![]() Maybe it's just me, but darkness has become so vogue now, fantasy so cruel, the future so post-apocalyptic, that I find myself drawn to the old-fashioned.ĭon't get me wrong: Taran loses people he loves, he experiences pain and betrayal, he makes mistakes and fights despair. ![]() No one's head is chopped off, no one is raped, no one is flayed. They turn on the classical virtues of loyalty, courage, and wisdom, and those values are ultimately rewarded. The books contain plenty of darkness, but they are not dark books, rather -old-fashioned. Loosely based on Welsh myths, the books tell a fairly conventional story: A young boy, Taran, bored with his ordinary life sets off on a series of adventures, learns some lessons, confronts a great evil, becomes a man, and assumes a place of leadership. This series captures, for me, what a perfect Young Adult fantasy series looks like. They did more than speak to me - they enchanted me. ![]() Growing up, I adored the “Chronicles of Prydain” which I read and reread every few years. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.” Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. “Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. ![]()
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