Outcast of Redwall: A Novel of Redwall [Turtleback]

Brian Jacques (Author)

Product Details

• Turtleback
• Publisher: Demco Media; Reprint edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 060613011X
• ISBN-13: 978-0606130110
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (178 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,110,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best In The Whole Series - Except For Martin The Warrior, November 30, 1999

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Jen (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outcast of Redwall (Redwall, Book 8) (Mass Market Paperback)

This book was one of the best I have ever read (and believe me, I have read an enormous amount). Yes, it relies heavily on the standard Jaques a-little-good-beats-alot-of-evil formula, but a wonderful twist is added in the character of Veil. Is he or is he not irredeemably evil...? His actions at the beginning of the book seem to answer the question, but as the plot unfolds his character becomes more and more complex and utterly real. This twist adds depth and realism to the book, as does the searat Blaggut in "The Bellmaker" and the corsair Romsca in "Pearls of Lutra". As for the people who disagree with the title... Veil may not have a huge number of lines, but he is pivotal. Take a close look at the end of the book to see why.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Redwall book yet, March 21, 2000

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[e-mail] (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outcast of Redwall (Redwall, Book 8) (Mass Market Paperback)

Like most book series, Redwall can be a bit unaccessible without reading the whole series from oldest to new. Also alot of the plots repeat themselves. But in Outcast, author Brian Jacques really treats his readers with the struggle that young Veil has trying to get Redwallers off his back, but soon ends up sacrificing himself for their survival.

Also, Jacques doesn't actually have any situations in Redwall occuring until halfway into the book, which lets Jacques show much more surprising and interesting characters than he does in his other books. My favorite character has to be Swartt Sixclaw, who is also the most unique, whereas characters like Veil and Sunflash are too usual in a book like this. Sixclaw is really funny all through this book, constantly insulting his horde until they fall apart.

This and Martin the Warrior are probably the best Redwall books and are some of the first you should ever read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just amazing!, January 7, 2000

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Jinn Resso - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outcast of Redwall (Redwall, Book 8) (Mass Market Paperback)

How does Brian Jacques continue to do it? He uses the same storyline in every single Redwall book (a little good can and will beat a lot of evil), and yet you just can't put the book down! My favorite character was the fox vixen Nightshade. She really did know a lot. If Swartt Sixclaw had only listened to what she had to say, he might have been victorious.

I really like it when a book has strong characters...on both sides of the battlefield. And this book certainly has them, Swartt Sixclaw is a convincing hoard leader, being bull-headed and stubborn. Nightshade the seer is a competant second-in-command. Sunflash the Mace is the best over-all badger lord that I've seen in any of the Redwall books, and his friend Skarlath the kestrel is the best secondary character that I've seen in any book. Veil Sixclaw, while still a great character, is a mystery, even by the end of the book, you can't figure out if he is good or evil.

I would give The Outcast of Redwall more than five stars if I could, this book is not one to be skipped over.