There are unnecessary sections of lengthy exposition, and the characters themselves feel more like flat myths than anything real (possibly intentionally?

I never fully understood Harry Keeton's situation, which was wrapped up much too quickly, but I'm thinking that this will be addressed in a sequel.For as long as Steven remembers, his father, who recently died, had been so obsessed with the forest that it destroyed their family. Once penetrated, it grows larger, older and more unbearable as one approaches the heart of the wood. For the Wood, larger inside than out, is a labyrinth full of myths come to life, "mythagos" that can change you forever.

Gwyneth's incarnations have varied personalities, some dangerous and others alluring, and differing relations with the members of the Huxley family and Harry Keeton. Christian disappears into the woods and each time he reappears he is a different, less civilized, unrecognizable form of the brother Steven knew. Mythago Wood's strength was its intense atmosphere, and the author's use of language to build a forest in the reader's mind. Datlow, Ellen, and Windling, Terri, Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction.When reading this book, I did not ever think, "Oh I have read this before" or "this reminds me of [insert other book title:]. I do not mean the emasculated versions designed for modern Western children - I refer to the more violent and raunchy ancient versions which entertained and terrified hunters and farmers before the Romans invaded England. Jennifer, George's wife, shared in whatever obsessed George, but she became depressed and took her own life. For a world fantasy award, the writing surprised me; there is a great deal of 'showing,' as one of the brothers delves into the mystery of the wood, but because of the legends and the angle of psychological creation, there is a great deal of telling as well. Stephen and Harry try to survey and photograph Ryhope Wood from the air, but their small plane is buffeted back by inexplicable winds each time they try to fly over the trees.

Ryhope Wood, Britain's last fragment of primeval forest, is a great and terrible labyrinth full of myths come to life, "mythagos" that can change you forever. U središtu radnje je kompleks motiva koji su sjajno kombinovani iz Frojdovog i Jungovog učenja, tako da se može reći da je sve zasnovano na pojmu kolektivnog nesvesnog (plus anima), ali i da su lične priče glavnih likova određene vrlo frojdovskim razvojem psihe ;) Ali, takođe, nijedan ljubitelj visoke fantastike neće ostati gladan i žedan, može mu eventualno zasmetati izvesna (vrlo namerna i brižljivo sprovedena) snolika nedorečenost i nezaokruženost pojedinih momenata. A little while later, the first person narrator feels the need to explain that if this character decided to strap on his pack with the strap across that very shoulder, it would cause him great discomfort and possibly harm.It would sit better on the shelves about psychology, philosophy, religion, and history, than it would next to Hobbits, elves, dragons, and sorcerers. I am not going to summarize the story as much better reviewers than I have already done so, many times before. Ryhope Wood may look like a three-mile-square fenced-in wood in rural Herefordshire on the outside, but inside, it is a primeval, intricate labyrinth of trees, impossibly huge, unforgettable . I struggled with the disturbing undertone of the males' fascination with Guiwenneth, the mysterious female. Okay so how does that work well the story itself is pretty straight forward, what the real mystery is and really the most intriguing character are the woods themselves.

She leaves behind her life to be with him: no more slitting the throats of wild boars or riding on giant stag. The novel Merlin's Wood (1994) and short stories in The Bone Forest and Merlin's Wood have little bearing on events in Ryhope Wood. John Howe, a modern fantasy illustrator, wrote that " Mythago Wood is a wonderful book written with great style, insight and individuality". The Fenlander and the Hawks serve as Christian's personal bodyguards as he travels to the heart of Ryhope Wood. I loved the premise of the story -- the wood that forbade entry to modern humans and was bigger in time and space inside than could be explained by it's physical dimensions.Ahora, tras la muerte de sus padres, se encontrará con un envejecido y desmejorado Christian, aquejado de la misma obsesión que su padre. El libro está cargado de narraciones y descripciones, con muchas páginas exentas de diálogos, y eso no es algo que todo el mundo soporte o le guste, para mí, es una absoluta maravilla todo lo que llega a transmitir, y realmente, hay dos puntos especialmente que me han encantado de la novela. I also thought the recollections of Steven and Christian about their father's work and coldness toward their family was poignant. I was hoping for another all-time favorite, to join books like Oryx and Crake or The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The book itself is often listed as a modern classic - that and the subsequent sequels are listed in the top titles (as shown by their recent reprinting in the Fantasy Master series - still think the cover of my copy is better).