A review by mrnickheath
The Hollowing by Robert Holdstock
5.0
I loved Mythago Wood from when I bought it in about 1989 - on a whim I think, or some sort of space rock heavy metal fan connection with Michael Moorcock.. (the Oswald Bastable trilogy).
Anyway I bought book 2 (Lavondyss) a year later and never read it. I had got trapped in a groundhog day type Harry Potter re-read loop, and went back to Mythago Wood to break it. Job done.
Frankly the first two books are extraordinary. But I do not get the vitriol that book 3 (The Bone Forest) gets. There’s lots of pointers and back story.
This the true successor to Lavondyss, and it’s quite brilliant. I only get to read a couple of times a week or in short snippets on my lunch break, but I have enjoyed it. Great, fully rounded central characters, you don’t find yourself craving for the originals, book 2 is intrinsically but also only slightly part of this book. There’s laughter humour pathos sadness loss and utter confusion involved.
Read it.
Anyway I bought book 2 (Lavondyss) a year later and never read it. I had got trapped in a groundhog day type Harry Potter re-read loop, and went back to Mythago Wood to break it. Job done.
Frankly the first two books are extraordinary. But I do not get the vitriol that book 3 (The Bone Forest) gets. There’s lots of pointers and back story.
This the true successor to Lavondyss, and it’s quite brilliant. I only get to read a couple of times a week or in short snippets on my lunch break, but I have enjoyed it. Great, fully rounded central characters, you don’t find yourself craving for the originals, book 2 is intrinsically but also only slightly part of this book. There’s laughter humour pathos sadness loss and utter confusion involved.
Read it.