What do You think about Darkhenge (2006)?
I picked this book off the shelf because the cover and title intrigued me.My favorite things about this book were the way that it was written and the settings. I hve a thing for stories with a dream-world setting, and Darkhenge's Unworld fit the bill nicely. The descriptions were flowing and detailed and overall added to the story although they did get tedious at times.This book only got three stars because I feel that with this premise, the author could have done so much more, but didn't. Also, the characters seemed a little flatter than what would be preferred, but the author obviously tried and succeeded for the most part.
—Charlotte
This was a unique reading experience as it is set in the village where I live and its surrounding areas. On the first page Rob, the book's protagonist, is on Windmill Hill with his friend Dan. I couldn't help but turn my head to look at Windmill Hill out the window, a surreal experience!I picked this book up from the teenage section at the library as I liked the title. I don't think (from looking at reviews on the internet) that it is especially aimed at teenagers, it just happens that the story evolves around a teenager. Catherine Fisher has obviously spent a great deal of time here in Avebury and its surrounds, she is familiar with its people, the bustle of tourists, the illegal camping sites where the Pagans stay, she is totally able to recreate the village in her book.The story has all the elements I love, mystery, myth and magic, and archeology to boot. In it you'll find Taliesin, the Goddess Ceridiwen of course, the Darkhenge, which leads to the Unworld, where Rob must fight the forest to bring his sister Chloe to the family waiting for her.
—Annalee
I'm not exactly sure what I think of this book, the first bit was slow and confusing and it was king of hard to get into. I stopped for a while in the middle and then I lost it. When I found it again I started reading it and I got right into it. I loved Catherine Fisher's other books so I was kind of disappointed by this one until there were only about a hundred pages left and the action picked up. At the end I was still left feeling confused about some things but I thinks that's one of the things I like most about Fisher's writing, it leaves you with questions that you have to answer yourself. I don't know if I missed it among all the excitement or not but I never did find out who the king of Anwnn was.
—Mariah
