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Mattimeo (Redwall #3)

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The third addition to the beloved Redwall series takes place during the summer of the Golden Plain. Preparation for a great feat are underway at Redwall Abbey, and the young mouse Mattimeo is contributing his share of the labors. But Mattimeo is the son of Mathius, the guardian of Redwall Abbey, and it is this fact that makes him the target of a fiendish kidnapping plot co...more

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Published February 1st 1999 by Ace Books (first published 1989)

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Dec 03, 2007 Jee-Uk rated it 4 of 5 stars

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The book that I read was Mattimeo by Brian Jacques. It is the third book in the Redwall series. He published his first book, Redwall, in 1986. Some other famous novels are The Bellmaker, The Legend of Luke, Rakkety Tam, and more. Mattimeo is about a rat, Mattimeo, fighting against other animal armies under Slagar the Cruel with his friends and his dad’s army. The story ends by killing Slagar the Cruel.
The interesting thing that I found in this book is that the aut...more

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Jan 17, 2008 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: People who like original fantasy books

Shelves: swashbuckling

Matthias and his wife, Cornflower, have had a son, Mattimeo, who gets stolen (along with the abbey's young ones) by a fox who blames the abbey for a deformity. Through rescuing the abbey's young, the Redwall warriors rescue other slaves, while the animals at the abbey deal with invading birds.
It's interesting that I have to keep rotating the order that I read these books or I get tired of them. Sometimes I just have to stop reading them for a while, and this is one of the ones I read the most. O...more

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Aug 12, 2007 Caroline rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, read-before-2000, young-adult, favorite-covers

It's been years since I last re-read Mattimeo, but so much of it still sticks with me in my mind. I felt it was much better than it's prequel, Redwall (although I loved that one, too), and remember very vividly some of the scenes where the youngbeasts are chained up and being taken away. The twist with Slagar always made me pretty happy, as beforehand he had gotten pretty bad treatment and part of me wondered if he could have survived.

Reminds me of how nice it is when there's some kind of contin...more

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Jul 03, 2010 Bryan added it · review of another edition

Great novel: "Mattimeo" tells the story of the son of Matthias the Warrior, who happens to be named Mattimeo. The plot is compelling and whimsical, great especially for younger readers, and I enjoyed it even more than "Redwall". There were only a couple of minor things that kept me from giving it the full five stars.

First of all, there are the numerous (that may well be an understatement) descriptions of Slagar's mask. Believe me, if you don't know what material that mask is made of by the end...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Gale rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: animal-heroes-young-adult, medieval-ya

“The Legacy of a Mighty Warrior”

This third literary mouseter-piece by Brian Jacques, an equally worthy addition to the excellent REDWALL series, proves a spell-binding successor, guaranteed to enthrall readers from the start. Having created his own monastic refuge by Mossflower Woods the author has “peopled” his monastery with various, peace-loving animals, dedicated to helping the sick and being respectful of their natural environment. We meet old friends: the Father Abbot, the church chroni...more

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Jun 05, 2011 Carol rated it 5 of 5 stars

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While I may be biased, as I have been a Redwall fan for a long time, I will admit that Mattimeo is likely one of my favorite of the Redwall novels. I think I enjoy it so much because it starts out with such an imperfect and naughty character. Mattimeo is a spoiled little mouse who has been raised like a young god among his fellow Redwallers. He is the son of the good and strong Matthias, the warrior-mouse of the Abbey. Therefore, he was never pressed into chores or any sort of labor. In fact, th...more While I may be biased, as I have been a Redwall fan for a long time, I will admit that Mattimeo is likely one of my favorite of the Redwall novels. I think I enjoy it so much because it starts out with such an imperfect and naughty character. Mattimeo is a spoiled little mouse who has been raised like a young god among his fellow Redwallers. He is the son of the good and strong Matthias, the warrior-mouse of the Abbey. Therefore, he was never pressed into chores or any sort of labor. In fact, the other members of the Abbey would not even punish or correct him without first obtaining the blessing of his parents.

But then everything changes for Mattimeo.

A troupe of performers, comprised of stoats, ferrets, weasels and a master fox show up during the Abbey's summertide feast. They dazzle the creatures with acrobatics, comedy stunts and a magic performance by the ringleader, the fox, named Slagar. The Redwallers are unknowingly dosed with a sleeping draught and go unconscious. When they wake up, all of their children are gone.

Mattimeo as well as his friends, Tim and Tess Churchmouse, Cynthia Bankvole, and Sam Squirrel awaken as slaves to the Fox, Slagar the Cruel. And they begin their march southward across Mossflower to destinations unknown.

The story unfolds with Matthias, Basil Stag Hare, and Jess Squirrel leaving the Abbey in search of the children. The book progresses with two plotlines. The first is the external adventure and traveling of the slavers/slaves and their pursuers. This is told by both the children's point of view, and the adults who are out to rescue them. The second arc is a "Meanwhile, back at Redwall" plotline, which features the attack on the Abbey by General Ironbeak (a raven) and his army of rooks and crows.

Throughout the story, you see young Mattimeo turn into a stronghearted figure, and a source of security, confidence and bravery to his fellow prisoners and friends. Halfway through the book, he stops being afraid. Near the end, he is willing to fight even when the outcome looks bleak.

Matthias' parts are good reassurance that there is hope for the kids. Plus it creates excellent moments of suspense and frustration, because the adults are literally just behind the escaping slavers and prisoners as they trek across Mossflower and into foreign lands. Several times, they can even see one another, but the devious Slagar creates several obstacles and gauntlets for Matthias and his band, stopping their rescue. It made me keep reading and reading. The brilliant ways that the rescuers solved the issues set before them, when they seem so daunting was also amazing. There were also several tertiary characters that I feel the book would have been severely lacking without, who throw in their own paw or claw in aid of saving the children.

To avoid spoilers and not reveal anymore of the storyline, I will end here. But I did love this book. I believe it to be one of the longer books in the Redwall series (I am re-reading these, so if I am incorrect in this point I apologize), and yet, it was so good I could not put it down. I stayed up several hours past my bedtime to devour the plot as fast as I could. Absolutely stunning. Jacques' imagery is always a favorite to me, and he delivers soundly in this book. There is more poetry and riddle in this novel than in Redwall #1, which I read prior. Part of what I love to do with these books, is take the ever-present riddles from the past, and attempt to solve them before the story does for me. The riddle in Mattimeo kept me guessing and I found myself breaking from reading to consider the clues and try to decode it before Matthias and those of Redwall did. I also respected how the enemies did not seem to fall prey to the "Stormtrooper Effect" as some readers had complained of these books in reviews. The "good guys" were not invincible, and did suffer casualties in the story, including some incredibly influential ones that plucked at the heartstrings. In short, I enjoyed the writing style, imagery, character development and story. I will likely re-read it when I go through the series in Chronological order instead of by release dates.(less)

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Aug 15, 2011 Victor rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book out of all the other books from Brian Jacques I've read has been probably the most awesome for me. This is the sequel (not sure how to spell) of Redwall, the original, with young Matthias, so you might be very interested in this one. This book is about 440 pages which, (I think) was the longest book out of them all (for me at least). It's pretty exicting for me because there's like at least 3 adventures going on all at once. And all of them have to use most of their knowledge to get o...more

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Dec 11, 2010 di rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-children-s-lit, contemporary

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. After reading (& loving) Redwall, Mattimeo was something of a disappointment. It was almost a predictable retelling of the first story, with nothing that added to it to make it stand on its own. The pathetically convenient appearances of the owl & Stryk Redkite *just in time* to save the day & their equally convenient disappearances I attribute to the author's sloppiness, in addition to the handling of the shrews & sparrows. It reminds me of when I watched Star Trek growing up. W...more After reading (& loving) Redwall, Mattimeo was something of a disappointment. It was almost a predictable retelling of the first story, with nothing that added to it to make it stand on its own. The pathetically convenient appearances of the owl & Stryk Redkite *just in time* to save the day & their equally convenient disappearances I attribute to the author's sloppiness, in addition to the handling of the shrews & sparrows. It reminds me of when I watched Star Trek growing up. Whenever there was a new character on the bridge you knew there would be an attack, & that character would be killed. That was the purpose for that character--so it was with the nameless shrews & sparrows, who were the only ones to be killed in the battles against the evil hordes. The whole tale was just too far-fetched to be believed, from the grief-stricken parents who swear to find their kidnapped youth, but stop in critical moments to feast & rest up (what parent would stop like that when their kidnapped child was in view & in danger--no matter how hungry or tired they were?), to the battles where thousands of huge, evil, seasoned armies fall beneath the swords of a handful of warriors...& yet nobody (except a few nameless shrews) are killed. Including children, who have never learned warfare...? Sorry, I realize it is a fantasy, but even fantasies must have some sense of believability. I was disappointed with each step in the journey at the easy solutions. This was supposed to be a tough journey--Good grief!

I would have rated this lower, maybe a 2, but I couldn't, given that Jacques really is a great writer. His language & his characters are loveable, even if the story has much to be desired. I wouldn't receommend this book, but I've know many a kid who devours the Redwall books religiously, & for them I wouldn't disrespect this volume. This series is not as bad as, say Goosebumps...the quality of the language is far superior, I just wish Jacques had given more time to the plot. (less)

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Dec 21, 2009 Mary rated it 4 of 5 stars

Unlike the other Redwall books (see my review of Redwall), this book was actually different and therefore interesting. Mattimeo is the stuck-up, spoiled son of Matthias (hero of Redwall), who is captured by the fox Slagar the Cruel. He and his friends are forced on a long journey towards a place whose terribleness is hinted at in the last line of an oft-repeated poem: "Who go there? None but the brave." They traverse seemingly impossible obstacles, all while his father, the famous Warrior, is ho...more

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Feb 18, 2009 Jason_W. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 7th-grade-ir-book-rick

In the book Mattimeo it connects to another of Brian Jacques books where Mattimeo is captured by Slagar the cruel as slaves. Mattimeo and his other young friends from Redwall tries to escape a terrible fate. His father Matthias would go off with his friends to get the young kids of Redwall. Meanwhile bakc at Redwall the remaning citzens have to protect themselves aganist whatever was out there to get them.

I can connect to the world how a parent would do anything to get their child. In the book...more

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Sep 26, 2009 Josiah rated it 4 of 5 stars

I would likely give three and a half stars to Mattimeo, but four is a distinct possibility.
This is, I believe, the most epically powerful adventure that Brian Jacques had to this point created.
I can only shake my head in wondrous awe at the almost ridiculously intricate and ingenious nuances that mark the text of this magnificent story from page one to page four hundred forty-six. There are enough gritty, determined, strong-willed heroes to fill a dozen super-novels, and enough dastardly, col...more

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Mar 04, 2012 Heather McKeon rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a series that's been on my list to read for a while, but I had just never gotten around to it. Then I saw the an audio copy of the first 3 books at the library right before my road trip to visit my sister in Ohio, so I thought now was the time. And I have to admit that I am super glad that I got it on CD instead of just reading it - because it is read be an entire cast and is wonderful! I know I would have liked it regardless, but I really loved it because it is so well done and made my...more

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Jan 18, 2012 Shane Mcgonigal rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a direct sequel to the book 'Redwall' and is a little further down on my favorites list in the series.
I dislike the character Slagar as well as quite a few of his minions.
The Storyline is a little darker than the rest of the books, so it sort of detracts from the feeling that the rest of the books have. This is mainly due to the harshness of the slavers in it as well as the destination that they are headed to. I won't give anything away!
All the same, it was still an enjoyable book and a...more

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Aug 15, 2011 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

not quite as good as the first book, in my opinion. Your favorite characters return for a second adventure. The reason I deduct a star is because the story of the "chase" seems to drag on and the obsticles are rediculously difficult to overcome. A few to many "miracles" for my liking. Also, there is not as great of character development of the bad guy. I missed that back story.

Once again, great good guy development. Food descriptions are mouthwatering. I love the ghost tactics the redwall crew...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Megan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-to-my-son, read-fiction-20th-century, home-library-shelf-amg

I was tempted to give this book only three stars. But, that wouldn't be fair, because I'm 41 years old, and while I often find Jacques' books to be formulaic and predictable, my 8-year-old son (to whom I'm reading these books) alternates between jumping up and down, squealing with delight, biting his nails, or coming close to a heart attack from excitement, in reaction to the various scenes in these books. For that reason, it deserves five stars. At an unillustrated 446 pages, Mattimeo is a lot...more I was tempted to give this book only three stars. But, that wouldn't be fair, because I'm 41 years old, and while I often find Jacques' books to be formulaic and predictable, my 8-year-old son (to whom I'm reading these books) alternates between jumping up and down, squealing with delight, biting his nails, or coming close to a heart attack from excitement, in reaction to the various scenes in these books. For that reason, it deserves five stars. At an unillustrated 446 pages, Mattimeo is a lot to listen to, as are Jacques' other Redwall books, but my son can't get enough of them. He finds these books totally engrossing, and he is, after all, the target audience.

While Jacques certainly follows a formula -- each of the three we've read has, essentially, the same plot -- the characters are lovingly developed, and feel like friends by the end of the book. I also like the themes of feminism and peace that run throughout the books we've read so far. The female characters in the Redwall books are depicted as equal in every way to the male characters. Constance the Badger is one of the most respected inhabitants of Redwall Abbey, and is always the chief strategist and senior in command during battles against invaders, including, in this book, the battle against a band of ravens, crows, and magpies who try to seize control of the abbey around which the dwellers of Mossflower Woods' lives are centered. Likewise, no one questions that Jess Squirrel should join a rescue party to search for kidnapped youngsters, one of whom is her son, because everyone, including her husband, agrees she's one of the best jumpers and climbers, and is the most adept with a slingshot. Her husband stays at home with their other children while Jess Squirrel joins the search party's quest. Gotta love it!

While the books are heavy on battle scenes -- part of what my comics-loving son most enjoys -- at least the battles are acts of defence. The inhabitants of Redwall Abbey are, themselves, committed to peace and healing, and engaging in battles of defence always presents a philosophical conundrum for them. They abhor violence, but must save themselves, all the same. Violence is not glorified, and Jacques is responsible enough to ensure that at least one identifiable and much-loved character dies as the result of battle, conveying to his young readers that war does, indeed, result in the death of friends and loved ones, and is not to be undertaken lightly. In this book, two much-loved characters die, and their deaths are discussed as the sad and inevitable results of war.

Jacques refuses to talk down to his young readers, employing challenging vocabulary and dialogue.

I recommend these books for anyone looking for a progressive fantasy alternative to The Chronicles of Narnia. We're looking forward to enjoying the next (fourth) book in the series, Mariel of Redwall.(less)

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Apr 01, 2010 Conor rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mattimeo
Brian Jacuqes
ACE Books 1989, 1999
448 pages

The third book in the Redwall series (though chronologically, at the time, the second), Mattimeo tells the tale of Matthais', the hero and protagonist on Redwall , son Mattimeo, the rebellious type. Mattimeo picks up where Redwall leaves off. All is at peace. Matthais married Cornflower, the field mouse, and Clooney the Scourge is dead. As Father Abbot said at his last breath at the end of Redwall ..."Redwall is at peace again".

...So y...more Mattimeo
Brian Jacuqes
ACE Books 1989, 1999
448 pages

...So you would think, until a sly fox comes and preforms a show. The animals of Redwall saw nothing wrong with this masked fox, Slagar the Cruel, who is seeking revenge against Matthais' for essentially
"messing up his face". In truth, his mother, Sela, exploited both the creatures of Redwall abbey, and Clooney the Scourge's people. When Clooney finds out about all of this, he orders Sela, and "Chickenhound" to be slain. Sela gets killed, and Chickenhound managed to escape, and is treating at the infamy at Redwall abbey. When he is nursed back to health, he escapes, and kills Methuselah, an old church mouse who Matthais admired. He escaped, but gets his faced torn open by Asmodeus, the snake (who Mathais later kills in Redwall ). It was believed that "Chickenhound" died at that point.

So focused on getting revenge, and not seeing the other side to the story, Chickenhound puts a drug in all the adults drinks and kidnaps all the children of Redwall Abbey to be slaves. He punishes Mattimeo the most, confronting him about the story above later on.

The story revolves around the journey of Matthais, Basil Stag-Hare, a Badger, and a few other fathers on a journey to rescue their son. While this is going on, the woman of Redwall have their own battle (defeating General Ironbeaks Army, who have plans to conquer Redwall).

What attracted me to this story, was the television program based on this story. I remember watching Redwall when I was five or six, and then the transition to this new and exciting next chapter Mattimeo . I got into the books shortly afterwards, but they were too big and advanced for me. Now I'm making the effort to read the 7-8+ books on my book shelf. They are a blast to read if you're the kind of person that likes reading about anthropomorphic animals.(less)

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Aug 28, 2008 Jeremy added it

Brian Jacques' third Redwall book, and I think it was the best. Okay, the series is intended for kids, but Mr. Jacques has amazing talent in the fields of dialogue, character (sometimes not so much) and story. Mathias (hero of the first book Redwall) has a son who is kidnapped along with the rest of the children of Redwall by an awfully familiar face. Mathias, Jess Squirrel and Basil Stag Hare set out to find the children, and save them from enslavement. Since this is Brian Jacques, there have t...more

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May 07, 2012 Joe Granville rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

I read these books way back when, and thought I'd revisit them. I enjoyed it quite a bit. The style is nothing to write home about, but it gets the job done well. The characters were lots of fun, he does a great job differentiating them, which is really good considering the size of his cast. The plot was interesting as well; even though he was weaving 3 main narratives, they were all interesting enough to hold my attention, and he used them to pretty good effect to balance things out and even pr...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Emily Collins rated it 5 of 5 stars

Third or fourth grade; that was when i read this. I'm also not afraid to admit that I may have had a crush on Mattimeo. That's the main explanation I give to why I remember this particular story so much better than I remember all the other older ones.
There's not really much to say, Jacques mastered the art of the children's novel; full of adventure, fights, and a comforting home to return to, his novels let young readers explore new worlds while knowing that safety is not too far behind.

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Feb 20, 2012 Leonardo rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: All high-fantasy fans and intelligent children

Shelves: animals, children, fairies-and-witches, fantasy-and-science-fiction, medieval, novels-and-short-stories, favorites

The original Redwall novel has been one of my favourite books since I read it, but I had not been able to get hold of any of the further adventures of the heroic woodlanders and inhabitants of Redwall Abbey, until I finally came across Mattimeo, last year, in a second hand bookstore, and now it has joined the ranks of my favourite high-fantasy novels. I do find Mattimeo to be a much grimmer (and even gorier) book than Redwall, but I also think that the subject matter of the book (kidnapping and...more

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Apr 16, 2012 Owen rated it 5 of 5 stars

I think this is my favourite book by Brian Jacques. I fell in love with his books when I was 10.
This is a remarkable book, not only because it is full of action and fighting and beautiful descriptions of food.
It was remarkable because the main character was forced to become an adult as he was separated from his parents. And then enslaved by evil rats living in a desert!
Then there was a huge battle at the end.

Oh the deaths are sad too.

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Oct 13, 2011 Kim rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: age-young-adult-juvenile

In book 3, the woodland characters band together to save their beloved children from a band of evil slavers and to save their beloved Redwall Abbey from a heartless, bloodthirsty crow and his minions. A mixture of The Borrowers (without people), Harry Potter (without as much magic), Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (without the science experiments). Big vocabulary, so probably not for kids to read on their own until 4th grade perhaps? A fair amount of blood and death but not in a dark and gory w...more

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Oct 05, 2009 Cormac Lucas rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Feb 17, 2013 Molly rated it 4 of 5 stars

This one feels a bit derivative of some other slave stories in the series (Martin the Warrior, especially), but it's made different with the main character, Mattimeo. Mattimeo is the reason this book stood out to me. He is very different from other warriors, like Mathias and Martin. Honestly, he's pretty spoiled and kind of a snot face, but the journey he takes on through the book is definitely worth the ride.

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Mar 03, 2010 Sharon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-at-heart

The third book in Brian Jacques' charming Redwall series introduces Mattimeo, son of the abbey's warrior mouse Matthias. Mattimeo is a rather rowdy child and often gets himself into scrapes.

We also meet Slagar, a slave-trading fox, whom we met in the pages of previous books (his name in those books was Chickenhunter). Slagar is determined to wreak revenge on Matthias for damaging his face in a previous battle, and so he kidnaps Mattimeo and some of the other Redwall youngsters.

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Nov 12, 2012 Delicious Strawberry rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: brian-jacques

Shortly after reading Redwall and Mossflower, I was eager to start this book. I was not disappointed. Redwall and Mossflower remain two of the best books within the Redwall series, but Mattimeo holds by itself well. The cartoon they did based off this book was also a decent one, though I'd like to see foxes cast as good guys for once. :P A solid read for any Redwall fan.

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Sep 16, 2010 Roxanne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sep 08, 2011 Huisung Park rated it 5 of 5 stars

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May 11, 2009 Janet rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children, fantasy-scifi, animals-fictional

I love these books for their non-sugar coated glimpse of life. Several good creatures are slain in this story, but life goes on. Disappointments occur, and that too is part of life. Sometimes children’s stories try too hard to shield their readers from the real world. Jacques’ books are very special and make great reads for ages well past childhood.

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Jun 23, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is a good adventure story. Unfortunately, amid all the adventure, suspense, super cool ideas and what have you, it is filled with an unacceptable and consistent amount of plot holes and contradictions. Even the premise itself is absurd: for Mattimeo, the son of Redwall's Warrior, to be singled out as Slagar's path to fulfill some general vendetta against Redwall is totally arbitrary. I tried to take that as it was and enjoy the novel despite this obvious half-thought, but the depth of...more

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About Brian Jacques

Brian Jacques (pronounced 'jakes') was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.

Brian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St. John's School, an inner city school featuring a playground on its roof. At the age of ten, his very first day at St. Joh...more Brian Jacques (pronounced 'jakes') was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.

Brian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St. John's School, an inner city school featuring a playground on its roof. At the age of ten, his very first day at St. John's foreshadowed his future career as an author; given an assignment to write a story about animals, he wrote a short story about a bird who cleaned a crocodile's teeth. Brian's teacher could not, and would not believe that a ten year old could write so well. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". He had always loved to write, but it was only then that he realized he had a talent for it.
He wrote Redwall for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, where as a truck driver, he delivered milk. Because of the nature of his first audience, he made his style of writing as descriptive as possible, painting pictures with words so that the schoolchildren could see them in their imaginations. He remained a patron of the school until his death.

Brian lived in Liverpool, where his two grown sons, Marc, a carpenter and bricklayer, and David, a professor of Art and a muralist, still reside. David Jacques' work can be seen in Children's hospitals, soccer stadiums, and trade union offices as far away as Germany, Mexico, and Chile (not to mention Brian's photo featured in most of his books).

Brian also ran a weekly radio show on BBC Radio Merseyside, until October 2006, where he shared his comedy and wit, and played his favourites from the world of opera - he was a veritable expert on The Three Tenors.

When he was wasn't writing, Brian enjoyed walking his dog 'Teddy', a white West Highland Terrier, and completing crossword puzzles. When he found time he read the works of Mario Puzo, Damon Runyon, Richard Condon, Larry McMurty, and P.G. Wodehouse. He was also known to cook an impressive version of his favourite dish, spaghetti and meatballs.

Sadly, Brian passed away on the 5th February 2011. (less)

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Mattimeo (Redwall #3)

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