A review by caitgriff
A Green and Ancient Light by Frederic S. Durbin

4.0

An interesting read. I normally despise first person accounts, but found this one bearable due to its “Christmas Story” style of the narrator telling a story about his childhood from adulthood. All names and places are censored, which started out fine, but grew annoying. I’m sure the author left the characters ambiguous on purpose, but just calling characters by the first letter of their name got exasperating when you encountered two characters with the same first initial. Also, it was weird that Mr. Girandole’s name was given in full, when no other names were.

Overall a fun read, but over-utilizes name/Place redaction to a point that it begins to interfere with comprehension and enjoyment.