I first read the Redwall books years ago and I still enjoy them when I recently re-read them. I love the world building and the creativity with which these animals were anthropomorphized. The level of description is really well done and very detailed. So adventurous and so very entertaining. ( )

As always, another wonderful novel by Jacques. I'll be slow to read the final two... I don't want them to end :( I do wonder how Martin and Gnoff and them had any time to do anything that wasn't writing riddles and hiding clues. haha ( )

I love the Redwall series. It's always fun to dip into the Mossflower Woods and spend some time with the mice, shrews, hares and otters of the Redwall Abbey, and to read some exciting battle scenes with the "vermin" characters of rats, snakes, ravens, and so forth. I listened to this full cast audio recording and boy was it entertaining. The author narrates, in his loovly Liverpudlian accent, and the actors who play all the parts all have the right accents for the moles and other animals. Plus there are songs sung, which really adds to the character. In this volume, Redwall mouse Bisky and squirrel Dwink get caught up in a quest for rubies and emeralds (the stolen eyes of the Doomwyte statue), while the evil Korvus Skurr, raven leader of the Wytes gang, also seeks the gems--and he's got a giant nasty serpent to help him! (shiver) ( )

Another great yarn from Jacques... saddened, however, that I am getting closer to the end of his work. ( )

One of the best of Brian Jacques Redwall books, the Redwall heroes deal with multiple villains: evil tree rats, a crazed old hedgehog, wicked ravens, and gigantic poisonous serpent. Along the way, they solve multiple mysteries concerning the four jewels stolen ages ago by the master thief Gonfellin. To aid in these multiple quests, they make friends of thieves and mysterious dark stranger. ( )