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April 1st 1995
by Ace
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Paperback, 384 pages
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0441001866
(isbn13: 9780441001866)
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Bedrang the Stoat has his evil eyes set on ruling over his own empire, and will do anything to make sure that his ultimate fantasy is fulfilled. But...more
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Read in December, 2007
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One of my all-time favorite books is Brian Jacques’s Martin the Warrior. It is a fantasy novel that is impossible to put down once you start. This was the first book I read of the Redwall series. I enjoyed it so much that I read every single other book of the series. I must say however that this one is still the one I liked best.
I think that the way this story is told is such a creative one. Instead of using humans as the characters, Brian Jacques uses animals. It is interesting how he make...more
I think that the way this story is told is such a creative one. Instead of using humans as the characters, Brian Jacques uses animals. It is interesting how he make...more
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Read in September, 2007
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anyone looking for adventure
This book is about a mouse named Martin. In the previous books about Redwall, he was a hero and this book told of how he became the image of the abbey's tapestry.
In this book, I learned that everyone had a role in life. Marting was a warrior and he was isolated from othersshoing the feeling towards friends and could be very dangerous. The only feeling he showed was hate- hate against those who defied peace and set out to do evil with there power. In our society everyone has a role too. Let j...more
In this book, I learned that everyone had a role in life. Marting was a warrior and he was isolated from othersshoing the feeling towards friends and could be very dangerous. The only feeling he showed was hate- hate against those who defied peace and set out to do evil with there power. In our society everyone has a role too. Let j...more
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By far the BEST book in the Redwall seiries. Martin is amazing. I listened to the tape when i first heard it but if i had read it i would not have been able to put it down! really great story. i loved it. Rose is really cool also. It is all about how they save a bunch of slaves from searats and other pleasent animals. Really amazing book. Sad at the end but then cheers up. Martin is really cool. You really have to have a certain taste for Brian Jaques style, but most people would like it. The ta...more
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Read in December, 2007
My favorite part of the Redwall books are the descriptions of food. That and the clever way Jacques has created the different ways of speech for each creature. I like the mole-tongue a lot.
Beyond those details, which apply to all of the series, this was just another Redwall book. That is not to say that it was bad or lacking in any way. But all these are similar. I hadn't read this one before and enjoyed getting to know the history of Martin the Warrior. Several of the questions that I hav...more
Beyond those details, which apply to all of the series, this was just another Redwall book. That is not to say that it was bad or lacking in any way. But all these are similar. I hadn't read this one before and enjoyed getting to know the history of Martin the Warrior. Several of the questions that I hav...more
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Read in July, 2005
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It was this book thatI first picked up the rule "If its got Martin the warrior in it in, it will always end in tears." And its true. The sadest part of this book is 2nd last chapter when Martin heals and tells his friends that he'll never see them again and I don't want to know you and I just don't care what happens to you. This made me cry because they'd all been through so much together and Martin just didn't care.
But all together the book is great. I first read it with an book on...more
But all together the book is great. I first read it with an book on...more
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Read in December, 2008
one of my favorites in the series...
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I'm giving all these books a 4, because they basically GOT me hooked on fantasy I think. I read all of these in elementary school, and still have fond memories floating around. The rad legendary weapons, (with the channels etched in for blood flow, which i found super hardcore). The foods, the booze, honey mead and apple wine or whatever. Come to think of it, these books might also be a little responsible for my alcoholism, too.
i remember this one being one of the best though. Martin is...more
i remember this one being one of the best though. Martin is...more
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Read in March, 1999
This Redwall books was especially wonderful, for me, because it was so atypical. It just wasn't like the rest of them. In fact, I must say that, as the series grew larger, I found that I liked the books that occured in distant lands better than the ones near Redwall, because the ones by the abbey were sometimes slightly redundant.
Anyway, this particular book was awesome. And I punched a guy over it. I think it was the first time I punched someone outside of my family too, so it is extra ...more
Anyway, this particular book was awesome. And I punched a guy over it. I think it was the first time I punched someone outside of my family too, so it is extra ...more
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This was the last of the Redwall books I read. I remember loving this one a great deal, but when the next one came out and my friend who I had been reading the series with picked it up I remember not having anymore interest. It was like it was too much - every story had new characters and a slightly different story, but more or less was the same as the last, and I was getting burned out.
But this was still really enjoyable and I'm glad I finished on it.
But this was still really enjoyable and I'm glad I finished on it.
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recommended to Brenna by:
My brother-in-law
recommends it for: All redwall readers
recommends it for: All redwall readers
I can't quite remember it all to well, but I wasn't quite as impressed by this one as all the others. It was of course good, but not amazing. It is an important part of the history of the Redwall books and I do suggest all the Redwall readers to read it just so you'll be filled in on the important parts. Once again, though, Brian Jacques did an amazing job on the characters, descriptions, and accents! :)
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Read in June, 1996
The Redwall books ought to be a perennial children's favorite. They are simple and formulaic, but it's a good formula! Jacques has a real gift for dialect, and culinary descriptions. I credit an early fascination with the Redwall stories for my modern-day feats of gastronomic delight. "Salad anna scone!"
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The 2nd book I read in the Redwall series and what I would consider to be the best of the lot. I can't count the times I've gone back and read this book. Each time enjoying it as much as the first. Before Catcher in the Rye I would have said this was my favorite book and its still a close call to this day.
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I think this was one of my least favorite in this series because this is sort of where the books started to be repetitious. It felt like (even though this is a story that needed to be told) Jacques was sort of rehashing a story which was already told in Redwall and Mattimeo. Still an excellent book.
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This was my second-favorite of the Redwall series, and I think a lot of it had to do with the tragedy of it. Unlike most of the books, the ending is bittersweet rather than happy. Anyone who had read Mossflower before knew that something bad was going to happen, it was still a pretty big shock.
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This was one of the first long novels I read and I liked it so much I've read it about 20 times! All the characters are animals and it's about a mouse called Martin and his friends on a journey to fight the villian Badrang. It's good v. evil but it's a well written story.
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recommends it for:
mature young readers and anyone else
Trademarks are good food, good songs and poetry and lots of swashbuckling. Another tale in the Redwall series with all the woodland creatures fighting an evil foe. This one tells more of the Martin story and furthers our knowledge of the founder of Redwall Abbey.
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Read in September, 2007
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I found itrecommends it for: Anyone who wants an amazing book
This is a one of a kind book, its amazing! I completely takes you in, and makes you want to keep reading on, i recomend this book to anyone who just wants a good story to read!!! (but try to read the other redwall stories too so you get an idea of the timeline)
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