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Summary: Martin the Warrior: My favorite Redwall saga!
Review: Martin the Warrior is my favorite book by Brian Jacques. I have read all of his books and this one is the best. Matin's fighting spirit is amazing. I love when Martin gets his sword back from Badrang, It's great. Well I don't want to say to much more because I would't want to ruin the story for you.
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Summary: This book is the Best
Review: If I could I would give this book 6 stars. I have read all the Redwall books but this one is the best. Martin the Warrior has always been a favorite of mine.
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Summary: It is a wonderful book.
Review: Martin the warrior is a saga of great porportion. It tells of redwall's greatest and most glorius hero: Martin the warrior.Never has there been such wonderful plot as the Redwall series.
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Summary: Martin the Warrior is for enjoyment only.
Review: Martin the Warrior by Brian Jacques tells of a young mouse searching for his destiny. Yes, again Jacques takes the reader to the world of Mossflower. Now, after a long wait, Jacques tells the reader of the greatest hero in the history of Redwall Abbey, Martin the Warrior. Throughout this novel, Jacques states and restates his thesis, or reason for writing Martin the Warrior. His thesis shows that Tyrants have no place in the world, and must be taken out of power. Jacques places this statement throughout in the thoughts of the captives and of those who help them. Jacques shows, through his characters, biases for those who oppose the weak and less fortunate. He strongly values freedom, possibly because of his short time when he worked as a truck driver. Jacques writes through third person point of view to show the thoughts of everyone, the villain's and the hero's. This gives the reader a true sense of the actions that take place in the novel. The author continually sides with what a typical reader believes freedom for the common man. This work of Jacques brings another great work of rebellion and freedom to the genre. However, this story has been told many times before. Contrary to that, because of its great description and use of animals, it will continue to entertain readers for many years. Jacques ability to create wonderful stories, like Martin the Warrior, proves to rank him among the best of fantasy writers. However, he leaves many questions unanswered. Perhaps this just leaves areas for the great writer to continue in the tradition of Redwall. Many of these questions include what happened to those who moved to Noonvale. Jacques also answers many of the questions from other novels. The reader now knows the true beginning of Martin, the great warrior of Redwall. Jacques writes this novel extremely well, continuing with the greatness of those novels past. Again, the detail in Martin the Warrior paints an imagine in the mind of the reader that last a lifetime. From the description of the woods and Marshank to the thoughts of Martin himself. Jacques writes in elegance, his words flow off the pages and into a readers mind. Enough great things about Jacques's writing abilities can not be said. Jacques proves his point continuously throughout his novel. He shows the affects of dictatorship thought the characters that the readers form a bond with. This shows that he well argues his point that Tyrants must be destroyed. The questions that Martin the Warrior asks, Jacques answers clearly. He distinctly answers the questions by demonstrating the horrible affects that dictatorship, for example, have on good people. This convinces the reader that the views of Jacques prove true. The awful and great affects on Martin and those who he loves convince the reader that the views of Jacques must be followed. Jacques, however, writes this novel on the level that any intelligent person could read without much difficulty. Jacques's points move the reader into thinking much the same way as Jacques himself. He creates a bond between the reader and the hero; this bond allows Jacques to drive his beliefs into his subconscious. Jacques's greatest strength in Martin the Warrior, persuades the reader to think in the author's own way. Jacques, however, shows some weakness in his work. The greatest of those comes in his writing; his excessive use of passive verbs sometimes leaves the reader unmoved. This novel does, however, accomplish its goal of convincing the reader to fight against dictatorship and overpowering of the weak. This novel shows greatness and should definitely be read by those who follow the series. It also makes a great story for those who just want to read a great novel. The bottom line is this novel should only be read for enjoyment as its level of writing lacks greatness equivalent to those of Moby Dick and
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Summary: One of the better ones
Review: Now this book only lacked a little bit of Martin's real warrior spirit but the book was great! Its one of the best in the series....mabye not in the top 3 but I'd put it in about 4th or 5th place. And finally an animal we hardly know anything about.....a stoat.....as a warlord.
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Summary: Martin the Warrior is a wonderful book for all ages.
Review: Martin the Warrior by Jacques tells of a young mouse who survives through unamaginable odds and becomes a hero. Yes Jacques again takes us to the magical world of animals. This extension of the Redwall series answers the unknow questions of the hero of Mossflower Woods. Those who have read Mossflower, the story of how Martin entered Mossflower Woods and saved it from the evil cat queen, must read this novel to answer their questions. This novel will also helpo those who read the original, Redwall, and thought what the life of the great hero was like. Many of the events and characters will shock those who read Mossflower because much of what you know about Marin is FALSE!!!!!!!!!! However, because I don't wish to reveal the book to any potential readers, that is all that will be said about that. If you have never read a novel by Jacques, this would be a great place to start, at the true begging of the story line, befoe the Abby and before Martin was a true Warrior. Even if the begging makes you fell lost, Jacques will pull you into his world and make you fell at home.
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Summary: Almost a heroic quest
Review: I enjoyed the Redwall books much as the literary equivalent of marshmallows- light, fast, fun, but not anything of particularly lasting quality. They're good light reading (although by this point in the series I can predict the ending by the first four pages). But "Martin the Warrior" is quite the best in the series, reaching for a quality it never quite touches, but still doing a good job. Although full of the token charming maids, incessant songs, and four-page ramblings on the quality of the foods, it could have almost been a heroic quest. The theme of the hero seeking to regain the sword of his father had a great deal of potential, and it was perhaps because this reaches more closely toward actual myth that it was quite hard to associate the characters with their nominal animals. Also, Jaques finally managed to kill off a protagonist! Kudos to him (Although as soon as Laterose and Martin became interested in each other, I knew she would have to be disposed of somehow. There's no mention of her in the preceding books!)
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Summary: I love this book and I truely recamend it.
Review: I think this is the best book I read out of all my years reading. I think Brian Jacqes is the best noval writer in the world. I am still reading it but I really really like it so far.
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Summary: THE ORIGIN OF THE LEGENDARY HERO
Review: Fans of REDWALL may wish to jump ahead to this book (not in chronological order of publication) just to learn the origins of the mysterious warrior mouse who vowed to make the land safe for decent, law-abiding beasts. Just who was the valiant hero depicted the faded tapestry at the abbey which he founded, after many years of swashbuckling adventure for the cause of FREEDOM? Why did he not pass the sacred sword of his father on to a worthy heir? There are the usual literary challenges when writing a Prequel, as the tale which comes first in Time must not distort previously accepted events. Young Martin performs many heroic deeds during his pilgrimmage to idyllic Noonvale, enlisting the selfless aid of various freedom-seeking animals, in his grim quest to remove the Tyrant from power and recover his father's precious sword. Of course we realize that this tale can not be concluded until the inevitable one-on-one mortal combat, to prove moral supremacy. REDWALL devotees will recognize many of Jacques' stylistic traits: unusual pairings of species to achieve a common goal; delightfully creative names and a cast of hundreds, ingenious tiwsts of fate, clever plots and counter-schemes; leaving us dangling as he spins three different threads at once; his humorous slang written in challenging dialect! As for me there is only one REDWALL, but I still wanted to learn more about Martin, that brave figure on the fading tapestry, who founded the abbey as a haven of peace and knowledge. Now that I now the secret from the dim mists of animal time, I can understand his inspriration on Matthias, as I savor the rest of the series. A rip-snorting yarn which will hold the interest of all ages, though overlong for children under 12. Excellent pen and ink sketches give hints at the start of each chapter and a map of the odyssey which I frequently consulted. This is one fabulous tale of fur and feathers for Freedom! If you love REDWALL or have never read any of the series, start with this one!
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Summary: Excellent book! 6 stars!
Review: The best book I have ever read. The only other book I have read in the series is Redwall and this book is better. Brian Jacques compels you to fall in love with Martin and Rose, and hate their enemies as though they were your worst enemies. Reccomended for older readers with plenty of time and quiet. Also with not many people around. A very humorous story but a very tragic one. Excellent reading!
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