Listening to the audio version I liked that it was again read by a full cast, with slightly better recording and mixing (but still bad). The story and characters themselves are much improved from the paper thin tropes of Redwall. The story arc itself is funnily enough almost exactly the same though (bad guy threatens everyone, hero goes away for 5/6ths of the book questing, and returns to kick butt with a new sword). Kind of interesting to see the author improve with a second attempt.
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These days I mostly listen to audiobooks, and I'm trying to keep in the habit of reading. (Did you know 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year?!)
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Gandalf reviewed Mossflower by Brian Jacques
Mossflower is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques, published in 1988. It is the second …
Better than the first
4 stars
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Gandalf finished reading Mossflower by Brian Jacques
Mossflower by Brian Jacques
Mossflower is a fantasy novel by Brian Jacques, published in 1988. It is the second book published and third chronologically …
Gandalf finished reading Redwall by Brian Jacques
Redwall by Brian Jacques
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his …
Gandalf reviewed Redwall by Brian Jacques
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the …
Revisiting a childhood favorite
3 stars
It has been many years since I read Redwall. I'm not sure how many books of the series I read back in my youth, but it was quite a few. I wanted to see how it stood up, as an "adult". I listened to the audiobook version, which is nice because it is a full cast reading, but not good because the voices can be pretty annoying and the audio recording, mixing, and levels are quite bad. Overall I enjoyed it, and I can see how it set me off on a lifetime of fantasy novel reading, but it doesn't have much meat on its bones.
It has been many years since I read Redwall. I'm not sure how many books of the series I read back in my youth, but it was quite a few. I wanted to see how it stood up, as an "adult". I listened to the audiobook version, which is nice because it is a full cast reading, but not good because the voices can be pretty annoying and the audio recording, mixing, and levels are quite bad. Overall I enjoyed it, and I can see how it set me off on a lifetime of fantasy novel reading, but it doesn't have much meat on its bones.