must read booksi can not get enough of these books. ment to be for children but i find them just as magical as lord of the rings hope they go on and 0n.
The Best Redwall Yet !!!!!I have been a massive fan of Brian Jacques for as long as I can remember. It didn't take me long to realise that he was extremely formulaic. He is a superb storyteller, a master of his craft. Each and evey character is rendered in technicolour. Few have influenced childeren's litreature quite like this. The plot is the same basic plot of all Redwall books, Big Evil guy masses army and takes castle, abbey or mountain (old hero of abbey, castle or mountain dies spectacularly,)Good Guy wanders around, picking up friends and learns of Big Evil Guy (or senses him, etc.) Gets allies (ussually having to fight one along the way) and Good Guy and Bad Guy have big fight at the end.
But, to be honest, I don't really care. Jacques brilliant, often moving writing gets us to emote with the character. His knowledge of the animals who populate his imaginary Kingdom allows us indepth insights into the racial traits of a certain species, and simple though these ambitions and species may be, it's still great. The climax is suitably gory, without going over the top and to be honest offers a more satisfying read than almost any other book in the childerens market, and at 15, Jacques can still draw me back and even entice me to buy a new book of his. In the days of overwhelming hype for any book Rowling touches, it's good to know that their are other authors just as talented and to be hones, just as good.
In the words of Gonff the Thief,
"Come on, matey, it's great,"
A great novel but lacking of something.
Having just finished "Lord Brocktree", I think that is not quite up-to-par with a lot of the others in the series. It seems to be a rip-off of others in the series such as "Redwall", and "Martin the Warrior" in the way that their is a Bad guy who comes and kidnaps someone or tries to take over some place, and the hero has to came and save the day by using riddles, poems, etc... Aside from those things, I think "Lord Brocktree" is still a great novel that deserves 4 stars. It is an adventure of comradship, action, and much much more. So I hope you all have as much fun reading this as I did!
Kyle.
great from start to finish!
this book showed brian jacques brillance again. it could be the best in the series, it is a great tale of faith and destiny of Lord Brocktree of Brockhall .
Perhaps the best of the series
Perhaps I preferred this book to the other Redwall ones because of the novelty value, but I thought it was more well written than some and I found it was more of an enjoyable read.
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