Boneland: The Weirdstone Trilogy, Book 3 Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Not what I'd hoped for, but not unexpected. An novel too interested in literary tricks and devices to tell a straight-forward story. The answers are only given obliquely, which wouldn't be too bad, if the process of obfuscation didn't also disguise the fact that some events are never are explained at all (that I could see). But still with some merit even for a non-literati / non-intellectual like me. Very haunting, and the images stay with me. "

" This is completely different to the 2 preceding, aimed at adults rather than kids I think. Difficult read in the beginning especially, if like me, you read all three in a sequence. This is like a jolt out of the blue, at first I was "what the hell is going on" - stick with it. It's one of those books that you have to think about rather than an easy read. "

" Beautifully written, but not the book I was hoping for, and not the third book of a trilogy following Weirdstone and MOG for my money: if you really want to know what happened to Susan, or meet some of the other characters again, not happening, sorry. I enjoyed it; he's a great writer - but a little disappointed overall. "

" Imagine the concision of Penelope Fitzgerald, and then square it: thus is the compression of Garner's writing. Virtually every word is dialogue, narrative action, or laconic description. No explanations, no explications. Jump in, go with the flow, and see what happens. Two stories, one in the Ice Age, one in the present, alternate and reflect off each other. A cave artist and an astrophysicist. An ancient man (a Neanderthal?) who knows his place exactly in the cosmos, and a modern man who can't remember anything that happened to him before he was 13. Garner is sui generis: not "merely" llterary, not trendy: he is the real thing, perhaps England's greatest living novelist. "

" 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. "

" Garner the poet at his most blazing. Deeply honest, moving book. "

" A very intense and strange sort of book. I've read Garner's adult fiction before so had some inkling that it wouldn't be a straight-forward sort of narrative, but in fact, I'd call this experimental... "

" Not what I wanted, but what was needed. I greatly respect how Garner concluded the trilogy. Its magic is more subsumed, but as we read about Colin as an adult, I think that is how it must be. "

" It will take me a while to digest what I have read, but I am once again caught up n Garner's imagination. "

" An extraordinary sequel to Weirdstone of B. and the Moon of Gomrath. Not really a children's book, which is appropriate enough, as the story is based around the now-grown-up Colin. Why is he mad? Where is his sister? And why is he unable to leave Alderly Edge? "

" Somehow his adult books don't work for me like the kids' books do. They seem to be too obsessed with landscape to build a proper story. "

" So disappointing. Can't really even begin to say anything other than - if you like the first two books, don't bother reading this one. "

" Just stunning. Garner's conclusion to the Weird Stone trilogy is grown-up writing in the best sense of the term. A startling meditation on magic, metaphysics and loss. "

" A strange but enjoyable culmination to the Weirdstone trilogy. Not what I was expecting and being surprised is always good. Though be warned, if you're looking for a nice neat ending, this raises more questions than answers. "