I love Diana Wynne Jones; the wit, the insight, the strong characters of both sexes, the innovation... But... a “romantic fantasy” and “thoroughly satisfying love story” this aint.The book is brilliant, undoubtedly. A modern (circa 1980s England) fairytale retelling of Tam Lin, with several other fa...
I had a lot of fun reading Fire and Hemlock, and if you like DWJ, don’t miss it. I won’t review it, but I’d like to make an easy reading guide with the products of what I've read and thought that will allow me to remember how things work. The mechanics are by no means simple, but I believe the book ...
[This review is day one in my 30 Day Book Challenge - my favourite book]I first read Fire & Hemlock when I was around nine. Since then, I'd estimate that I've read it anywhere between five and seven times. Each time, it has enthralled me, and, on my third reading (probably around ten), I promptly de...
As much as I love Ms. Jones, I could not get into this book. It promised me a protagonist with two sets of memories. Instead I got a teenager sitting down one day and recounting her childhood as if it was full of details that she'd merely not thought of in a while, not a completely new set. There...
DWJ Book Toast, #17Diana Wynne Jones is one of my favorite fantasy authors, growing up and now, and I was saddened by the news of her death. I can't say I'm overcome with emotion - as personal as some of her work is to me, its not like I knew her after all - but I wish I could put into words how I f...
In an effort to read more of DWJ's works and based on the glowing reviews of this story, I gave it another shot after quickly discarding it a few year's back. Sadly, still just not my sort. The characters and I did not get along. I found Polly very off-putting and the "romance" did not have much emo...
I was disappointed in this when I was 10, but all my friends seem to have loved it so I gave it another try. It makes more sense now, although it is still rather confusing, especially the end. I enjoyed it this time around but it is still not among my favorite or even second-tier favorites of DWJ's ...
What can I say? This was a STRANGE story. There were several times (well...basically just most of the book) when I didn't understand exactly what was going on, but I loved it all the same! If I wasn't so confused I would give it 5 stars. Definitely worth reading if you love DWJ.
I'm not a huge fan of Diana Wynne Jones, but I enjoyed this variation on the Tam Lin/ Thomas the Rhymer legends. Polly is the Janet character, and she's a pretty sympathetic lead. There's a lot of extraneous spookiness and several dangling strings left at the end. The minor nitpick that actually mad...
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