I remember reading the expanded version of this in the super edition Yellowfang's Secret . It feels strange reading it like this. I knew the story. I knew what was going to happen, and how it was going to end, but something felt…off. I found it hard to believe Yellowfang and sympathise with her. I think part of the reason so many warriors books work so well and can have such a powerful impact is because they're told in the third person. First-person can be very powerful too, of course. Just hear me out. When you're reading a book in the third person, even if you're following a character around, and seeing things from their viewpoint, you're still thinking for yourself. The third person makes you an invisible observer. It feels like you're seeing things with your own eyes and making your own judgements. In first-person, the character tells you what they are seeing, instead you seeing it for yourself. They are telling you how they interpreted the events. You hear...
Thoughts and essays on the Warriors books by Erin Hunter