I finally read Lord Brocktree!

Spearfinn · May 14, 2015, 01:14:48 PM

Oh my gosh, I finally read Lord Brocktree! It's now my favorite book!

The Skarzs · May 14, 2015, 02:25:29 PM

Awesome! Which character did you like the best? (Spoilers to those who haven't read it.)

Spearfinn · May 14, 2015, 04:17:27 PM

Um, I would say I liked Ruff the best. One reason is because he's a river otter (my favorite animal) 2. He made that really awesome shot with a javelin 3. His name is awesome. ( My other favorite characters were Stiffener (did I spell that right), Southpaw and Bobweave.

Edraithel · May 15, 2015, 03:47:17 AM

Lord Brocktree is my favorite book too!! I've gone back an read it multiple times.

rrrrr · May 15, 2015, 03:58:03 AM

I liked it too

Luftwaffles · May 15, 2015, 04:00:49 AM

I'm looking forward to read this book, actually. It seems like it's got a really high praising amongst readers (probably the most popular book of them all). Too bad that the Redwall series is pretty impossible to find in Spanish.

rrrrr · May 15, 2015, 04:10:26 AM

How do you do mole accents in Spanish?

Luftwaffles · May 15, 2015, 05:09:43 AM

Quote from: rrrrr on May 15, 2015, 04:10:26 AM
How do you do mole accents in Spanish?

I have no clue.

Banya · May 15, 2015, 05:20:23 AM

Well, Sierra, check out the mole speech in English and compare it to the Spanish translation, I suppose. If it's not clear in Spanish, moles have a dialect unique to their species.

Lord Brocktree is the most recent book I've read from the series. I love it because of the large numbers on each side and the many successful maneuvers by the Bark Crew, and the Blue Horderats were unique and memorable. The impression I got of the book this time around was a lot different than the first time I read it, which was probably over 10 years ago. (I've read it once or twice in between.)

Thoughts

This time reading I found Jukka and Fleetscut's prolonged hostility more petty and nagging than anything else. I can't help but like Jukka; I don't care for Fleetscut at all. He acted like a child, and Woebee and Frutch were equally irritating. I didn't used to like Bucko, but he was one of my favourites this time because of his humility, leadership, and determination. I've always considered Dotti the protagonist of the book, despite the title, but I felt this time that after she defeated Bucko she almost fades into a minor character role. Brog and Stiffener remain the great characters I remember them to be.

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Luftwaffles · May 15, 2015, 05:24:01 AM

Well, they DO sound slightly different, but that's not what I would call a "different dialect" or anything.

I guess that I should swallow my pride and buy the books in English... a lot of things are missing in the translation anyway.

rrrrr · May 15, 2015, 07:05:18 AM

Oi shoild read it agin, burr aye!

Wylder Treejumper · May 15, 2015, 07:16:57 PM

Aye, I never did like Fleetscut... He seemed grossly immature and unable to follow orders for a seasoned combat veteran.

I suppose he was just senile.

Gonff the Mousethief · May 16, 2015, 03:40:21 AM

This book well, just never set with me much. There were a lot of memorable parts, but it just felt to, well, in the middle of cliche and boring. I understand that it was far different form the others, but it was just the hero goes and meets friends and fins the villain. The boring part was that for a majority of the time, The whole Jukka ordeal was so dragged on like the plateau part in Loamhedge. Plus, I felt the whole secret pool area did waste some time. It felt like they were there forever! However, I still like the whole story line and it had some great characters, and the final page was my favorite. I will most likely re-read it soon so I can see if I am being to harsh on it. Now, I will rant about Pearls of Lutra, but I will save that for later.

SoranMBane · May 16, 2015, 02:32:20 PM

I wouldn't call Lord Brocktree one of my favourite Redwall, books, but it's definitely a solid one; it has a good number of cool or memorable moments, and not a whole I can think of that really bothered me. I think the main thing that really keeps it from being one of my favorites is that Lord Brocktree himself is not a terribly interesting character for me. I generally prefer the Redwall heroes that have some sort of arc or character growth to go through, so Brocktree is a bit too uniformly perfect for me to really get invested in him.

Plenty of other characters to pick up the slack, though. Dotti, especially; she's absolutely delightful.

MeadowR · May 17, 2015, 05:48:54 PM

Quote from: TheTaleOfSierra on May 15, 2015, 05:24:01 AM
Well, they DO sound slightly different, but that's not what I would call a "different dialect" or anything.

I guess that I should swallow my pride and buy the books in English... a lot of things are missing in the translation anyway.

It's something I have wondered actually, about how these books translate into other languages. How can you recreate such purposeful accents into different languages?? What do they do to change them and make them still unique and true to the original intention? It's what I wondered about other book series, too.

Anyway, Lord Brocktree used to be one of my favourites. Not sure if it still is? Maybe! I like how 'down to earth' Brocktree is in comparison to some other badgerlords(to be).

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