Customer Reviews
High Rhulain 
2007-03-30
The Queen High Rhulain of Green Isle has returned. A young ottermaid, Tiria Wildlough of Redwall, has a mysterious dream that will take her on an epic adventure. On her quest to become queen, Tiria meets many strange people such as Captain Cuthbert Frunk W. Bloodpaw, a strange Long Patrol Hare that undergoes many personality changes. I recommend this book to people that like to read fantasy novels and that don't mind reading a long book.
There are multiple fight scenes in this book. The most important one is the final battle between Tiria's forces and the Wildcats. Several good warriors, such as Pandion Pickleton( a hawk) are lost in this battle but not in vain. Tiria and her forces one the battle so now Tiria is the Queen High Rhulain.
This book is extremely engrossing. The first time I picked it up I read at least fifty pages. All the chapters leave you with several questions in your mind so you have to keep reading. For example, the final battle lasts a couple of chapters so I did not want to stop reading because a soldier would not stop in the middle of a battle, right?
This is a great book to read because you can actually see everything that is going on because it is so well written. You can picture all the great foods around you, you can vividly see what all of the characters look like, and you can see the outcome of war after a battle.
Finally, I like fighting, and this book has a lot of it. So there, this book has a lot of fighting, it is well written, and you can't put it down once you start reading it. I recommend this book to fantasy lovers, and if that is you, than go pick up a copy and start reading. Hey, everything is better than just sitting on the couch doing nothing, right?
I feel cheated . . . 
2007-02-03
The story is alright, however I have collected all the Redwall books since day one and have noticed something that appears to be a trend in the book publishing industry.
I thought this series was great. So good, in fact, that I faithfully collected it in hardcover until this last book. Has anyone else noticed that Philomel along with other publishers have switched to low quality materials for their hardcover books? Take a look at the paper for instance. We all paid a lot of money for a seriously inferior product. Just compare the other volumes in this set and then this last book. You won't like it when the first 16 look okay in about 5 years, but the new ones are already yellowed with age. I have already seen the yellowing at my local library and am so annoyed for spending money on junk. Wait for the paperback, this is the same just about 4 times as expensive.
Shame on Philomel!
High Rhulain 
2007-02-02
High Rhulain
This book is called High Rhulain written by Brian Jacques. It is published by Philomel Books in 2005. It has 336 pages and its genre is sci-fi fantasy. This book is part of the Redwall series. High Rhulain is just like all the other Redwall series where it follows all the characters through the book.
This book is about animals with human like characteristics. For example there are mice, otters, moles, badgers, voles, and rabbits, which are considered the good animals. Then there are the evil animals which consist of rats, foxes, weasels, and wildcats. This book focuses on otters and wildcats. Tiria, a Redwall resident, goes out from Redwall to the mysterious Green Isle. There she must fulfill and ancient prophecy and gain her inheritance. Green Isle is the home of otterclans and wildcats led by the evil Riggu Felis and his catguards. They took the otters fortress and enslaved them all. Tiria is joined by two birds and a squad of long patrol rabbits to take out Riggu Felis.
I liked the book. The more I read the better it got. The farther you get the more intense everything becomes and more suspense and interest is built up. The strong parts of the books are the fights and battles. Brian Jacques explains them very clearly so you can picture in your mind what all the characters are doing. The weak parts are when the book is at Redwall abbey. It is very boring there and there is just a bunch of talking and explaining.
Overall High Rhulain was a good book. I would recommend it to any age. If you like the Redwall series you will like this a lot. It is one of the best of the series and it's hard to put down.
This was a gift ... 2007-01-18
I bought this book as a Christmas gift. When I received it, the cover was a bit torn around the edges, but otherwise it was in good shape. I personally do not read this genre, but the person I gave this book to loves this series!
Feels like marlfox.... again 
2007-01-01
I've read Brian Jacques books for a long time, and the first were truly unique and interesting. High Rhulian, on the other hand, had almost the same plot as Marlfox (an earlier book). The author has used the same formula as many of his other books:
1. A group of young squirrels/otters/mice/badgers/whatever go on a quest, following a group of adults
2. Villains act extremly stupid stratigectly.
3. The heroes defeat a huge army with nary a causalty.
4. One young animal from said book becomes a great leader.
This formula has been used too often. This book was so pathetic, I was rooting for the bad guys at the end. If you want to read a better book by the same writer, try "The Legend Of Luke" or something.
Very Weak 2007-10-15
This is by far Brian Jacques' worst work. I'm not saying this out of malevolence or even dislike--I truly love much of his work. The comments, however, that the book is formulaic are understatement.
The entire outcome of this book is obvious from the first few chapters. I almost didn't have the will to keep reading--the villains will die, the hero with a tragic past will sacrifice himself and be at peace, and the leader destined to be a queen becomes (surprise!) a queen. You can read a synopsis and skip the book. It's that bad. For the more avid Jacques readers, all of the specific terms and groups you've come to expect pop up, doing exactly what they always do: the Guosim shrews show up briefly, there's a badger lord we see for a bit, the Long Patrol are gluttonous and heroic, the Redwallers bumble good-naturedly, and the otters eat hotroot soup. Huzzah.
I in no way mean to imply that Jacques hasn't written good books; he has. "Mossflower", for example, is excellent. For the last four or five years, the Redwall novels have been episodic, and of increasingly poorer quality. The earlier stuff is the best.
I think Jacques is under pressure to keep churning out Redwall books at a steady pace, when he should've ended them years ago--or at least taken a break. If there is another Redwall novel, I dearly hope it is prudently done and isn't as exhausted as this one seems.
So - So 
2007-09-29
This was a pretty good book, and I love the fact that there was so little puzzle solving involved. But the battles were pretty pathetic, and the Bad guy died like 7 chapters before the end, which is too early for me. Plus, I just didn't feel like this book had enough excitement, it was kind of boring, and kind of reminded me of Mariel of Redwall {a previos book in the series}. If you like redwall, read this book, but you won't miss much in the series if you skip this book, it's not really related to any other books in the series.
Wildlough 2007-08-01
A very good adventure story that can be read on its on or as the 18th Redwall book, Tiria Wildlough, prophisied Queen High Rhulain of Green Isle, faces an army of feral cats when she attemts to free their otterslaves. Eventurly, they are freed and live their lives out on Green Isle. This would have been better if the villians hadn't always acted so stupid.
-Emma D.
High Rhulain 2007-05-26
This was a terrific book that couldn't leave my hands. It had many surprises, like when the outlaw otter leader got captured when he was leaving the cats' fortress. I read this book, because I have read many other Redwall books by Brian Jacques which I found excellent. Many chapters had fantastic cliffhanger endings. One example of these is that three Redwall inhabitants are going up into unknown attics when the stairs collapse and the creatures below hear screams. This was a terrific book and I would recommend it to all fantasy readers.
High Rhulain, The Quest for Freedom 2007-05-08
High Rhulain is a novel of Redwall Abbey by Brain Jacques, and features a cast of anthropomorphized animals in various heroic or villainous roles. The Redwall Abbey stories are popular with children and young adults. The basic story is a "Quest" to have the hereditary descendant of the otter queen High Rhulain return to Green Isle and liberate the otters who face oppression and slavery at the hands, or rather the paws, of the cruel Riggu Felis and his band of wildcats.
The heroine is Tiria Wildlough, otter daughter of Skipper Banjon, Master-at-Arms of Redwall Abbey. Through deciphering the riddles of an ancient tome, and the tale of a rescued osprey, Tiria comes to the realization of the plight of the otters of Green Isle and an awareness of her destiny to return as their new High Queen Rhulain. She enlists the aid of the osprey, a migratory barnacle goose, two dozen hares of the Long Patrol from Salamandastron, and the colorful fighting rabbit and adventurer, Captain Cuthbert Frunk W. Bloodpaw, master of the Petunia, whose persona changes to match his costumes, (or vice-versa).
Several other characters contend with each other before the final struggle to free the otters of Green Isle from the scourge of wildcats; from the outlaw otter Leatho Shellhound, admired by the enslaved otters and feared by the wildcats for his exploits, to the two sons of Riggu Felis who contend with each other for their disdainful father's scant approval. There is also a pathetic band of water rats that infest the woodlands near Redwall Abbey and make a nuisance of themselves until they and their leader, Groffgut, are finally dealt with.
The quest ends following some sacrifices, but with peace and prosperity restored to Green Isle, as well as a new leader, the High Rhulain.
