I found it hard to get through, especially considering that a lot of Redwall books are much the same.

Not my favorite Redwall novel.

Keeps the reader's attention. Constantly switches between three or four scenes. Many violent sections. Many improbable events and results, including when protagonists take ridiculous chances and come out well. Many laudable character traits are extolled.

5 stars. Aight, it is three weeks since I read this (I know, I became dreadfully behind on reviews). But I do remember I loved this book and was OH SO EXCITED to meet Mattimeo’s son Martin II of Redwall!!! He was epic and such a great mix of Matthias and Martin I the Warrior. I was quite sad to discover he only appears in this one book…

This book reminded me of a couple other Redwall books, particularly n  Mariel of Redwalln somewhat, with the pirate island and mad ruler and various quests. But it still felt very much its own story, and I loved it. I honestly remember little of the plot by now, except that it had plenty of sailing and fighting and kidnapping and otters… But the hunt for the pearls at Redwall was super cool and I enjoyed it so much!

As for the characters, I hated Viola at first of course but was delighted with her character arc. Tansy + Arven were the cutest thing (reminded me of Trimp & Chugger from n  The Legend of Luken. Clecky and Gerul were a great pair. Ublaz was horrid—along the lines of Tsarmina, and Ungatt Trunn. The pirate captains were along the same lines as usual except for Romsca, who I couldn’t help liking. Grath was a pretty epic otter, of course. ;) I loved seeing Rollo again!!! I don’t remember anyone else but they all played their parts well.

In short, I remember little about this except that I absolutely loved it and rushed on immediately to the next book. ;P

*updated review + content list to come upon reread*

This book is about the search for these amazing, legendary pearls. I really enjoyed this book a lot. I love the characters in all of these books, and it is so nice to see them grow. I love this series.

Brian Jacques must surely run out of ideas, but fortunately,
he'll never run out of stories :D

I have yet to find a Brian Jacques book I didn't adore. His books are full of adventure, friendship, good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, humor, song, riddles, and characters we fall in love with. I can read any Redwall book to any age person and it's rare they won't get caught up in the stories. My dad loved them as much as my little grandson. The Pearls of Lutra was full of riddles, corsairs, an evil pine marten, dream visits from Martin the Warrior mouse, an otter on a mission, Dibbuns creating chaos, and a hare and owl eating everyone out of house and home. All in all, a rollicking good tome!

This was my least favorite redwall book by far. I'm not sure how it's earned a 4 average. The beginning is very strong, but it quickly goes downhill. The plot is mainly divided between two pirates fighting against each other, a group on a rescue mission, and a group of Red Wallers hunting for pearls. None of the plot lines actually result in anything useful. The pearl hunt is incredibly bland, and the characters essentially bumble their way through by chance, solving riddles that are near useless, only to toss them into the ocean instead of giving them to their rightful owner. Urgaz and his opponent spend the book trying to outsmart each other in dull ways, only to have both die anticlimactically and separately from one another. Grath Longfletch should have been the star of this book, but she was essentially forgotten about for most of the story, only bringing her in as a bland supporting character. This book liberally applied all the worst habits that Jaques adhered to and strung them out as long as possible. I'm going to keep reading the series, but this was a low point for certain.

Pretty odd and disjointed novel, even for a children's book. Most of the story - the traditional riddle element - ends up utterly irrelevant. Fine as a book though, especially for kids who like an adventure.

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This was most extremely excellent and I'm writing this [review] on a little, tiny digital keyboard and the temperature is relatively very hot today, so I think I'll finish my review right now, what?

Any lover of Brian Jacques Redwall stories will love this book...written in his particularly descriptive and humorous style...you can 'hear' the characters speak as you read the text...great stuff for chilling out to whatever age you are!

Great, as ever! Such wonderfully diverse characters, intriguing adventure, and the ever present elaborate food make it great to read. Brian Jacques truly has way with his writing that makes you wish you could have such a life as these characters have, simple and adventurous.