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How can an idea as lame, strange and dated as that underlying this book and its precursor, Bold as Love, be so moving and endearing?
Reading out of sequence but this proved more satisfying than the finale, even though I knew the end of the story. A case of spoilers that didn't spoil. Yet, a series based on the counter-culture of the folk revival extended through the 80s and 90s, now defunct. As such, this becomes an exploration of a time that did not last extended and bitter-sweet as the successive waves have been far worse in their embracing of irrationality. When you think you can replace science through a process of decolo...
Jones begins this story just minutes after the conclusion to Bold as Love, such that I had to go back and read the last chapter of that book to make sense of this one. Which, to my mind, doesn't happen very often; it made it feel like this was less a sequel, as such, and more a continuation of the same story. As it should be, I think. *Spoilers here for Bold as Love*I loved this novel. A lot. Maybe not quite as much as I loved the first one, because that was all bright and shiny and shocking and...
As good as I remember it from the first time round, Gwyn Jones' writing is as strong as always, and I still cried in the same places as last time, I'd forgotten enough of the story for some things to come as a surprise again. A brilliant follow on from Bold as Love.Reread - Feb 2011
