These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
YMMV: Silverwing
YMMV tropes for the books include:
Alternate Character Interpretation: Scirocco. Does he genuinly believe that banded bats will turn into humans or is he a Well-Intentioned Extremist trying to protect bats shunned because of their bands with soothing lies? Or he is tricking other bats with his sound tricks for his own ends?
Then there is Cama Zotz. Is he an evil, ambitious god or is he Well-Intentioned Extremist who wants to reunite the living and the dead, and punish those who have wronged his subjects (bats)? Judging by the end of Firewing, it is a combination of both.
Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: In Firewing, this conversation between between Shade and his son, Griffin, just before Griffin returns to the World of the Living, making these the (almost) last words they speak to each other. Qualifies as a Tear Jerker and So Proud of You as well.
Griffin: But I wasn't brave! I'm not like you. I'm a coward.
Shade: No.
Griffin: I was always scared. Always.
Shade: That's right. Being scared but doing it anyway. That's brave.
Not to mention the implication that Goth ate all of the bats in the snowy cabin and wore all of their bands as a sort of hunting trophy in Silverwing.
Goth and the cannibal bats in general are Nightmare Fuel.
One could point out countless examples in Firewing, but in the end, the whole book is pretty much this. It is Hell after all.
Cama Zotz himself is pretty frightening, both before and after we meet him in person.
Tear Jerker: Try reading the end of Firewing without crying. Just try.
Arguably a villainous one in Firewing. Goth trying to pull himself out of the mud so that he can meet his fate with dignity has been known to induce Alas, Poor Villain.
What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: The book might be marketed to middle schoolers, but the series has scenes of cannibalism, ritual sacrifices, and suicide bombers
