Guardians of Ga'Hoole/YMMV


 * Complete Monster: . Let's see, he tried to.
 * Fanon Discontinuity: Many fans think that everything after "The Burning"--when Nyroc came on the scene--is inferior to the first few books.
 * Magnificent Bastard: Nyra.
 * Mary Sue: Nyroc is technically a canon Purity Sue (Or Marty Stu in this case). He was raised to be evil but a single owl turned him good. He's in some way, a legendary hero. His flaws tend to be small or annoying, like most Sues of his nature.
 * Nightmare Fuel: The reason why owlets captured by St. Aggie's never grow proper wing feathers. . To say nothing of all the Mind Control used by them and the Pure Ones.
 * Some of the Family-Unfriendly Violence, which is often described in rather graphic detail. Particularly . If there is ever a sequel to The Movie, the developers will be hard-pressed to keep it PG.
 * Painful Rhyme: The songs and poems can sometimes have these. Doesn't help that they tend to suddenly switch the rhythm and meter mid-song.
 * What Do You Mean It's for Kids?: There are some extremely gory injuries described in the series. To elaborate: The very first book contains attempted fratricide, brainwashing, child enslavement, some fairly graphic violence, and cannibalism.