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A review by doritobabe
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
4.0
3,5/5
I quite liked this novel. I think I was reading an article about [b:Underland: A Deep Time Journey|41817481|Underland A Deep Time Journey|Robert Macfarlane|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553019903l/41817481._SY75_.jpg|68561061] wherein a geologist was describing his love for the underground coming in part from a scene in this book. The description and its memorability for the writer inspired me to pursue it and I was not disappointed.
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen was a fun children's fantasy novel about two siblings (a brother and a sister) who spend the summer in the country. Here, they learn about local mythology and have an adventure based on it and an inherited heirloom.
This book has all of the classical fantasy elements (elves, witches, evil warlocks, dwarves, and some unknown fantastical types) and is based heavily in the lore that Garner was told as a young boy. I think that I would have loved this book even more as a child than I did now.
The low-ish rating is based off of the feeling that I had around a certain scene dragging on for way too long, and that the ending was a bit too abrupt for my liking. When my friends have older children, I will probably purchase this for their reading pleasure.
I quite liked this novel. I think I was reading an article about [b:Underland: A Deep Time Journey|41817481|Underland A Deep Time Journey|Robert Macfarlane|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553019903l/41817481._SY75_.jpg|68561061] wherein a geologist was describing his love for the underground coming in part from a scene in this book. The description and its memorability for the writer inspired me to pursue it and I was not disappointed.
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen was a fun children's fantasy novel about two siblings (a brother and a sister) who spend the summer in the country. Here, they learn about local mythology and have an adventure based on it and an inherited heirloom.
This book has all of the classical fantasy elements (elves, witches, evil warlocks, dwarves, and some unknown fantastical types) and is based heavily in the lore that Garner was told as a young boy. I think that I would have loved this book even more as a child than I did now.
The low-ish rating is based off of the feeling that I had around a certain scene dragging on for way too long, and that the ending was a bit too abrupt for my liking. When my friends have older children, I will probably purchase this for their reading pleasure.