Mossflower (Redwall, Book 2)

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Summary: Now, this is more like it!
Review: i think the redwall series is a very genius piece of work, its in the style of warriors and a little harry potter. well, this takes place before, yes before, redwall abbey was biuld. the area is under rule by tsarmina, a blood thirsty tyrant queen teatering on the edge of insanity bent on enslaving all of the woodlanders and take control of mossflower but then new hope comes alive when martin the warrior comes and a new hope is restored. with the help of gnoff the mousthief and dinny the mole. they set of to salamandastron to bring back boar the fighter who might free the woodlanders from the evil queen of a thousand eyes. this story also fills up quetions not answered in the first book which makes even more engrossing to read. the one thing i don't like about the series is that it is very drawling and long, like it will take over 10 pages to start a plan but all and all these are still great books.

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Summary: mossflower
Review: The book starts off with Martin Travelling into Mossflower territory where he will soon be held prisioner at the castle Kotir. with the help of a mousethief(Gnoff), a Trusty mole(Young Dinny)and a Shrew(Log-a-log) who they befriend along the way, they set off to find Boar the fighter. He is the only creature who can save Mossflower from the evil Queen Tsamina and her vermin. This story is one of my favourites in the series and does not require reading the first book, so anyone who is not familiar with the redwall series can still enjoy this book. With twists and turns along the way the gang end up fighting for their lives with Searats, an owl and lots of other enemys!

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Summary: An enjoyable series
Review: I'm enjoying this series quite a bit. It's not deep literature, but it's fun, with heroic heroes and villainous villains. The characterization is fluffy but entertaining. I have to admit that I enjoy the stereotypes associated with each of the woodland critter species (especially the moles): is that wrong? At least in this book some of the protagonists try to rescue a stranded rat, even though the rats are always villains.

I'm a little disturbed over the treatment of the young hedgehogs Ferdy and Cogs. The adult character encourage them to act like soldiers, which is cute until the little ones take it too seriously and end up getting captured, which in turn leads directly to the deaths of several unnamed characters. And yet no one ever reprimands them, or even explains to them what they did wrong.

The full-cast audio production adds a lot to the enjoyment, even though the changes in audio levels are so great that some characters are deafening (especially Bor the Fighter). I have trouble wrapping my brain around this being an abridged production of the original book. It's long.

As always, the characters are obsessed with food. Don't read or listen if you are hungry. Otherwise, enjoy.