tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517744717815827381.post1122775844342143211..comments2023-09-08T17:14:51.561+01:00Comments on Luke's Reads...: The Owl ServiceJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17981970866976353584noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517744717815827381.post-25005118139536022762011-06-06T13:34:56.135+01:002011-06-06T13:34:56.135+01:00That's interesting, Emma - I hadn't heard ...That's interesting, Emma - I hadn't heard of Alan Garner as a kid (I guess he didn't hit Canadian book shops much. My first exposure was Neera's choice of Thursbitch for book groupwhich i barely understood.<br />I tried Red Shift and Weirdstone, which were OK. I thoroughly enjoyed The Owl Service this week, but I can't see my 11 or 12 year old self liking it. Possibly my 15 year old self.<br />Luke himself is a fan of straight narrative, so whilst he liked the story better once we'd had a good chat about it, I can't see Garner being for him.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17981970866976353584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517744717815827381.post-55936693400752998392011-06-05T17:39:46.529+01:002011-06-05T17:39:46.529+01:00Errr....
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That's what I always thou...Errr....<br />Ummmm.....<br /><br />That's what I always thought about Alan Garner too! I never read the Owl Service but I did read Elidor - confusing, drab and gloomy, I thought - and our teacher at school (year 6 equivalent) read us The Weirdstone of Brisinghamen, which I found completely mystifying.<br /><br />In fact I always thought Alan Garner was one of those authors that only adults like and try and force on children, only then I became an adult and met lots of adults who loved Alan Garner as children/teenagers. I guess it's horses for courses.Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.com