Outcast of Redwall

For most of my childhood, I was utterly in love with the world of Redwall. Brian Jacques has a gift for storytelling, describing battles and feasts in equal meticulous detail, and it paints an enchanting picture for any reader. But the strength of the series aside- hell. This is one of the most unfair......more

I appreciated this book's clear departure from Jacques' typical formulaic Redwall plot, and appreciated even more its foray into moral complexity. This was the first (perhaps it remained the only?) Redwall book which explored the possibility that the "evil" predatory/scavenger species of Redwall's s......more

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 o......more

I had full nostalgia listening to this one. This one is a mixture of two stories which then eventually tie into a single story in the final third. Considering the main characters are a weasel and a badger. The character depth is always spot on in these novels......more

The past summer I decided to re-read some of this series. I remembered loving it in grade school, and The Outcast of Redwall was my favorite book of the series. I remember reading it several times as a kid, but upon rereading it in college, I couldn't figure out why. There were several unlikable cha......more