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Summary: An Adventure Packed Tale
Review: "Loamhedge" is another epic Redwall tale jam-packed with adventure and intrigue. The 16th book of the Redwall series is exciting from the very beginning. I have read all of the other Redwall books and every new book has been a little better than the last.
There are two main characters whose lives are portrayed in the story. Lonna Bowstripe is a badger who has always been a wandering warrior. The other main character is Martha Braebuck, who is a young haremaid always searching for knowledge. Both Martha and Lonna have friends that help them in their adventures. Horty Braebuck (Martha's brother), Abbot Carrul (head of Redwall Abbey), Bragoon and Saro (two of Redwall's best warriors), and Toran (the otter cook) all guide and advise Martha throughout her life at Redwall. Lonna's friends are the Abruc Sea Otter Clan (who healed him from a terrible vermin attack), Garfo Trok (a river otter who gave him passage up the Mossflower River), and Figalok Twigbenda (who hid Lonna from a horde of Sea Rats). Brian Jacques incorporates two separate plot lines into his story. He begins his novel by introducing Lonna Bowstripe through a tragic experience. The Abruc Otter Clan find Lonna near the Sea Coast with a gashed face, lying on the ground next to a dead older badger. After being brought in and healed by the Clan, Lonna begins his adventures to avenge his close friend's death. The Clan tells Lonna that Raga Bol and his Sea Rat crew have come inland from the coast for the winter and he then vows to kill every last vermin including Raga Bol himself. Lonna sets off on his quest with the aid of the river otter, Garfo Trok. The foundation of Brian Jacques' second plot line is the life of Martha, the young haremaid. The reader is informed that Redwall Abbey is a peaceful fortress in Mossflower County that houses and protects all sorts of working woodland creatures. This Abbey is where Martha leads her life, bound to a wheelchair. Handicapped from birth, Martha often finds free time for reading and gaining knowledge. When Martha discovers that another abbey beast from ancient times, who shared the same condition as Martha, had figured out how to walk, the plot line is revealed. Horty, Fenna, Bragoon, and Saro all set out to find the lost abbey of Loamhedge where the cure for Martha has been supposedly recorded. This begins the adventure to Loamhedge. A main theme that appears often throughout the story is good triumphing over evil. Bragoon and Saro left Redwall as Dibbuns (young babes) to search for adventure. They become great warriors and fight vermin in Mossflower for a living. Whenever Bragoon and Saro fight they rarely shed blood. The reader sees them trick a fox and his filthy vermin crew out of their lunch and later save woodland creatures from ten score nasty vermin without a scratch. This theme is also evident in the actions of Lonna Bowstripe. Lonna saves Figalok and her squirrels from a terrible vermin threat that had been harassing the squirrel colony for their entire life. This theme is emphasized throughout the book.
I encourage any Redwall enthusiasts to read this book and if one has not read a Redwall book yet, do it! You will not be sorry.
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Summary: Enjoyable read
Review: Fans of Brian Jacques should be delighted with this latest installment of the Redwall series. As in the fifteen books preceding, LOAMHEDGE is full of mystery, adventure, romance, tragedy, and a myriad of characters we care about. In this book we are introduced to the wheelchair-bound hare named Martha Braebuck. More than anything, Martha would love to walk again, and this possibility comes to her through a vision/dream in which Martin the Warrior gives her some hints concerning the old abbey. If she can uncover these secrets, Martha should be able to lead a normal life. When she shares her vision with other folks at the Abbey, they all work together to turn this miracle into a reality. This "quest" is helped along by the zany and loving characters of Braggon the otter and Sarobando the squirrel, best friends and former pranksters of the abbey who have been on their own world adventures and are ready and willing for yet another. As always there are many layers to these stories, as interesting little characters weave in and out, creating subplots and more adventures. They include Martha's mischievous brother Horty --- who runs off with Sarobando and Braggon to help his sister, the evil searat Raga Bol (who holds the abbey under siege) --- and of course, all the fun "Redwallers" who are part of the colorful tapestry of the Redwall series. Jacques's ability to create these wonderful personalities, evil and good, from animals is the height of skilled anthropomorphic writing. He has a huge following with a web site that is visited by many fans around the world (www.redwall.org). Outstanding artists lend these books an even greater depth --- all the covers are beautifully done, including this one with Troy Howell's beautiful painting. Charming ink drawings by David Elliot introduce each chapter and are also often featured on the web site. Even if you have never read any books in this series before, you will still enjoy this latest addition to Redwall. --- Reviewed by Sally M. Tibbetts (...)
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Summary: THIS BOOK RULES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I am a HUGE fan of Mr. Jaques and the Redwall series, but Loamhedge simply didn't do it for me.
As other reviewers have noted, this is not a book about Loamhedge itself, but a story partly about a journey to the abandoned abbey to find a remedy for a young hare who is unable to walk. I found this to be a bit of a disappointment. Loamhedge continues to linger on the periphery of the Redwall series, and perhaps one day we will hear its tale in full. One can only hope.
There were the usual endearing characters that Mr. Jaques is so proficient at creating (the otters, Martha, the dibbuns, Lonna, etc), but this time I found too many of the main players to be grating and difficult to like. Horty and his companions in particular tried my patience, which is highly unfortunate since the majority of the book focuses on them.
Overall, the story is adventurous and well-paced, full of action and excellent dialogue. On occasion the plot was a tad bit predictable, but not necessarily to the detriment of the tale.
Loamhedge occupies a well-deserved place on my shelf with the rest of the Redwall series, just not quite as prominent a ranking.
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Summary: Four and half stars for an entertaining and fun read!
Review: I just got finished reading Loamhedge no more than thirty seconds ago and I must say it is a rather good departure from the usual Redwall books.
Usual in his books Mr. Jacques has vivid descriptions and colorful accounts of abbey life. While this is still true in this book it does not take a paragraph to establish the same effect. It seems like there is less time spent on food and fun and more on questing. That's really nice and maybe a sign that he's reading a reviews or he's trying something new.
Also the descriptions are more raw and sanguinary for a children's book. That's not to say he describes it like a horror book, but he does actually spend a few more words on the fighting scenes and their effects.
This book does have one drawback, which lead to half a star being deducted. It seems to me like after the author wrote the book he realized that he needed another chapter or two to make sure he can tie everything together. Seeing that he didn't, it seems like some events were written so that they didn't have to be explained in more detail or just plain left not explained. When you get to the end of the book, you'll get my point.
However, it's harrowing tale and energetic characters are fun and lively. And while Horty got on my nerves a few times, he was a necessary part. All in all a great Redwall book. Not the best, but certainly great!
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Summary: Excellent Story
Review: I read this book about a month ago, and I was well satrisfied with it. However, I found certain events in the book too random. One example is Martha's "cure", which makes the journey by the five adventurers just so pointless. In addition the sequence with the evil cultist vermin and their leader-the Wearat,I think was its name-was put in there when Mr. Jacques said to himself "Hmm, i need to get rid of these two characters, why don't I have them sacrifice themselves to defeat this bad guy I'd barely introduced before." It made me angry.
I also didn't understand why there had to be two separate bands of verimin attacking Redwall. It seemed a little bizzare and wasteful. I did like Badredd's gang, though.
I found Lonna quite creepy. Usually in Redwall stories good guys so obsessed with killing are calmed down, not Lonna, though. I think Mr. Jacques had a hard time trying to decide whether Horty was supposed to be annoying or heroic, so he went from being the complete spoiled brat to being a self-sacrificing heroic fighterman. Very inconsistant.
Still a godd book, but an uneven one.
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Summary: Almost a 5
Review: I was really hoping when I had heard that this book was called "Loamhedge" that it was more about the long-lost abbey. Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed that it was merely about a journey to the ruins and not a story about it. I had been hoping for some more history of the beginnings of Redwall. Still, the book, like all of Jacques works, is filled with adventure and intrigue, happiness and sadness, danger and more. I proudly add this book to my collection!
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Summary: Almost a 5
Review: I was really hoping when I had heard that this book was called "Loamhedge" that it was more about the long-lost abbey. Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed that it was merely about a journey to the ruins and not a story about it. I had been hoping for some more history of the beginnings of Redwall. Still, the book, like all of Jacques works, is filled with adventure and intrigue, happiness and sadness, danger and more. I proudly add this book to my collection!
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Summary: Swabuclikng good tv
Review: The amazing squel to Triss, and Taggerung. The Badger Lona Bula striop is on revenge. Against the evil Rag Bolag. A yuong hare Martha send two redwaller to Loamhedge to figure out the secret. That will allow here to walk. When she was younger she was parlyzed due to Trama. Latter when the abott was in danger she got the ability to walk so she could save there abott. If you like this book red the other 15 books in the series.
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Summary: it rocks!!!!!!!!!!
Review: this book is the latest thrilling tale of redwall. it is about a quest to the ancient abbey of loamhedge to enable a young hare maid named Martha to walk. this book has humour action....
EVERYTHING!!!i just cant say enough about it. u should really get it.
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Summary: a very good entry in the series
Review: this is one of the best of the redwall series. of late, the quality of the books has been less than mediocre. this book doesn't drag or lack plot. in fact, it could easily have been expanded and still maintained reader interest. i would definitely recommend it.
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