The Pearls of Lutra [Import] [Hardcover]

Brian Jacques (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 375 pages
• Publisher: Hutchinson; First Edition first Printing edition (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0091765366
• ISBN-13: 978-0091765361
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (169 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,653,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pearls of Lutra, a good read, February 27, 2001

By 

Zach Dunseth (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Pearls of Lutra (Redwall, Book 9) (Paperback)

This book, by Brian Jacques, is one of the many Redwall series books using animals as the main characters. In this particular Redwall book vicious pirates stole six priceless pearls from Lutra, an otter settlement. All otters, save one were murdered. The remaining otter vows vengeance; and sets off to track down the sea pirates that killed her family. So along the way, she meets a group of Redwallers, who are searching for their abbot, and the story goes on from there. Most of this book I liked, and there were great scenes of food and feasts that made my mouth water. Another thing I liked was that the characters weren't always peaceful. Martin, the Redwall warrior actually went into rages of war lust, which is unusual in fantasy books, for the main characters often will only fight in self-defense. That made the characters seem more real. The one aspect of the book I didn't like were the parts when the characters would start a ballad or talk with poems. Those parts seemed to go on forever. I usually skipped those parts (which sometimes went on for more than a page) and went on to the action scenes usually soon after. Overall, this book was interesting, and if you're a fan of the Redwall series, or just like fantasy stories, this will be a good read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great story overall !, October 2, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Pearls of Lutra (Redwall, Book 9) (Paperback)

This tale from the redwall series is
about an evil pine marten named Ublaz who send out a group to steal six mysterious pearls. In the group, there were two traitors who end up escaping from the ship with the pearls. The pearls finally ends up at redwall.Then the story unfolds from the captured abbot to the riddles of the pearls to the journey of a warrior mouse. Would they find the pearls in time to exchange them for their abbot or will Martin do something about it? you'll just have to find out by reading this amazingly well written story.

First of all this was a great book, the way the story is written kept me coming back for more. The suspense found in the extremely clever riddles is only one of many factors that made this book a real page turner. Overall i think this book is great, but not the best compared to the other Redwall books i've read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A swashbuckling tale!, August 14, 2003

By 

N. Bernadsky "ski429" (Conway, AR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pearls of Lutra (Redwall, Book 9) (Hardcover)

The Pearls of Lutra revolves around several central characters. First and foremost is Tansy the hedgehog. It is she who undertakes the quest to find the hidden pearls, and her sections of the book are filled with the usual enderaing Redwall dialects, characters, and riddles. The riddles were fun without being incredibly difficult to solve...children would have a good time thinking them over to see if they can figure it out before Tansy and her friends.
Martin the second makes a return appearance, this time setting out to rescue kidnapped Redwallers. He proves to be his dependable self, protecting the innocent and bringing the vilians to their knees.
Grath Longfletch is an otter bent on bringing vengeance on the corsairs that slaughtered her family.
I could go on and on about so many of the characters in this book: owls, hares, the Guosim shrews, seals, and more!

I enjoyed this book for the most part. The only drawback is that I found the varying storylines more distracting than usual. There are always a lot of things going on in Redwall books, but it was difficult to keep things straight this time. Perhaps the similarity in the names of several characters was part of it.