A review by gigireadswithkiki
Redwall by Brian Jacques

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

As a child I had always seen the Redwall books at my library and been heavily intimidated by the sheer size of the books as well as the length of the series, but it was so fun to pick up the series as an adult! The diversity in the different species of anthropomorphic creatures was really nice, but I wasn’t a huge fan of how each species got shoehorned into a certain “accent” (the sparrow one in particular felt a bit…off, perhaps been veering a little toward microaggression…) and I didn’t like how Brian Jacques decided that there would be “good” animals and “bad” animals, especially as a lover of snakes and rats. 

The prose and dialogue definitely slump at various points in the plot, to the point where I could tune out and tune back in and pick up the gist of the story despite missing a good chunk of the book. 

So overall, while this book was cute and fun, I will not be continuing on with the rest of the series.