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    The Moon of Gomrath
    The Moon of Gomrath
    The Moon of Gomrath
    Audiobook4 hours

    The Moon of Gomrath

    Written by Alan Garner

    Narrated by Philip Madoc

    3.5/5

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    Alan Garner’s exciting and atmospheric tale of magic and evil which began with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen continues with The Moon of Gomrath. Colin and Susan are not safe from the evil Morrigan and once more find themselves back in Fundindelve with the wizard Cadellin.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateAug 1, 2007
    ISBN9789629543990
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    Alan Garner

    Alan Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area which has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas worked out in his books. His fourth book, ‘The Owl Service’ brought Alan Garner to everyone’s attention. It won two important literary prizes – The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal – and was made into a serial by Granada Television. It has established itself as a classic and Alan Garner as a writer of great distinction.

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    • 4/5
      I think this gets better as I get older.
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 3/5
      Like the previous, a mad hodgepodge of Scandinavian and Celtic mythology. Constant, inexplicable action, and some new dwarfs. The elves in this book are far different from Tokien elves, they are not tall, handsome, loquacious, long-lived, and melancholy; instead they are small, somewhat murderous, and sick of human-induced lung diseases.I think if I listened to it, I would enjoy it vastly more, as if it were a music video, full of nonsense and pleasing images.The cover image on the version I read was probably the worst available: the children are wooden, and Alcenor has a very funny hat.What would have been really nice, and what this book sadly lacks, is a glossary of the names, indicating what source they were derived from, what they might have referred to, and how to pronounce them.
    • 1/5
      The story sounded intersting but I just could not get into this story. Made it maybe 1/4 of the way in and never went back again.
    • 5/5
      This is the sequel to Weirdstone of Brisingamen. It continues the story of the children Colin and Susan, the wizard Cadellin and their allies struggllng against rising power of evil. It breaks off at a climactic moment and was never truly continued, though Garner much later wrote Boneland which picks up the story of Colin as an adult told in a very different darker style typical of his later works, which I do not like.
    • 4/5
      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.
    • 3/5
      Why did I choose this book? Because I had listened to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and enjoyed it very much.What did I like? The pace of the adventure was faster than The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and the same characters gained some depth.I love the seamless weaving of celtic and local myth, and folklore into the storyline as well as the concept of old and new magic. I appreciated the way Alan Garner chose to describe occurrences and, more importantly, feelings ascribed to the afterlife or in-between; it was almost beautiful. What didn't I like? Unfortunately, I was not as enthralled as I was with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, and I found myself losing attention despite the wonderful narration of Mr Madoc. At certain points, I lost the any concept what was happening and I feel I may need a second listen, when not driving, to better appreciate this sequel.I never heard an explanation as to how the Morrigan returned. As others have said, it felt more contrived with certain events seeming to happen at precisely the right moment purely to set-off another, and to provide the story with momentum.So, despite the increase in pace, the further exploration of characters, and the fusion of folklore, myth, and landscape The Moon of Gomrath fell short of the standard set by The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.Would I recommend it? Yes, but only because it is the sequel to a fine book.
    • 3/5
      This is the sequel to the author's Weirdstone of Brisingamen, continuing the adventures of Colin and Susan in encountering magic creatures in the Alderley Edge area of Cheshire. Again, while well written, this just didn't grip me emotionally and I found the plot more rambling and unclear than Weirdstone. Not sure if I'll bother with Boneland, the third book in the series, written much more recently than the first two.
    • 3/5
      I liked this book better than the first book, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. Maybe that's because I've already had some of the world building from the first book and I know kind of what to expect, though. It was weird to me that it was a sequel, but it completely ignored the ending of the last book. There was virtually no reference to it at all, which is amazing considering the total lack of resolution I felt at the end. The only references are in a recurring enemy -- the Morrigan -- wanting revenge, and the fact that the characters are the same, plus the backstory about the sleepers in the cave.

      The mythology in this one was interesting, anyway. I'm amused at how often the concept of the Wild Magic and the Wild Hunt comes up in fantasy books -- here, in The Fionavar Tapestry, in The Dark Is Rising... I like it. The descriptions of Susan riding with them, and the way she gets left behind and feels both joy and anguish, are lovely.

      Again, I felt a lack of resolution at the end of this book. Both books just end, with no reactions from the characters, nothing. Just. An end. It's weird, I like things to be rounded off a little better. It's not that they stop with big plot things left to happen, but they stop without making it feel satisfying.

      It also feels like there should be more books in the series -- you have all these comparatively little events, dealing with Grimnir and the Brollachan and the Morrigan, but throughout there's the threat of Nastrond hovering over it, and the idea of the waking of the sleepers, but nothing happens with them. It feels like the focus is on the wrong thing. In one way it's nice to have a big story hovering in the background, but when you know you're never going to find out how that story resolves, it's not so nice. There's plenty of room for sequels, but I read that Alan Garner never intended for there to be another book. There's so much that feels unfinished, though...

      At least he didn't write a shoddy page long epilogue in which we find out exactly what happened to everyone in as few words as possible.

      This book is fun enough to just read, but I didn't really get emotionally invested in it. Characters can die and I don't really care. Not good!
    • 4/5
      Along with its predecessor, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, this is the best of Alan Garner's fantasies for young adults.
    • 4/5
      The sequel to the Weirdstone of Brisingamen and once again set on or near Alderley Edge. Probably darker and less traight forward than its precursor and it takes effort to once again become involved in the story thread. However Garner once again memorably threads it all together with an exciting conclusion.