A review by dreams_of_attolia
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

3.0

The landscape plays a very prominent role in the story, both as it relates to the magic system and as it influences the plot. The plot itself is fairly simple (get magic stone away from the evil creatures and into the hands of the good guys). I think what Garner does best is to take you along on the character's journey. There are detailed descriptions of crawling through underbrush and slogging along muddy creek banks. There was also a vividly described trek through narrow and twisting underground caves that made the claustrophobe in me positively squeamish. Definitely one to read more for the experience than the story.