Stephen's review
Marlfox: A Tale from Redwall (#11 (Firebird Paperback))
by Brian Jacques
Stephen's review
Marlfox: A Tale from Redwall (#11 (Firebird Paperback)) by Brian Jacques
Stephen's review
rating:
recommended for: nature readers
I've only read two Brian Jacques books so far and this one was the lesser of the two. I didn't like how the author built up the foxes to be like these mystical and accomplished ninja foxes who could disappear and reappear at will, and then they were so easily killed off in the end. Anyone who read the book will remember. Did the Marlfoxes kill any of the important good characters? When they weren't killing each other, they were getting their mystical heads chopped off.
If you are going to imply the competency in the skills and intelligence of your villains, you have to follow up on that implication by displaying their prowess. Anyway that was my biggest problem with the book. I did like the character of Song and the little mole too. I was cheering them on. Turns out I didn't need to. The incompetence of the Marlfoxes proved to be their own undoing.
If you are going to imply the competency in the skills and intelligence of your villains, you have to follow up on that implication by displaying their prowess. Anyway that was my biggest problem with the book. I did like the character of Song and the little mole too. I was cheering them on. Turns out I didn't need to. The incompetence of the Marlfoxes proved to be their own undoing.
