because it's a series, that'll all come in future books.
Overall/A solid rating, obviously not outstanding, but still really good, I'd definitely recommend this to anyone interested animals or someone who's looking for a nice, easy read that explores a lot of environmental issues.
And if you read it, I hope you enjoy as much, or if not more, than I did! : I read one of the Warriors sub series and I loved it! I love the writing and the characters.
I asked my mom to buy me this book because I really enjoyed Warriors: A Vision of Shadows.
I have to say I was disappointing, It is not as action packed as it's feline companion, I found myself disliking the characters and the plot, and being bored, The way Toklo thinks of his family is just horrible, And there was too much death for me, I have the second book, and plan to read eventually, but I will probably not continue on in the series.
Kallik is a polar bear, Toklo is a young Grizzly and Lusa is a black bear, There is a lot of folklore of the and where the spirits of the dead go woven into the story.
I found this to be a sad and depressing story, While it was interesting to view the world from the perspective of three different types of bears, experiencing so much death and abandonment made me wonder what the point was.
I realize death is part of nature and animals dying is normal, but to have so many bears die in the first few chapters I found depressing.
A promising start to what I hope turns out to be a good series, The premise is interesting, and we still don't know exactly what these bears are going to get up to in the end.
Yay mystery. :D
I don't think I like this as much as I do Warriors, but I might later.
The ending got a bit confusing because all three bears' stories rose to different climaxes, so it felt a bit hectic and somewhat weak.
The story was good otherwise, though, I love how all three bears have different names for things, especially the North Star,
My favorite character was Toklo, He has the strongest personality of the three Kallik and Lusa seem pretty weak, but I'm hoping they'll get more development later.
Ujurak sounds like a very interesting character, and I'm looking forward to learning more about him.
Not HALF as good as it's feline cousin, Warriors which I am a fan of to the death.
Story doesn't grip me. Characters are not as well crafted, and I can't say anything about Kallik's personality, whereas with Squirrelflight I can say: Strong and hotheaded, will not let anything stand in her way.
More for a young reader,but the whole series is about nature and the struggles of animals living around us from their perspective and I enjoyed it This is the first in the Seekers, a series aboutbear cubs Kallik a polar bear, Lusa a black bear and Toklo a grizzly bear who each must survive on their own.
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The story ends on what I felt was a cliffhanger, so in some ways the entire story felt like it was simply setting the stage for book, sitelinkGreat Bear Lake.
If you're like me and like bears, this might be the book or series for you.
Those who enjoy the nature aspect of survival stories will also want to give this one a try.
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