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Summary: Taggerung
Review: I think the book Taggerung is a book full of adventure. You can really feel how much adventure it has. It has about three stories in one book that later come together. I like the second story best because it tells how Tagg is looking for were he belongs. I like how Nimble lies about himself to sound tough. I recommend this book to anyone who love adventure.
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Summary: Exciting!
Review: This book is really nice! I totally love it. This book is full of adventure, and lots of humor. Its mostly based on an otter who was found by a pack of vermin, and because their seer said he was a Taggerung, they declared him so and nicknamed him Tagg.Tagg grows and notices that he doesn't like killing at all, which is what the vermin do all the time! What's poor Tagg to do?
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Summary: Where has the Redwall magic gone?
Review: Let me start by saying that I used to be one of the biggest Redwall fans around. I own every book and I had read 11 of the 14 more than three times each. I could tell you the basic plot and all the main characters of every book and tell you exactly what Redwall Abbey and Salamandastron looked like.
When I picked up this book, I had very high hopes. I had just finished Lord Brocktree, which is one of the more unexciting books in the series, and I thought that Jacques would really have to make his next story good to make up for it. When I saw the main character was going to be an otter raised by vermin to be a trained killer, I was ecstatic. I thought that this could be a book that really addressed some mature themes, like nature vs. nurture, and the beginning seemed to fulfill my hopes. However it turned out to be quite a disappointment.
My first complaint was that Taggerung did not turn out to be an interesting protaganist who had to wrestle with his conscience. He was exactly the same as every single other Redwall hero from Matthias to Arven. The fact that he was raised by vermin didn't affect the plot at all. He could have been raised in Redwall and the result wouldn't have been any different. My second complaint was equally irritating. Who in the heck was the main bad guy?! When Sawney Rath starts actually acting like a villain, he dies. Then Vallug Bowbeast and his weasel companion fill the vacant slot of main bad guys, and I have to admit, I loved them. They were profoundly evil creatures with a motive. But then they die! The next villain is some random fox who hadn't been mentioned before at all and he's incredibly boring! I remember the good old days of Cluny the Scourge, Swart Sixclaw and Gabool the Wild. It makes a pretty boring book if you can't even name the main bad guy. My final complaint was the climax. Isn't there supposed to be some epic battle between the forces of good and evil? Aren't the hero and the villain supposed to fight to the death with desperate ferocity? Then will someone please explain what Jacques was thinking when he wrote the ending to this book. It remains the most anti-climatic endings in the history of literature.
What happened to the excitement and adventure of Matthias overcoming all odds and rescuing his children from slavery? The sadness we felt when Rose of Noonvale died? The times we cheered when Cluny was crushed under the bell or when Rockjaw Grang died laughing, taking as many vermin with him as he could? Why has Redwall declined so much? I haven't read the new book Triss yet, but I sure hope that it's better than Taggerung.
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Summary: Astonishing 14th novel in the epic series of "Redwall"
Review: Editorial Review
This captivating book clutches you and pulls you into a world of fantasy and war. The book begins slow and not interesting but as you read this epic novel a few more pages it becomes an addiction for anyone who loves adventure. This thrilling novel begins with a prophecy of a famed warrior the Taggerung supposedly the best thief assassin warrior and tracker alive. A baby otter is to be the Taggerung. However the Taggerung is living at Redwall abbey. Sawney Rath the leader of the Juskazann clan has a seer who predicts the birth of the Taggerung. His horde goes to fetch him. They capture Deyna the Taggerung and Sawney raises him as a sun treated and trained in all arts of war better and more efficiently than anyone else until he is 15 seasons old when he rebels against Sawney and follows his heart to Redwall.
This book goes into extreme detail and has such a powerful suspense I would recommend this book for anyone who likes action and adventure. I rate this book a 5 out of 5
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Summary: James: The Best Book in the Redwall Series yet!
Review: This story, Taggerung, by Brian Jacques, is about an otter born in Redwall, but he is taken by Sawney Rath, the leader of the Jaskarath vermin clan, who believes the otter is the Taggerung, the mightiest fighter which all the vermin clans wish to have in their clan. The otter is forced to live with the clan until he rebels and escapes, and so starts his journey to where his dreams lead him. This book kept me in suspense with the many battles, and of course, the adventure. Reading about the adventure, fighting, and vivid mental images, kept me captivated until the very end. This book is perfect if you love adventure, and many, many animals being killed. Taggerung starts out a little slow, but keeps getting better throughout the story, until the final war. The suspense is great, but if you do not like animals being killed, and especially the easily drawn mental images of them being killed, dead, or hurt, then I suggest you read a more peaceful book.
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Summary: Don't miss out!
Review: Brian Jacques is my favorate author, such quality writing! This is one of the best Redwall series books you can read. However, unless you have read the other books, do not read Taggerung until you have read the first 13 books!
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Summary: FIVE STARS!
Review: This, unlike most Redwall books, does not involve any big armies (well, it does, but there's no fighting climax). This is NOT just a typical: bad-guy-takes-over-good-guy-forms-army with-common-people-to-save-the-day type of book. Its really quite an interesting plot. Of all of the characters, most of them play a main part in the story. The book has two different scenarios going on: the Juskarath vermin clan & the Redwall Abbey. The vermin part is the more exciting, but one of Jacques's excellently-written riddles is going on back at the Abbey. I won't tell too much of the plot, a huge part is right at the beginning.This is a great book to sit down with, and just get lost in the Redwall world for hours on end. Every single one of the 15 books is like that. Its not one of those books that you just put down & wonder why you took the time. Like I said, it starts right off with a TON of action. Its too bad the books have to end! Jacques needs to start producing two or three a year!
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Summary: Taggerung
Review: Taggerung
By Brian Jacques
9-19-02 Over the summer I read an amazing book. It had peril, murder, adventure, and strategies. It was called Taggerung, by Brian Jacques. It's about a young otter that was kidnapped by Sawney Rath and his army when he was young and grew up in that band of cruel creatures. They named him Taggerung. He was kidnapped because it is said that the one with the flower birthmark on their paw will be the legendary warrior, Taggerung. It just so happens to be that the young otter did have the flower shaped birthmark on his paw. 15 years later he runs away from Sawney Rath to try and find his real family. He meets many animals along the way, such as Nimbalo the Slayer and Skipper of Otters. He travels far and wide and finds Redwall, where he was born, and this leads to the turning point in the book.
This book has an amazing story line and the author is so descriptive, you feel like you're really there! Another great thing about this book is how Brian Jacques has 2-3 scenarios happening at once. One chapter may be about how Taggerung is searching for his family while the next will be about the bounty hunters that are going after him. Another thing that is good about this book is that it's not the traditional huge battle and the big quest for Martin's sword thing, this book is more human-like. For example, Nimbalo has an abusive father, which has never happened before in any of Brian's books. Also they barely even mention Martin the Warrior and how he is the mighty warrior!
I think that a person looking for a book with adventure and battles would really enjoy this book a lot. Taggerung is great for that kind of person, as it tells of the adventure that Taggerung took, searching for his family and how he finds many fiends and battles with them. Also, this book has many different battle strategies. I've read all 14 books and this one is the best yet! This new Redwall book is a start of a whole new Redwall series. So if you're interested in Adventurous Fantasy, pick up Taggerung today!
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is the best Redwall book yet. Filled with excitement.
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Summary: Identity Crisis
Review: This was my first look at Redwall. I found this book at a used book store, and I was pleasantly surprised. The writting is much like Tolkien, because Jacques includes adventure, conflict, and doesn't focus on just one character or one problem. It may be book 14, but it was written very well and can be read and understood without having to read the others. (But I am going to make every effort to to so)
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