A review by lordenglishssbm
The Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner

3.0

It plays the same trick as the first book, which is to say that Alan Garner has chosen to tell a fairly standard middle grade fantasy book in prose that's a bit too good for the concept. He manages to successfully evoke a mystical atmosphere and he can even inject energy into scenes which lesser authors might have fumbled, but it lacks the focus necessary for an excellent sword and sorcery story, and his characters lean a bit too hard into archetype to be engaging. It hits some impressive highs courtesy of Garner's talents, and I think I like it more than the first book, but it's not quite as refined of a vision as I would have liked. It's almost there, though.