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3.5 stars
As a child, I was a huge fan of Diana Wynne Jones, and I remember many of her books fondly. I'd never read these four before, and though I enjoyed them, they're not her very best. Cart and Cwidder is cute, but the protagonist feels particularly young. I enjoyed Drowned Ammet, though the sections on the boat dragged a little bit. The Spellcoats has a different feel; it's set in the "ancient" Dalemark and feels more epic, the characters less similar to children of today. Then the stories ...more
As a child, I was a huge fan of Diana Wynne Jones, and I remember many of her books fondly. I'd never read these four before, and though I enjoyed them, they're not her very best. Cart and Cwidder is cute, but the protagonist feels particularly young. I enjoyed Drowned Ammet, though the sections on the boat dragged a little bit. The Spellcoats has a different feel; it's set in the "ancient" Dalemark and feels more epic, the characters less similar to children of today. Then the stories ...more
