A review by addy1991
Lord Brocktree by Brian Jacques

3.0

This was my first time reading anything in the Redwall series so I opted to start with them in chronological order instead of going by publication date. The theme is a familiar one: invasion by a greedy, cruel villain and the defense by an intrepid group of heroes from all walks of life. I admit to skipping over the poems/songs that are scattered throughout the story because I felt the length of them and the time it took me to understand what was being "said" took away from the story itself. The characters are likeable and I cheered or booed alongside them and got sad when certain ones met their end. I picked this as light reading to take a break from some of the heavier themed books I had and was not disappointed. I laughed at the antics of good and bad alike and am pleased with how things turned out. I will definitely be reading more in this series.