Elizabeth's review
Redwall (Redwall, Book 1)
by Brian Jacques
Elizabeth's review
Redwall (Redwall, Book 1) by Brian Jacques
Elizabeth's review
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recommended for: kids, people who love a good old pure-hearted adventure
Redwall is a pet favorite to me, and yet I can't ignore the increasingly one-dimensional nature of the rest of the series that really sours the first installment of this very popular saga. Jaques is a master of painting literary pictures, and an entertaining storyteller as well, but I am a very harsh critic of his stereotypical characters. After about three books, you realize that you're reading the stories of the same characters over and over again. The moles are always down-to-earth, silly, with incomprehensible linguistics, the otters are always jovial, well-seasoned warriors who drop there "ing's" all over the place and the vermin are always always always power-hungry, vile, and inevitably doomed to failure. Still, my personal rant aside, I truly did enjoy the charm of this series while it lasted. An author who can engage his audience through 400+ page books and a series that is now exceeding its twenties is gifted indeed.
