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A review by kelforrest
Redwall by Brian Jacques
adventurous
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Yeah, pretty good. For a middle grade fantasy, it's really good. The issue I have with a lot of fantasy (a total me problem, btw) is I struggle to keep up with the big casts. Especially with the villain's assistants, it could be a lot at time. But, as I said, that's a total me issue.
I personally enjoyed the characters and appreciate the powerful female characters from a male author is the 80s, but the only character I was really invested in was Cluny (the villain) - maybe because I'm biased towards rats lol but probably since he felt the most unique to me and in this book he was a large focus. The other characters were decently memorable but I struggle and bit with keeping up with the cast so I can't remember much besides species, one or two traits, and some of their names.
I'm willing to read the rest of the series but probably won't think of it as anything special, just something fun and easy to read.
I personally enjoyed the characters and appreciate the powerful female characters from a male author is the 80s, but the only character I was really invested in was Cluny (the villain) - maybe because I'm biased towards rats lol but probably since he felt the most unique to me and in this book he was a large focus. The other characters were decently memorable but I struggle and bit with keeping up with the cast so I can't remember much besides species, one or two traits, and some of their names.
I'm willing to read the rest of the series but probably won't think of it as anything special, just something fun and easy to read.