another great book from Alan Garner, a treasured read. ( )

Along with its predecessor, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, this is the best of Alan Garner's fantasies for young adults. ( )

Awful! Couldn't finish it.

http://kenficara.net/books/2007/06/th... ( )

Continuing my re-reading of these least child-like of children's books by Alan Garner. My memory of reading this is that I turned the page, expecting to find more, only to realise I'd reached the end of the book. Is that a bad thing? Not really. The book is demanding for children, and that demanding nature - the ambiguity, the sense of nearly but not quite grasping something important about the story - is what has kept his books in my mind for over 35 years. Re-reading them was no disappointment, I'm glad to say.

Moon of Gomrath is darker, even less straight adventure, and more ambiguous than Weirdstone of Brisingamen. Together with the Viking stories of Henry Treece, probably these two are my favourite kids books. ( )

The second book in a two book series (the first is "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen"). Set in the NW of England (close to where we live, so it is great to be abel to explore some of the countryside mentioned in these books). Alan Garner drwas heavily on themes from Celtic mythology to create a magical, frightening and wonderful world, into which two mortal children are drawn. A fabulous retelling of the eternal "good vs. evil". One of those children's books that is still possible to read in adulthood. ( )