Book review: Boneyard
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nwhiker_Boneyard_ by Alan Garner.
In early April when I picked up the first book of the trilogy, _The Weirdstone of Brisingamen_ I quickly (ok, fine, about half-way through) realized that I'd read it before. I really liked it. It was interesting, fun, and the kind of book I know I loved as a kid. I had not, however, read the sequel, _The Moon of Gomrath_ and happily read that a few weeks back.
And then you have this. A so-called sequeal to the trilogy.
If you have not started it yet, do yourself a favor, call the first two books of the series duology and forget this ever existed.
I am not going to try to describe it, but I was out on a ramble through the woods when I finished the audiobook. I stopped on the trail and said, out loud "What the f* kind of hot mess was this?"
No conclusion to the series, a sadness at the fate of one of the characters, and I'm left disappointed and annoyed.
It feels like one of those books that some people will love, seeing great insight into the ramblings, and others will loathe with a "Where's the story? the plot? anything?" It felt deliberately obscure. Maybe if it had not been the so-called third book of a trilogy, it would have been a book to read on its own merits. As the third book, it's supposed to finish the arc of the story and yeah, no, not this one.
Ah well.
In early April when I picked up the first book of the trilogy, _The Weirdstone of Brisingamen_ I quickly (ok, fine, about half-way through) realized that I'd read it before. I really liked it. It was interesting, fun, and the kind of book I know I loved as a kid. I had not, however, read the sequel, _The Moon of Gomrath_ and happily read that a few weeks back.
And then you have this. A so-called sequeal to the trilogy.
If you have not started it yet, do yourself a favor, call the first two books of the series duology and forget this ever existed.
I am not going to try to describe it, but I was out on a ramble through the woods when I finished the audiobook. I stopped on the trail and said, out loud "What the f* kind of hot mess was this?"
No conclusion to the series, a sadness at the fate of one of the characters, and I'm left disappointed and annoyed.
It feels like one of those books that some people will love, seeing great insight into the ramblings, and others will loathe with a "Where's the story? the plot? anything?" It felt deliberately obscure. Maybe if it had not been the so-called third book of a trilogy, it would have been a book to read on its own merits. As the third book, it's supposed to finish the arc of the story and yeah, no, not this one.
Ah well.
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