A review by eastofthesunwestofthemoon
Boneland by Alan Garner

3.0

3 stars. Boneland is not what I expected. It is a complex and tortuous book that has little in common with the first two in the Tales of Alderley series. Parts of it are really marvelously written and parts of it are just choppy and chaotic. I was hoping for at least some nostalgia and at least something in common with the wonder of the first two books, but that isn't where Garner chooses to take us in this tale. Ultimately, it just didn't speak to me the way the other two did, in years past and upon rereading them recently. I don't regret reading Boneland, but I doubt if I will revisit it.