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A review by orlathewitch
Boneland by Alan Garner
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This was a grown up novel of my childhood favourites. The Weirdstone of Brisingermen and the Moon of Gomrath are like the foundations stones of me as a person. This was ending that story and I don't know whether to be over-joyed and grief-stricken.
Susan and I went through so much together and as much as you can love anyone who is not real I love her. We shared the same fears and bitterness and confusion and anguishes. We stared out at the same stars and landscapes waiting to be found by our adventure.
But Boneland was Colin's story not hers. All I know now that I did not know before is that Susan found her way to her stars. I don't know if I'm happy or sad about that either.
Colin talks about science and myth holding equal importance but existing in difference demensions. You cannot use a telescope to find a metaphor but that does not mean that it is not real or that it does not have power. Alan Garner has been my favourite author for a long time. This has not changed even though this story was so different from the ones he told in the 1960s. It makes me sad because I grew up too and I'll never be the girl who first listened to my mother read those books again.
But read it if you've read the others. This is not a follow on, it's a look back by you and Colin in fear and wonder.
Susan and I went through so much together and as much as you can love anyone who is not real I love her. We shared the same fears and bitterness and confusion and anguishes. We stared out at the same stars and landscapes waiting to be found by our adventure.
But Boneland was Colin's story not hers. All I know now that I did not know before is that Susan found her way to her stars. I don't know if I'm happy or sad about that either.
Colin talks about science and myth holding equal importance but existing in difference demensions. You cannot use a telescope to find a metaphor but that does not mean that it is not real or that it does not have power. Alan Garner has been my favourite author for a long time. This has not changed even though this story was so different from the ones he told in the 1960s. It makes me sad because I grew up too and I'll never be the girl who first listened to my mother read those books again.
But read it if you've read the others. This is not a follow on, it's a look back by you and Colin in fear and wonder.