The Game by Diana Wynne Jones

The Game

by Diana Wynne Jones

A dark castle in Ireland, a mysterious, secret game, and a host of magnificent characters - Diana Wynne Jones' latest magical offering is a splendid blend of the familiar and the unusual.

Hayley's parents disappeared when she was a baby, so she has been brought up by her grandparents. Then one day she is packed off to Ireland to live with her aunts - and a whole host of cousins she never new about! Here she is introduced to "the game" which involves adventures in the forbidden "mythosphere". And here also is where Hayley discovers the truth about her family.

Reviewed by wyvernfriend on

3 of 5 stars

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Hayley is packed off to Ireland to visit with her aunts and finds chaos, quite unlike life with her Grandma and Grandpa. There she also finds "the Game" where her cousins and herself find themselves in the Mythosphere, where the stories live and grow.

It's full of interesting aspects of legend and a mix of modern and ancient legends and all about growth and life. Well worth a read but sometimes it seems to try to hard to make legend and modern life mesh.

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