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Summary: Marlfox
Review: No beast living can hide from thee o, thou who treads invisibly o'er hill and vale, Marlfox! Marlfox! Marlfox! No book is a match for Brian Jacques's Marlfox! It will keep you waiting to see the next page and the next. This is one book you won't want to put down; then you'll read it again! A long time ago a vixen and her mate were cast out from Redwall and never seen again. Thirty years later, the seven offspring have come to kill all those who cast out their parents. The seven vixen have axes made of magic silver and an army and each time they come from a town all you can hear are the screams of agony and pain.
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Summary: Marlfox
Review: Brian Jacques has done it again! Once more the teller of tales has created yet another great book. Marlfoxes are magical creatures who live in a castle on a lake inhabited by pike. When they steal the legendary tapestry of Martin the Warrior from Redwall Abbey, Song Swifteye, a warrior's daughter and a visitor, Dann Reguba, son of the abbey's warrior, and Dippler, a young Gousim shrew, set out to return it. Along the way there is trouble, friendship, and, above all, adventure! This is a great book that is exciting and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
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Summary: Not as good as the 1st Redwall book
Review: I think Marlfox could've been MUCH better. It seems that very few of the Redwall books are as good as the original and I think Marlfox is a good example.The Marlfoxes are ruthless and cruel characters, and the heroes must, as usual, defeat them. Past lessons, cruelties, and triumphs of the previous Redwall books seem to echo throughout. Padding, and tons of it, are also throughout the book in the form of songs which I got so tired of finding that I skipped past them and back into the story. I wouldn't recommended Marlfox to someone new who wants to check out the series, it's definatly not one of Jacques best.
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Summary: Great, unexpected! Couldn't stop!
Review: Marlfox is a book I didn't plan on reading. I rented it for a friend, but he decided he didn't want to read it. Before I decided to, I was a real fan of Redwall, and didn't know it was in the series. Until I started on it. When I discovered the storyline of the book, it sent a really awesome thought to my mind. You see, I like to write fantasy things too. He gives me a lot of my ideas, though I do drastically change things around. I think the Marlfox thing was really cool, and the way the redwallers always fought their way through in the series. You'll be surprised at this. Read it, and be glad you did! 5 stars for Brian Jacques' best book!
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Summary: My Thoughts
Review: Ok, firstly i want to say that i really enjoyed the book. I have read some of Brian Jacques books and i have to say, this one was a little slow compared to the others, but i still really enjoyed it. This story is about mysterious foxes called Marlfoxes, who try to overtake Redwall Abbey, and steal its riches. One thing from the Abbey they are able to take is the tapestry of Martin the Warrior. The Redwallers are devestated, and then one night Martin the Warrior visits a young squirrel named Dann, and tells him to go after the Marlfoxes and retrieve the tapestry. So, Dann along with the squirrelmaid, Song, and the shrew, Dippler, and with the water vole, Burble, set of to get back their tapestry of the savior of Reswall. So, this book tells of the adventures of these 4 young chieftains who dare to go to far off lands, and who meet many odd creatures on their way.
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Summary: Not so good....
Review: I liked this book, like all other Jacques' Books... But I found the begining to be very boring. It didnt catch my attention, and didn't really motivate me to read on... Although Brian Jacques has been VERY good at catching my attention with his books in the past...this book didnt. But I must say it did end up to be a very good book.
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Summary: One word; F-A-N-A-T-I-C
Review: 1)I have every single Redwall book except for Lord Brocktree (as soon as it comes out, I will have it!) 2)I am a member of Camp Willow, the worlds best online Redwall club 3)I hang out at said club with other F-A-N-A-T-I-C-S and role play as my character (if you encounter a hare named Windsong Farrunner, it's me) 4)When Marlfox came out, Brian Jacques came to the states. I spent a solid 5 minutes on my knees BEGGING my mom to take me to the book signing. 5)I attended said book signing, and it remains one of the high points of my life 6)I am now determined to be an author 7)My younger sister and a friend of hers, even though they don't read well enough to read the books themselves, listened to the books on tape and are now devoted fansHaving said all that, I love this particulary good book of a great series, because of Songbreeze Swifteye.
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Summary: A great book, and a new beginning for Redwall
Review: Marlfox is one of the best Redwall books: It has greatcharacters, amazing storyline, and great battles and feasts. TheMarlfoxes are ruthless and cunning, the Redwallers do their usual great job of feasting and fighting, while the many comical moments provide relief from the fast-paced story which takes place on two fronts: the quest to Marlfox Castle and the siege of Redwall. The ending is especially well done because, if you have read enough of Brian Jacques, you can easily see that he has set up a new generation of Redwallers for his next book to take place in post-Marlfox time. However, for now Jacques is writing about the past in The Legend of Luke and Lord Brocktree. I look forward to seeing Song, Dannflor, Dippler, and all the rest of the characters in his next post-Marlfox book: thus Marlfox is a vital chapter in the series.
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Summary: Great Book (Like all the Redwall Books)
Review: I like this writing because the author has taken a human environment and handed it over to the animals. There are no humans in this story. The main characters are two squirrels, a water vole and a shrew. Even though they are animals they're very human like with feelings and fears and problems to face. They don't drive cars, they travel by canoes or walk. They don't hunt for meat because they're animals themselves, but they eat berries and fish and it isn't a perfect world because everywhere you go there's going to be lots of good guys, but just as many bad guys. There are Sea Rats that sail the oceans, there are vermin and weasels everywhere and for the most part in this story there are the Marlfoxes, pale-eyed foxes with strange silver-white coats heavily mottled with patches of black and bluish gray always wearing cloaks of drab brown and green weave. The character I most admire is Songbreeze Swifteye, daughter of a warrior squirrel, because she's a very colorful character. She's best know for her ability to sing, the animalsjoked that she could out sing a nightingale. During the story she and her friends embark on a quest to restore a tapestry that had been stolen by the Marlfoxes from their Abbey. She was the one who kept everyone going with her songs when they became discouraged. She is also very brave. while she struggled to pull the eagle ashore inI think the relationship between the seven Marlfoxes and their mother is interesting because they don't like each other one bit. All they really seem to care about is gaining power, taking control of the island where their castle lies and having lots of treasures. Queen Silth was the mother of the seven Marlfoxes Ascrod, Vannan, Mokkan, Lantur, Gelltor, Predak and Ziral. She killed her own husband for fear of his own mutiny against her. In the story six of the Marlfoxes have set off to please their mother by finding her something beautiful because she wanted to be covered in pretty things and not have to look at anything dirty. Their sister Vannan who stayed behind sly killed their mother by slipping poison in her drink, only to be over throw by one of her brothers who returned to the castle. While this is happening the other Marlfoxes foundd death in battle or other impossible circumstances as they wreck havoc against the inhabits of Redwall with war. This is an amazing book. Anyone would like it because it has something for everybody.
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Summary: Perhaps the best Redwall book yet.
Review: Another of the great easy-read Redwall books arrives! This book was really good, not only because the formulaic plot differed quite a bit from the normal Jacques formula (which isn't necessarily bad, but it was nice to have a bit of a change), but also because Jacques failed to fall into the trap of making the hero a two-dimensional epitome of good, the villain[s] flat representations of evil, and the supporting characters nothing but comic relief. Song, Dann, Dippler, and Burble were all well-developed three-dimensional characters (even if their "chieftain" ending was a bit predictable--I won't go any further for fear of ruining the ending) and the Marlfoxes had separate personalities, but were so driven by lust for power that they could do naught but evil. The final battle at Marlfox Island was interesting as well. The only thing about this book that could use some improvement in relation to the other books was the role of the three Dibbuns: Dwopple, Wugger, and Blinny didn't quite capture the same humor as other Dibbuns of Redwall books (e.g. Ferdy & Coggs, Bagg, Runn, & Grubb, Arven, Diggum, & Gurrbowl, or "Silent Sam", Tim, & Tess). Also, I was a bit disappointed in that the Abbey seemed to run by perfectly smoothly without an Abbot/ess, making me question the need for the position at all. Overall, however, this book, more than any of the other Redwall books, developed its characters and adventure well.
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