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A review by ariereads
Cart and Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones
4.0
I've been trying to read this quartet since I was gifted the books over a decade ago. I still don't know why I never managed - especially after finally picking up this first book yesterday and realising that it is fantastic and not at all difficult.
It's strangely sombre for a children's book, the world is a harsh place and the journey that the main characters go on is challenging in a way that quests rarely seem to be these days. The consequences are as harsh as the world they belong to, and death - though shocking - is an easily accepted thing. Maybe this is why I struggled to read it as a child?
Moril is a wonderful lead character, and the music theme is explored differently than I've seen before - though of course this is Diana Wynne Jones and so I would expect no less!
It's strangely sombre for a children's book, the world is a harsh place and the journey that the main characters go on is challenging in a way that quests rarely seem to be these days. The consequences are as harsh as the world they belong to, and death - though shocking - is an easily accepted thing. Maybe this is why I struggled to read it as a child?
Moril is a wonderful lead character, and the music theme is explored differently than I've seen before - though of course this is Diana Wynne Jones and so I would expect no less!