Book 1 - Mossflower by Brian Jacques
Jan. 5th, 2013 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
colorlessgreenideasI haven't read any of these books in, like, ten years at least. I loved them as a kid, then sort of grew out of them as a teenager, and am trying again as an adult.
- I kept wondering where they woodlanders get their cheese, milk, and cream from. They seem to have plenty of it, but there's no mention of any dairy animals. I realize this is a triffling point in a story about talking woodland animals.
- Still, I want to get the Redwall cookbook. Even dishes that I would not normally find appealing sound delicious when moles are eating them.
- The more I read, the less patience I have for villians who are just BAD. Leaders almost never lead by fear alone; there needs to be other motivation in there somewhere for it to be believeable. Of course, these are really children's stories, so I guess it's more forgiveable.
- Along the same lines, the complete lack of cohesion among bad guys annoys me, as well. I know it makes them more bad, but they would be more frightening if they got along with each other. Perhaps.
- I have a hard time (always have had) wrapping my brain around the presumed size differences among the creatures. I tend to imagine them as all about the same size, or at least within a human range of difference. Then occassionally Jacques reminds us that cats are, in fact, much larger than mice. And my brain hurts a little.
- I appreciate that there are good cats and bad cats. I wish more species in these books were given individuals with a range of traits.
- I kept wondering where they woodlanders get their cheese, milk, and cream from. They seem to have plenty of it, but there's no mention of any dairy animals. I realize this is a triffling point in a story about talking woodland animals.
- Still, I want to get the Redwall cookbook. Even dishes that I would not normally find appealing sound delicious when moles are eating them.
- The more I read, the less patience I have for villians who are just BAD. Leaders almost never lead by fear alone; there needs to be other motivation in there somewhere for it to be believeable. Of course, these are really children's stories, so I guess it's more forgiveable.
- Along the same lines, the complete lack of cohesion among bad guys annoys me, as well. I know it makes them more bad, but they would be more frightening if they got along with each other. Perhaps.
- I have a hard time (always have had) wrapping my brain around the presumed size differences among the creatures. I tend to imagine them as all about the same size, or at least within a human range of difference. Then occassionally Jacques reminds us that cats are, in fact, much larger than mice. And my brain hurts a little.
- I appreciate that there are good cats and bad cats. I wish more species in these books were given individuals with a range of traits.
