Customer Reviews
eulaliaaaaaa 
2008-06-29
in my oppinion this book is one of the most action packed books i have ever read. it is a outstanding book full of friendship and bravery. yet again brian jacques catured my attention inthis thrilling tale of redwall abbey and salamandastron. i recommend this book to anyone who loves action.
Great book but not Jacques' best. 
2008-04-23
I have been an avid Redwall reader ever since I found Mossflower in my school library in grade six. I was immediately taken with the series. so when I got Eulalia! I was thrilled. Do not listen to 1 star reveiwers on this or any other Redwall book. They will tell you the series has worn itself out. I say different.
Sure, there are repetitive instances such as there being a rat in Mossflower who has the same name of another rat in Lord Brocktree, but the main stories are vastly different to each other.
I had to take points off this book because of some repetitiveness like the slight overuse of the Badger's bloodwrath in every book and Vizka Longtooth trying to dig his way into Redwall. Vizka was the second vermin to try that. Cluny the Scourge tried that in the first Redwall book. He succeded but if I remember correctly he was stopped by the Redwallers pouring caoldrons of hot porridge among his troops. Vizka did not succeed but the idea was the same.
I will not reveal too much of the plot now because you might want to read it yourself. but take my word for it: great book, great author, great series. Mossflower (Redwall, Prequel to the Redwall Series)
Lord Brocktree (Redwall, Book 13)
Redwall (Redwall, Book 1)
Redwall, Mossflower, Mattimeo, Mariel of Redwall,Salamandastron, Martin the Warrior, Bellmaker, Outcast of Redwall, Pearls of Lutra, Long Patrol, Marlfox, Legend of Luke, Lord Brocktree, Taggerung, Triss, Loamhedge, Rakkety Tam, High Rhulain (Redwall, 1...
Eulalia!-Redwall Series 2008-04-06
I enjoyed this book. It was based on the tried and true formula that made Brian Jacques so popular and it is always interesting to see previous characters and locations included in the storyline.
An Amazing Novel 2008-03-30
I have read nearly all of Brian Jacques' books, and this one gets my vote for best! It is full of surprises, action, and cliffhangers. Even so, I was never hanging on those cliffs for more than an hour, I just couldn't get away from that book.
Another excellent story in the "history of Red Wall". 2008-02-17
My wife and I buy these for one of our grandsons who "loves" this Brian Jacques series. He usually reads them asap and gives us a "review" of the story. We rely on him for our reviews.
Mr. Jacques, I hate to say it, but at some point you're going to have to think of a new story 
2008-01-21
Lord Asheye of Salamandastron has a prophecy: A new Badger Lord must take his place and reign over the legendary badger fortress. But who is this young warrior who shuns both armor and sword? And how is he to be found? Mad Maudie, a feisty haremaid of the Long Patrol, is just the one to track him down. Meanwhile, the unsuspecting future Badger Lord has been captured by a scurrilous group of Sea Raiders led by the infamous fox, Vizka Longtooth, who intends on conquering Redwall Abbey. It is up to our young hero to defend Redwall so that he may fulfill his destiny as leader of Salamandastron.
Great Tale from Redwall 2008-01-14
Brian Jacques does it again! This fascinating story of Gorath, a badger taken captive by sea pirates, is filled with all the things that make a Redwall tale wonderful -- loyal friends, nasty fiends, lots of feasting, and an unknown destiny for our hero. Lots of action! A real treat!
Another winner!! 2008-01-08
The adventure continues throughout the book with some old friends and new friends from the series. As usual Martin the Warrior sends visions. The young orphaned badger, troublemaking hare, and a sneakthief hedgehog all learn many life lessons. With two separate threats, the sea raiders and brown rats, each planning to conquer Redwall, several unexpected groups join to defeat the enemies. New friends become true friends in this grand adventure. The play on words and names adds to the writing we have come to enjoy from Brian Jacques.
Barely plodding along 
2007-11-04
*Spoilers Ahead
*Remember that I am not the target audience for this book, so younger adults will enjoy this novel.
Isn't it me, or have these books gotten worse after The Long Patrol? They all follow the same path, too afraid to stray off and try something new (bad guy evokes the wrath of hero, hero and bad guy face different paths that include fighitng and mutiny, preferribly in the bad side, while the good side grow fat on food, they meet, bad guy dies in a paragraph, rejoice), and "Eulalia!" follows just that. It also makes me wonder, with the Goodbeasts feeding their faces everyday, don't grow fat at all. It also makes me wonder, with the Long Patrol, how they ever got to be such good military tacticians, when all you ever see of them is feeding their engorged faces. Anyway, here's the same buildup for "Eulalia!"
The book title is misleading, like all of his works. "Eulalia!" is not about the origins of the word, or even about how Salamandastron got started. It is about a fox--could say 'evil fox' but foxes are always evil--named Vizka Longtooth, who of course has unusually long fangs. He is a captain of a band of Sea Raiders, and his brother Codj is the First Mate. They evade peaceful farm badgers, kill Gorath's grandparents, and Vizka takes Gorath prisoner, hoping to brainwash him to be evil.
Before I venture any further, let it be known that if you were looking for an evil badger, you haven't read any of Jacques interviews. He clearly stated that badgers will be forever good in his series. If you are already groaning in frustration, please bear in mind that this is another crappy Redwall novel, and if you're hoping that this one would break the chain, it only added another tedious link.
The only interesting aspect in this novel (thankfuly, it's short, even for hardcover) is Codj. For once, there is a 'cute' villain we can actually cuddle and hug, a brother that doesn't have any murderous intent on killing his brother, and actually looking up to Vizka for guidance. Unfortunately, like all of Jacques interesting villains, the mintue a difference is shown in the pile, Jacques kills them off. Once again, I am giving the same 'I don't care about anyone but myself--not even my own brother' character in Vizka. Codj is killed off, but Vizka shows not one drop of remorse. There are other bad guys, but they were very forgetable.
The good guys aren't even that great either. They don't think beyond the mentality of 'bad guys--evil, my friends--good', and they're downright annoying and corny. All they ever think of is food. It's all great and swell in a Redwall world, innit?
Bottom line, if you really like the generic plot that is in like, every Redwall novel now, you will fall in love with this book. If you were one of the few like myself who heard that this book would be different, that it would feature some good foxes for once because you thought the UK version had two foxes alongside the badger when they were actually squirrels, it's obvious you'd not like it.
FYI, 'Eulalia!' is the name of a ship. Yeah, that's it...
Eulalia 2007-10-21
I have read every Redwall book at least three times and I was not disappointed with Eulalia. In fact I would say it was one of the best books! It was great!
