Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Redwall by Brian Jacques

7 reviews

cursed10fold's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Animal death

Moderate: Violence and War

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, War, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Alcohol

lucario4224's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and War

Minor: Grief and Murder

shieldbearer's review

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Loved this book so much as a kid. the nuanced characters and complex plot are an absolute plus in this book and it absolutely is one of the strongest entries in the series. The characters (particularly matthias) change over the course of the book. I particularly appreciate the way the arguments are handled- they feel natural. Beautifully written with a balance of humor and sobriety. 

However, it must be said that this book does have racist parallels I completely missed as a child. The use of the slur for Romani peoples, namely, and the explicit comparison of/conflation of said slur with the foxes Sela and Chickenhound is a harmful anti-Romani stereotype. They are explicitly described as Romani and their behaviour and characterizations are harmful anti-Romani stereotypes. 

There's also the matter of the Sparra, which are more ambiguous, though the author explicitly refers to Sparra warriors as "braves" and continually refers to the race as a whole as "savages" and their portrayal does very much bring to mind typical indigenous stereotypes. 

While I would still recommend this book, I firmly believe we should not ignore these harmful portrayals and if you share the novel with your children, these issues should be discussed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Racial slurs, Murder, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Confinement, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Slavery

percyu's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

lalicurates's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

 What a charming adventure story! I read this as part of my Amnesia Reads TBR project- books I know I have read but don't remember any details. I can definitely see how this became such a successful and popular series. We meet such a broad cast of memorable characters, and I vaguely recall that we revisit many of these characters in other books. The plot and themes are suitable for a young middle grade audience- the bad guys have clearly defined bad morals, the good guys have clear positive traits- but the vocabulary and length of the book keeps it engaging for older readers. The story doesn't shy away from violence and death, but it portrays these things in a way that suits the world, and also doesn't dwell too long on these events which I think helps keep these topics digestible for younger readers. I definitely look forward to re-reading the other books from this series that I own (possibly reading the whole series? There's a lot of books.) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

fiveredhens's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

favorite quotes:

"Ah, Matthias, Matthias, the brave one. Wipe away your tears, my son. Death is only part of life. Tell me, can you see the late rose?"

Matthias dried his eyes on the Abbot's wide sleeve. "Yes, Father. It is in full bloom now."

"And are all the little roses as red as blood?" said the Abbot.

"They are, Father," Matthias answered. 

The Abbot sighed. "It is as it was meant to be."

85% guided reading level book for the discerning christian second-grader
10% graphic violence
5% woodland feast

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse

"r*ghead"