Jacques at his bestWell, to sum up this book in 1,000 words is a daunting task, but I shall try my hardest to convey my emotions about what is arguably the best book in the redwall saga. This is essentially a tale on two fronts, one of revenge and one of destiny. The revenge comes in the form of teh young shrew Dippler who whilst on guard falls asleep and the log boats are lost. He is subsequently bullied by the harsh Fenno who has lofty aspirations to be the new log a log. The one of destiny becomes intertwined with the tale of Dippler when the great Redwall tapestry is stolen and Log a log slain by Fenno. So Dippler accompanied by his new friends Songbreeze and Dannflor (Who is setting out to prove himself to be a warrior worthy of his fathers respect) they set off in search of the tapestry stolen by the Marlfoxs'. Through a series of trials the three friends struggle on towards their final reckoning with the dominant male Marlfox, Mokkan whilst at the same time at Redwall abbey is under attack from the remaining four Marlfox's. So we reach a crossroads where not wanting to spoil the story for you I will cease my narritive, Song, Dann and Dippler are out to seek their own private quests whilst still united by their goal to retrieve the tapestry. At Redwall, the harsh warrior Rusvul Reguba, the compassionate warrior Jangular Swifteye, and the perilous Hare Florrian Dugglewolf Wilffachop all battle to save the abbey from the massing vermin.
An excellent book, my favourite of the series and well worth its five starts in my opinion. the three friends are perfectly created for us to see their young boundless energy. The old season warriors Jangular and Rusvul are apparent to us as concerned parents as well as strong warriors. But the entire book is given a life by the two comedy acts, the irrepressible Florian who is arguably the best hare since Pikkle Ffolger way back in Salamandastron, and the little baby Dwopple is as cute as he is develishly fiendish. An excellently entertaining ride, and the ending is not to be missed.
Beautifully written, but heavily cliched
I'm a big Redwall fan, and love the whole series very much. But this book was too much like all the other Redwall books, maybe worse. It lacked the excitement and adventure of 'the Long Patrol', it lacked the awesome villains of 'Redwall' and 'Salamandastron', it lacked the emotions of 'The Pearls of Lutra'. Overall, it was a disappointment. The characters are bland, the plot is sometimes a bit farfetched and the humour runs pretty low sometimes. But that's not saying that this book's a total piece of trash: the scenery is described in amazing detail, especially the storm at the beginning and the waterfall. A performance group from Noonvale, reminescent of 'Martin the Warrior' come to Redwall and add charm to the whole situation. And at last we have some goons who only obey their masters wishes and are actually not at all that bad.
On the whole, this is not the best Redwall book to read, but read it anyway - the Redwall magic still runs strong.
Overuns all other books by miles
It is hard to review a Redwall book if you ever buy one you will now what i mean. The story behind the book is: a tipe of fox has war with Redwall abbey while the heroes go questing to return the heart of the abbey(a tapestry with Martin the Warrior the hero of Redwall on it). The heroes Dann, Song and Dippler muster a huge army against the tirant of the lake Queen Silth the biggest, oldest and meanest of the Marlfoxes or Marmfloxes as dibbuns call them.
A book with lots of mysterious happenings
This book is about a animals called Marlfoxes and they serve under their Queen who goes by the name of 'High Queen Silth' and she is the ruler of castle Marl. Castle Marl is in a hidden lake way down south and when one of her Marlfoxes goes to Redwall Abbey to steal something precious, only one person can stop them, his name is Dannflor Reguba!
Overall this book deserves the five stars I have given it.
I found this to be a truly gripping tale of Redwall. I loved the way this book was expressed so articulately. I loved how the author gave you a villian that you could truly hate. I also liked the fact that there was a whole history to the Marlfoxes and water rats. Overall I found this book excellently written and hard to put down.
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