Read: My 8th book, read between Sunday 11th and Wednesday 14th July
Review: An irritatingly engaging, too-safe children's fantasy novel about Matthias (a mouse) and his quest to defend Redwall - the mouse abbey, sheltering an assortment of innocent woodland creatures - against a vicious band of marauding rats. Full of quick quarrels implausibly resolved, 'somehows' and the odd loose end; overshadowed by a feeling of unbroachable ultimate safety for our protagonist, no matter what scrapes he gets himself into; yet, for some reason, once I'd got about a third of the way through, strangely compelling - almost enjoyable.
Time: By far the longest yet - three days! In my defence, those three days were also spent at church, having an afternoon at the castle and on the beach with mum and dad, packing up almost all of my belongings, loading them into the car, driving to Harpenden, staying the night with total strangers and spending my first ever day in my new school.
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