But in later books, there is a very casual attitude towards birds – in a couple of books, owls are just hanging out being friendly with everyone with no questions asked. In the beginning, there is an implication that owls, hawks, and other birds of prey are dangerous. For some reason badgers, although they eat small rodents in real life, were added to the good column. The bad guys are larger creatures that are frequently carnivorous in real life – rats, ferrets, weasels, stoats, foxes, etc. Basically the good creatures are small herbivores – mice, squirrels, hedgehogs, moles, hares, etc. I was also left with some questions about carnivorous creatures. In my imagination, the animals were a bit more animal-y. I ignored most of the references to clothing. I was honestly against this – mice wearing sandals? This seems far more ridiculous than mice that talk, read, and write. There’s also the question of clothes, which the Redwall animals do wear. Do these creatures live in a completely alternate world where mice are like human-sized, and everything else (like trees and rocks) are based from there? Or are they actually mouse-sized and trees are just humongous? Questions like this pestered me a bit throughout my reading, mostly because of who I am as a person haha World-building is overall solid, although I’m still left with a few questions, mostly regarding things like size. Most of the books are somewhat formulaic in that there is always a pack of bad animals (aka vermin) attacking the good animals who are forced into battle in self-defense, despite their normally peace-loving natures. Most of the adventures center around an abbey called Redwall, a haven for peaceful creatures who desire to help others. The Redwall books take place in a land inhabited solely by animals. However, I think it’s possible that I’ve discovered where my subconscious affection for badgers originated. Several of them seem vaguely familiar, but I don’t have clear memories of any of them except for the first book, Redwall. Now that I’ve read the first ten books, I’m actually not sure how many of them I read back in the day. I’m not sure why I felt such an urge to read them again, but I found the first 16 of them for $20 on eBay, so I went for it. I had only some hazy memories of reading and enjoying them as a youngster. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews//Ībout a month ago, for some reason I started thinking about the Redwall books.
Mertz, Barbara (also writing as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels).Christie, Agatha (also writing as Mary Westmacott).Children’s History: Landmark, Signature Biographies, and We Were There.
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