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A young badgermaid being taller than a male badger Lord? Now that's a first. It's usually the other way around.

So, madness can be cured with a knock on the head? Hmph, should've done that on the last mad hare.

I was beginning to wonder what happened to the score of other young ones as we had only followed a select few escaping the vermin lair.

Now that's a better death: not at the hands of a good creature, but accidental by their own doing with their own weapon.

No-&^#%!*-way! No way that a villain of these stories survived! That never happens! They always get their comeuppance.

So, now we have a second hare who's gone mad in this series. Although, a hare refusing the excellent food of Redwall Abbey? Now that doesn't sound like any hare ever.

Exactly how far on to the Flatlands was the vermin horde? And how fast are they coming to Redwall? The vagueness of this whole thing is conveniently helping the good guys. You would think that a few of the vermin at the front of the group would notice the REDWALL COUNTERATTACK IN THE DITCH!

You would think that after all this time, Brian Jacques would have researched the difference between a ballista and a trebuchet. Maybe it's a difference in English or British education and American education?

So, out of all of the books, we finally have one where the villain is killed directly by the Sword of Martin, and in a dishonorable but justified fashion. I don't recall any instance where this has happened.

Indeed, a rapier is good for a light fighter who fights with speed and maneuverability. A broadsword is good for power but also maneuverability. Depending on how much training you had with either, the battle will depend not just on scoring winning cuts and strikes but also being able to outlast the other.