Book 15, the shark book! I have a distinct memory of bringing this book on a family vacation to Hawaii when I was 10 years old and reading it on the beach and feeling like the coolest girl in the world. I may have been, too.
Jake
Parrot: 1
Seagull: 3
Dolphin: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Tiger: 1
Rachel
Parrot: 1
Seagull: 3
Dolphin: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Grizzly bear: 1
Tobias
Human: 2
Dolphin: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Cassie
Parrot: 1
Seagull: 3
Dolphin: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Wolf: 1
Marco
Parrot: 1
Seagull: 3
Dolphin: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Osprey: 1
Gorilla: 1
Ax
Human: 1
Seagull: 3
Tiger shark: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Northern harrier: 1
Visser Three
“A giant snake from planet Whatever”: 1
Total tally from all the books so far below the cut:
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Total tally so far:
Jake
Golden retriever (Homer): 3
Green anole: 1
Tiger: 15
Peregrine falcon: 13
Flea: 1
Wolf: 5
Trout: 2
Dolphin: 7
Seagull: 6
Lobster: 1
Ant: 3
Cockroach: 5
Fly: 4
Termite
Great horned owl: 3
Skunk: 1
Bat: 1
Spider monkey: 2
Jaguar: 1
Horse: 1
Parrot: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Rachel
African elephant: 10
Bald eagle: 17
Shrew: 1
Cat (Fluffer McKitty): 2
Wolf: 5
Trout: 2
Dolphin: 6
Seagull: 6
Ant: 3
Cockroach: 5
Fly: 3
Great horned owl: 6
Grizzly bear: 13
Rat (Courtney): 1
Termite: 1
Skunk: 1
Bat: 1
Spider monkey: 1
Jaguar: 1
Crocodile: 3
Hork-Bajir (Jara Hamee): 2
Horse: 1
Parrot: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Tobias
Cat (Dude): 2
Red-tailed hawk: 3
Raccoon: 1
Hork-Bajir (Ket Halpak): 1
Human (Tobias): 4
Horse: 1
Dolphin: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Cassie
Horse: 4
Osprey: 13
Wolf: 12
Trout: 2
Squirrel: 3
Dolphin: 8
Seagull: 7
Ant: 2
Cockroach: 6
Fly: 3
Great horned owl: 8
Flea: 1
Humpback whale: 1
Rat (Courtney): 1
Termite: 1
Skunk: 3
Wolf spider: 1
Bat: 1
Spider monkey: 1
Jaguar: 1
Human (Rachel): 1
Horse (Minneapolis Max): 2
Parrot: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Marco
Gorilla (Big Jim): 13
Osprey: 14
Wolf: 8
Trout: 2
Dolphin: 8
Seagull: 6
Lobster: 1
Ant: 2
Cockroach: 4
Fly: 3
Mouse: 1
Termite: 1
Great horned owl: 4
Skunk: 1
Irish setter: 1
Wolf spider: 2
Bat: 1
Spider monkey: 1
Jaguar: 1
Llama: 1
Horse: 1
Parrot: 1
Hammerhead shark: 2
Ax
Tiger shark: 4
Human: 25
Lobster: 1
Ant: 2
Northern harrier: 9
Cockroach: 3
Fly: 3
Human (Jake): 2
Mouse: 1
Flea: 1
Rattlesnake: 2
Termite: 1
Great horned owl: 3
Skunk: 1
Wolf spider: 2
Bat: 1
Spider monkey: 1
Jaguar: 1
Horse: 1
Seagull: 3
Hammerhead shark: 2
Unidentified animorph
Great horned owl: 3
Visser Three
Antarean Bogg: 1
A creature acquired on the fourth moon of the second planet of a dying star: 1
Vanarx (aka yeerkbane): 1
A beast that seemed to be made of living rock: 1
Mardrut: 1
Human: 4
Snake (anaconda?): 1
Lerdethak: 1
Lebtin javelin fish: 1
“A giant snake from planet Whatever”: 1
Alloran
Taxxon: 1
Hork-Bajir: 1
Arbron
Taxxon: 1
Elfangor
Taxxon: 2
Jabala: 1
Kaffit bird: 2
Human: 1
Bonus
Ax talks about a time he wasn’t paying attention in school: 5
Along the wall, the City Watch looked at each other and murmured. A few [Guards] tugged their helmets low and groaned. They were, by and large, not largely superstitious. But Erin wasn’t folklore, she was a phenomenon observed and tested on the sliding scale of calamity.
Chat.. I actually like Luna and The Flames of Hope.. I know it isn’t the best, but Luna’s disassociation mentions genuinely meant the world to me. I love just reading those few lines, and that makes me feel so happy that I can relate to a character is such a way.
Not sure if dislike is the right word, but im not the biggest fan of book 15, big surprise, i know, but like... For a book tittled 'the flames of hope' i was expecting some action
When i finally managed to get my hands on book 15 and began reading i was legit yelling at the page for Luna to shoot the Silkwing being controled by Wasp, it was a sleeping dart, the Silkwing would have been fine, if she shot them, there was no way of the Hivewings finding the others that were invisible. Im sure it would take a while for another Silkwing to come over and try to detect them so they could have just flown away
And then we get to where the Breath of Evil was, i was expecting for Luna to use her silk and burn the plant entirely, since, yknow, whats gonna control her? The ashes? But nope, she was stuck on a mind room with a child and two zombies for... What 10+ chapters?
Oh and also Wasp is just one tapped by rainwing venom, which... Cmon just give Luna the kill
Okay not transformers content omg oh no. Anyway finished Flames of Hope yesterday and Freedoms whole story made me so incredibly upset I feel so bad for her, kinda wish it was possible for her to stick around :(((
Hi there. I normally do not post things like this online, much less on tumblr, but I’m here to discuss the sensitive and/or trigger topics of the Wings of Fire book 15, the Flames of Hope.
If you are under 15 or mentally unwell, do not read this book.
Do not harass or threat Tui T. Sutherland, the author of the series, for the content made in book 15. While I do not stand by what she’s written, harassment of any kind is intolerable.
Again I must stress that the warnings for the book are real. Reblog this post once you’ve read it so the information goes around.
Credit goes out to @justspillingcoldtea for finding them on their reading of the book. I’m aware that they’re stressed out from what they found, so I’ll be going over what they posted on their DA Journal right here.
Book 15 contains:
Many graphic and disturbing scenes.
Morally questionable actions and responses.
Topics that the author didn’t research well or didn’t consider to be implications of sensitive topics.
A list of the triggers/disturbing content Tea and people in the Pyrrhia Pantala AU server discovered:
Graphic depictions of experimentation on animals, dragons, and humans. It also includes graphic abuse and dehumanization of infant dragonets, one of which becomes one of the book's main antagonists.
Due to poor wording, there are implications of eugenics / selective breeding done by humans to dragons. While this is accidental (but still should've been caught), no proper respect is given to the topic or the real-life suffering that it creates.
The main villain is a human man, coded Native American/Mayan, with feathers in his hair, dressed in fine gold, declaring himself the world's emperor. Other depictions of villainous humans are similarly coded diverse and have poorly described skin colors. For example, the book describes a group of antagonist humans wearing brown leather coats with "seal-brown" skin.
The only nonbinary character of the series is human and, as such, cannot speak to the dragons. The book introduces them exceptionally poorly, and their portrayal verges towards crossing over into enbyphobic territory. They're only allowed to talk through Wren, who doesn’t translated their exact words, and who has a limited personality/role. The book comedically mistranslates them whenever they speak for themself, as they're still picking up Draconic.
The largest warning at the end of the book is when the infant turned antagonist mentioned in the first point, who was a victim of the other antagonist's horrific experiments, commits assisted suicide with the protagonists' help. This situation is vividly described and treated as heroic and her redemption in death. It is how the Breath of Evil is defeated and saves the world.
