User blog comment:Th3Gh0stWr1ter/Essay: The Eras of Redwall (1986-2011)/@comment-26538658-20160310013858/@comment-9946467-20161202165743

"There was less of the "and they all live happily ever after" sort of ending from Pearls of Lutra onward."

But that's just your opinion. I can't even think of any evidence to support it.

"I find that in the later novels, Jacques died not as much have his protagonists go to the villain as much as he had the villain come to them."

So are you saying the earlier books are better?