Taggerung

I loved this book as a kid - I thought the idea of a tattooed otter running around having adventures just so cool. And coming back to it as an adult I was pleased to find that the writing mostly held up. It’s a well written book, with fairly likeable characters - the only thing that held me back fro......more

This book was an especially enjoyable installment in the series, due to its noncomformity to the customary plots of Redwall. It was very useful to have at my veritable disposal whilst I battle the flippin' flu, wot?......more

One of the best Redwall books IMHO. We had a book about a baby from a "bad" species being raised in Redwall, now we have a member of a "good" species being raised among the baddies. The Redwall series has been consistently decent, but this book stands out as one of the best, to me it felt as if Mr.......more

Like "Outcast of Redwall" this book has a lot of potential but fails to deliver. A baby otter, Taggerung, is kidnapped and raised by a gang of murderous vermin thieves. Then he grows up and is inherently good simply because he is an otter, and he refuses to participate in his gang's evil doings. He......more

While I'm firmly of the opinion that no Redwall novel is inherently bad (with the possible exception of Loamhedge, and that's only for its bat's arse stance on being able to 'cure' disability with the POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING) Taggerung doesn't live up to the high standards of its predecessors. It......more