“Kit's Wilderness,” by David Almond

“Kit's Wilderness,” by David Almond is a surreal wintertime mystery about the contrast between life and death.

The novel focuses on two young boy's, Kit Watson, and John Askew. Both boys are thirteen years old. Both boys live in Stoneygate, an old mining town where the very hills and ground beneath the town are a warren of ancient tunnels and shafts. Both boys are named after great uncles who died in a deadly coal mine cave in. In the cemetery outside Stonegate there is a monument to that disaster, and inscribed in the stone are the words “John Askew, aged thirteen” and “Kit Watson, aged thirteen.”

In the town of Stoneygate there is both life and death, history and the present, warmth and cold, light and darkness. Gradually Kit and John will be drawn in to the most risky and the most feared game of all, the game called Death.

David Almond's prose is haunting in style, with beautiful word pictures that are at the same time slightly disturbing. “Kit's Wilderness” is remarkable for its aura of mystery tempered by the feeling of age and death. Basically summarized “Kit's Wilderness” is about contrasts, with the biggest contrast of all being life and death. David Almond uses carefully designed characters to balance and reflect each other with their qualities and personalities.

“Kit's Wilderness” is the kind of book that leaves you absolutely blown away by the beauty of the written word. I highly recommend it to all readers. For another book with a similar chilling setting read: "Frozen Fire," by Tim Bowler.

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56 replies so far. What are your thoughts?

Anonymous said...

This book might be a good choice for an February book. I still learn English - do you think I'll manage to get to the end?

NathanKP said...

It may be slightly difficult, but I'm sure you will enjoy it.

Anonymous said...

This is probably the most boring book on the planet. In fact, If you could find a book as dull and lame as this one, I will slap you in the face because I am tired boring books. Why can't somebody make a book about sexy ladies? Riddle me that? You dig

Anonymous said...

Tbh I thought this book was quite boring sorry David :/

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An amazing book, slightly confusing at first but then it gets really interesting, one of my favourites by David so far along with Skellig and Clay

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