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quesarah's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
nebulous_tide's review
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Obscure. No idea what was happening most of the time. I'm sure it was very clever.
extrememochi's review against another edition
4.0
"So you understand. You asked the question."
"Yes."
"Do you understand the answer?"
"Yes, so I've stopped the hurt."
Well, I sure as hell don't understand. Putting this on my reread list so that one day I might understand. It was a lot more esoteric than the first two books, and until 60% through I was excited for this new narrative style and direction but it felt like there should have been more somehow. I'm not mad at it, but it does leave me feeling darker about the first two books.
I would have appreciated the return of the Wizard Cadellin as well.
"Yes."
"Do you understand the answer?"
"Yes, so I've stopped the hurt."
Well, I sure as hell don't understand. Putting this on my reread list so that one day I might understand. It was a lot more esoteric than the first two books, and until 60% through I was excited for this new narrative style and direction but it felt like there should have been more somehow. I'm not mad at it, but it does leave me feeling darker about the first two books.
I would have appreciated the return of the Wizard Cadellin as well.
cimorene1558's review
4.0
An excellent, although not exactly easy-to-read book, but then everything Alan Garner has written is. I would not say it in any way completes the Weirdstone books, more like makes everything more confusing and rather sad, but if you loved those books as a child, you will want to read this one as an adult, just because, like Everest, it's there. Stylistically, it's much more like [b:Red Shift|307220|Red Shift|Alan Garner|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1411940931s/307220.jpg|298190] or [b:Thursbitch|925775|Thursbitch|Alan Garner|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1320484654s/925775.jpg|910780] than the Weirdstone books, but it's well worth reading if you can manage the somewhat non-linear style.
cazinthehat's review
2.0
Well. Perhaps I didn't get it, but I'm really sad about this being the ending to two of my favourite books as a child.
eastofthesunwestofthemoon's review against another edition
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.
storiwa's review against another edition
Can't rate this one - I think I liked it but it was also super difficult to get into. I'll have to reread it at some point.
mike_brough's review against another edition
4.0
This is going to take a lot of re-reading to get anywhere near its meaning. I suspect I'll have to go back to the first two books in the trilogy and trace things through. But that will be a pleasure.
richard_farley1976's review against another edition
2.0
Confusing, self indulgent and not an end to a trilogy. Very disappointing. Weird experimental writing.