![]() ![]() ![]() 1 and 2: Some of the weirdest writing I’ve ever read…. It gets weird, but I'm sure I'll recover, and read it again, and again, and again. The story gets a bit side-tracked for a while but then it comes back together and it's interesting in itself for thinking about how myths change. Lavondyss - the characterisation of Tallis was very interesting, particularly in the first half. The tension and creep factor of being in the forest was well maintained even if for most of the beginning was spent working out what the earth was going on. Mythago Wood - loved it (and the ending worked far better for me), it's tragic in the sense of the reader has a much better idea of what is going on than the characters and well. I think it helps if you have a strong interest in myth-making and older styles of writing. It was written in an older style with plenty of goosebump moments. An interesting view of the idea of 'what would happen if myths/legends came to life?'. I found the exploration of myth-making, culture and history to be complete fascinating. wha? I'm going to have to re-read it when I'm feeling less all over the place about it - I was just so intensely involved in reading it that to have that ending really did my head in. Five stars! Five stars all round! Except possibly for the ending of Lavondyss, that got all kinds of weird. ![]()
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