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| Original Title: | Outcast of Redwall |
| ISBN: | 0142401420 (ISBN13: 9780142401422) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Redwall #8, Redwall (chronological order) #5 |
Brian Jacques
Paperback | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 3.92 | 18740 Users | 243 Reviews
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| Title | : | Outcast of Redwall (Redwall #8) |
| Author | : | Brian Jacques |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | May 24th 2004 by Firebird (first published July 6th 1995) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens. Animals |
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Abandoned as an infant by his father, the evil warlord Swartt Sixclaw, Veil is raised by the kindhearted Bryony. Despite concerns from everyone at Redwall, Bryony is convinced that Veil's goodness will prevail. But when he commits a crime that is unforgivable, he is banished from the abbey forever. Then Swartt and his hordes of searats and vermin attack Redwall, and Veil has to decide: Should he join Swartt in battle against the only creature who has ever loved him? Or should he turn his back on his true father?Rating Regarding Books Outcast of Redwall (Redwall #8)
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This book, more than any of the seven that precede it in the Redwall series, differs significantly in feel from the type of story that Brian Jacques usually tells. Though Outcast of Redwall is the third book to contain the name of the famous Mossflower Woods abbey in its title, surprisingly little of the action takes place at Redwall. Even in the fifth Redwall book, Salamandastron, about half of the story happens within the confines of Redwall Abbey, but in this book, curiously, much more ofI will be honest when I say that this book actually pissed me off when I read it. Mr. Jacques had a great opportunity here, to take one of his traditionally "evil" creatures and let him be a good guy. To break the conventions of his other stories and to do something different. And Veil does try, through most of the story, to be good. I could almost feel him fighting the author through much of the early part of the book. But no, in the end his evil side wins out, and he turns out to be no better
The main problem I have with Jacques's books is the fact that the difference between "good guys" and "bad guys" is based on their species. This divide might work if the books were written for little kids, who need some sort of distinction between good/bad, but the stories are incredibly long and incredibly violent. This means that most of the readers are teens and adults... who are old enough to notice that certain species being "good" and others being "bad" is, well, flat-out racist. The
I used to adore Redwall, and still have a soft spot in my heart for the earlier books, but this one was just awful. Jacques never provides any ambiguity in his characters: all the drama comes from physical conflict or from youngsters bucking the rules, never from relationships between characters.Nowhere is this more evident that in Outcast of Redwall, where Jacques finally gave himself a chance to right a real wrong in his world: all mustelids are evil! In Jacques's world, if you're born a fox,
I would have liked this book better if the themes of racism wasn't so overwhelming. The premise was good, of having a "bad" animal being raised at Redwall, but the overt prejudice of many of the adult Redwallers against a BABY just felt too blatant for me, as if Brian Jacques didn't put in as much effort into this, and figured he'd write about racism in an "easier" way, if that makes sense.There were some good parts about this book, but the author could have dealt with the subject in a more
Another stirring adventure for the creatures of the idyllic Mossflower wood. As previous reviewers have pointed out, the storylines do get a little repetitive; however I don't expect the youthful audience the books are aimed at, would be too troubled with that - just as long as there are heroes and heroines, warriors and pirates, goodies and baddies, and lots of scrumptious feasts to fill the long, sun-drenched, bucolic days!
DNF. I used to love the Redwall books as a kid, and I still like most of them now despite the somewhat interchangeable cast of characters. You can always trust a Redwall book to have adventures, rich descriptions of food and landscapes, and occasional plot twists. This one, however, was very much not my cup of tea. I'm not so much disappointed as infuriated by the author's treatment and presentation of Veil. Didn't Jacques have a sea rat that reformed in one of the books? In my opinion, the main
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