Rating: 1
Description: From her window, Ann Stavely watches person after person disappear through the farm's gate -- and never come out again. Later, in the woods nearby, she meets a tormented sorcerer, who seems to have arisen from a centuries-long sleep. But Ann knows she saw him enter the farm just that morning. Meanwhile, time keeps shifting in the woods, where a small boy -- or perhaps a teenager -- has encountered a robot and a dragon. Long before the end of their adventure, the strangeness of Hexwood has spread from Earth right out to the center of the galaxy.
Note: This description is blatantly ripped off the back of the book. I was too lazy to write my own.
Review: This book is quite honestly one of the worst books I've ever read, right up there with "Pilgrim's Progress". The plot is impossible to figure out, from the beginning right up until the very end. At least once in every chapter I had to stop and go "What the hell?" because it makes absolutely no sense. Different parts of the book took place in different places on the timeline, only not in a flash-back way, but in a way that means they're all happening at once, or something like that. Most people must like being confused, though, because amazon.com users give this book five stars. I don't get it. Diana Wynne Jones has always been very hit-or-miss with me - I either love her books or loathe them. This book is definitely on the "loathe" list. Read at your own risk.