A review by alexsiddall
The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

1.0

Disappointing. Came highly recommended but felt very one-dimensional: swords and sorcery, wizards and dwarfs, witches, unseen forces summoning weather and moving the scenery, etc. There's a long-drawn-out escape through tunnels with no tension, as the outcome was no surprise - the protagonists get out.
One pleasing thing for a 1960 book - the little girl has agency, and sometimes leads. But no points for the cheap deployment of inexplicable magic as a get-out every time the protagonists are in a bind.
Poor fare.