#drowned ammet

[thenegoteator]

I'm reading the dalemark quartet for the first time and uh. In a world of complicated diana wynne jones parents Alhammitt takes the crown of Worst Father Ever

#dalemark quartet #drowned ammet #nearly yelled when i put two and two together #and like. he's got tough competition!!! dwj writes lots of bad parents #but when mitt asked 'aren't you proud of me' and he said 'i have 3 other kids by a diff wife who don't get in the way' #he's gonna catch these hands and then some #dwj #she speaks

[quietflorilegium]

"He was blind with panic. It was as if he had run away from himself and left the inside of his head empty. Mitt knew this would not do. It was no use thinking Ynen could manage by himself. He had to run after himself, inside his head, and bring himself back with one arm twisted up his back before he was able to pick up an armful of soaking sail and stagger with it to the hatch."

Diana Wynne Jones, "Drowned Ammet"

#diana wynne jones #drowned ammet #ynen navisson #panic #fear #getting a grip #facing your fears #dalemark #dalemark quartet #mitt alhammittsson

[dianawynnejonesfan]

Coming on the winds road

#diana wynne jones #dwj #drowned ammet #the dalemark quartet #dalemark

[wearethekat]

June Book Reviews: Drowned Ammet by Diana Wynne Jones

I’m back again on my Diana Wynne Jones rereading spree. This is one of Jones’ odder books, although certainly not the oddest. It’s part of the loosely connected Dalemark Quartet, and this part of it is nearly historical fiction. Or rather, imaginary historical fiction. Mitt grows up desperately poor living with his mother Milda in a harbor town kept harshly in hand by a cruel earl. Encouraged by both his mother and his own convictions, he joins a group of revolutionaries, setting himself on a collision course with the earl’s two young grandchildren, Hildy and Ynen.

Most of the book has nearly no magical elements at all, and in fact it’s much grittier than DWJ normally writes. She does not pull her punches in depicting the constant fear of living under an unjust ruler: the disappearances, the care in which people speak, the soldiers constantly on the streets. This is also a book about boats, with a solid half of it set on a boat. She either has serious experience with boats, or does a very good job at faking it, because the boat sections are excellent. The fantasy elements slide gently in at the end, luminescent yet intertwined with the real world in that particularly DWJ way.

In short: very odd, but a very good book. About what you’d expect from Diana Wynne Jones.

#my book reviews #june book reviews #diana wynne jones #drowned ammet

[deborahocarroll]

Wrapup: #MarchMagics 2022!

Recapping my recent #DianaWynneJones and #TerryPratchett adventures!

Time got away from me (clearly! XD), but it’s time to look back at the Diana Wynne Jones and Pratchett related goodness I got up to in March — and, actually, April as well! I didn’t manage to finish up my March Magics goals during the month since I got crazy busy, so I carried on a bit of the reading in April, which was rather nice, actually. And now that I’m trying to ease back into blogging, I…

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[littlemissinkdrinker]

Drowned Ammet

The second book in Dianna Wynne Jones' The Dalemark Quartet, this was a delightful read. I wasn't sure where Jones' was going with this one half the time and that was half the fun! I wasn't expecting to enjoy the ending as much as I did but she wrapped everything up so neatly, I swear I don't know why I ever question her, lol.

Read : 1st Nov - 9th Nov, 2022

Rating : 5 stars

#drowned ammet #dianna wynne jones #fantasy #young adult #childrens #magic #adventure #book rec #series rec

[wire-smith]

To tide swimming and water welling, go now and come back sevenfold. Over the sea they went, on the wind’s road. Go now and come back sevenfold. For harbor’s hold and land’s growing, go now and come back sevenfold.

-- Drowned Ammet, by Diana Wynne Jones

This post brought to you by: I was reading the book and man Diana Wynne Jones is good at putting together words that sound neat together.  This chant is extremely pleasing to read.

#dalemark quartet #dianna wynne jones

[windsroad]

Drowned Ammet question—

In the beginning of the book it describes how happy Mitt’s early childhood was. But later on the book, Al describes many of the same events less charitably. Which one is wrong? Is Mitt remembering wrong by thinking the time up until the bull thing was happy, or is Al allowing how badly things went after that to color all of it?

For what it’s worth, I am inclined to believe Al is telling the truth and Mitt is wrong to remember it being happy, except for the fact some of the events are things Mitt can’t actually remember himself. Like the events of his birth.

Like I realize it is not a first person narrative but it’s always FELT like that stuff is mostly filtered through Mitt’s perception of things.

#pointlesspointless #diana wynne jones #dalemark quartet #drowned ammet

[eloquentgifs]

DWJ Reading Project. Part I

As I said here, my 2021 resolution is gonna be READING EVERY DIANA WYNNE JONES BOOK I CAN FIND, and due to my love of making lists and taking notes, I’ve decided keeping track of this reading project here in this post, which I’ll keep updated as I make progress. It’s mostly for my own pleasure, but maybe it helps someone who wants to give it a try to this amazing writer and doesn’t know where to start.

Part II (1977 – 1981 & The Chrestomanci Series)

Part III (1984 - 1992 & Land of Ingary Series)

- Changeover (1970) I couldn’t find it, which it’s a pity because not only it’s her first novel, but it’s one of the few she wrote for adult readers. For what I’ve seen, it’s a political comedy about colonialism in Africa.

- Witch’s Business (also called Wilkin’s Tooth, 1973) It tells the story of two siblings who start a revenge/dirty work business to make some cash and ended up caught in a crazy plot of debts, witchcraft, old grudges, painting modelling and treasure hunting. I love how even this early in her career you can already find some of her creative trademarks, altought it’s not as polished as her future novels. Still, the characters and the dynamics between them are pretty good, the way everything unfolds is flawless, and it is a fun read in general.

- The Ogre Downstairs (1974) Three kids are dealing with the fact that her mother married a guy who’s rather grumpy and terryfing (the titular ogre), and that now the household includes him and his two sons. The story begins with the Ogre buying a chemistry set to each group of siblings, and they turn out to be magical, so a lot of crazy shit happens and they start to get along with each other as they have to colaborate to clean a mess after another before the ogre finds out. I must confess I didn’t enjoy that much the first half because everyone was being an asshole, but it improves as the characters own their shit and decide to be better. Magic here it’s merely an excuse, Diana just wanted us to learn empathy and how to build a good coexistence.

- Eight Days of Luke (1975) David is depressed because he’ll have to stay with his abussive relatives during the summer, but then he mets this weird kid with powers called Luke and they become bff’s. Unfortunately, Luke is also in bad terms with his own relatives and David will have to help him to hide from them. I’d say you’ll enjoy more this book if you have some basic knowledge on Norse Mythology, but tbh I think reading it without any clue about the subject might be interesting in its own way, because you’ll discover the stuff as David does. Great read anyway.

- Dogsbody (1975) This one it’s like two different premises mixed up together. First, we have this society formed by sentient stars and planets, in which Sirius was a very important figure until he’s judged and punished for murder, and we follow him while he tries to get free (and maybe prove his innocence?). On the other hand, I think Diana just wanted to write a dog POV. In any case, both ideas where combined perfectly, and the result it’s crazy good. Some trigger warnings tho: there are several depictions of animal abuse, and once again tons of emotional cruelty towards chidren (the main human character is an Irish girl being harrased and bullied by her own family because of her nationality and for having a father on the IRA)

- The Dalemark Quartet: · Cart and Cwidder (1975) It kind of reminded me of the first half of The Name of the Wind, probably because the main character is also a red haired kid who travels with his family all around the world performing with his lute (I figured a cwidder is some kind of lute?), and there’s also tragedy, politics, old foreshadowing songs and legends... But mostly because I JUST COULDN’T STOP READING, and I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.

· Drowned Ammet (1977) I thought the two previous books were rather darker than I’m used to see in Diana’s work, but this is a whole new level. It follows the evolution of Mitt from a sweet farm kid to a teen terrorist, so prepare for a main character full of hate, resentment and, eventually, self-loathing and a beginning of redemption. We also get to see his dynamic with two high born children, and it is super interesting how the prejudice and ignorance keep getting in their way so they can’t become 100% friends (as a contrast with those stories of rich and poor being bff’s without a single sign of how very different their POV of the world is, just by their different upbringings). I love friendships and found families as much as anyone else, but it is refreshing to see some realistic struggles and people caring for others even if they don’t get along perfectly

· The Spellcoats (1979) This one was very surprising, and I think it might require a re-read some time. The first odd thing about it is that it’s settled centuries before the previous books, in prehistoric Dalemark. Then the actual wtf comes from the structure itself: it’s a first person story, weaved into two wool coats (seriously, this concept is genius and so is the ending). The weaver is a girl who has to runaway from her village with his brothers and sister because they look like the people who’s invading their land, so their fellow villagers want them dead. There’s not a lot of action, but tons of little details and magic and family dynamics brilliantly written and I LOVE IT.

· The Crown of Dalemark (1993) This last book of the series brings back almost all of the characters of the previous ones, plus a time traveller from modern Dalemark, and concludes both the political/social aspect of the story and the more fantasy, mythical one. I love time travel stories so this really was my treat, because not only serves a plot purpose, it’s also used to let us know what happened with the characters of past Dalemark (although through the lense of historians, which is not as much as I would like to)

- Power of three (1976) At this point it’s clear Diana just loved to play with POVs and make us question every side of a story. I’d say this was the main theme of this book. It is present in the main character arch, who has to reconcile how he sees himself (as some average pointless dude) with how he’s perceived by others (everyone fucking loves him and consider him super wise and awesome). And it’s also the main conflict of the plot: the three races/species who live in The Moor HATE each other and constantly kill each other as animals but.... Well, it remind me to this episode of Star Trek. I love it when a story is used to show us how actually ridiculous some prejudices and bigotries are. I love it when they do it in ST, and certainly love it when Diana does it. Just let kids read and watch these things all of the time, please.

#Diana Wynne Jones #Reading EVERYTHING #2021 Resolution #DWJ Reading Project #THIS IS GONNA BE A REALLY LONG POST #Changeover #Witch's Business #Wilkin's Tooth #The Ogre Downstairs #Eight Days of Luke #Dogsbody #Dalemark #Cart and Cwidder #Drowned Ammet #The Spellcoats #The Crown of Dalemark #Power of three #CHRESTOMANCI IS NEXT

[thelibraryiscool]

if the ending makes sense, is it even a real diana wynne jones?

#i love her and her impossible-to-contain surges of narrative that constitute resolutions #books #allie talks #dwj #in this case inspired by #drowned ammet #dalemark

[luminarily]

THIS is what I'm here for

#Diana wynne jones #Drowned ammet

[quietflorilegium]

"The first thing he wanted to do was to ask Old Ammet to come back in an hour or so, to give him time to think. But Old Ammet stood there, old and patient beside the tall gray horse, and the horse cropped the cool green turf with drops of bright water falling gently from its mane, as if, for both of them, there was all the time in the world."

Diana Wynne Jones, "Drowned Ammet"

#diana wynne jones #drowned ammet #old ammet #mitt alhammittsson #dalemark #dalemark quartet #time #lovely

[dianawynnejonesfan]

Is Gull Old Ammet?

Old Ammet calls the One "grandfather" but neither Wend nor Cennoreth calls him their brother.

#diana wynne jones #dwj #the crown of dalemark #the dalemark quartet #dalemark #the spellcoats #drowned ammet

[wearethekat]

June Book Reviews Overview

The Last Sun (KD Edwards)

The Outlaws of Sherwood (Robin McKinley)

Enchanted Glass (Diana Wynne Jones)

The Telling (Ursula Le Guin)

Drowned Ammet (Diana Wynne Jones)

The Crown of Dalemark (Diana Wynne Jones)

The Hanged Man (KD Edwards)

The Companion (EE Ottoman)

Spellmaker (Charlie Holmberg)

The Hourglass Throne (KD Edwards)

Comeuppance Served Cold (Marion Deeds)

The Virtu (Sarah Monette)

Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)

A Shilling for Candles (Josephine Tey)

#my book reviews #june book reviews #monthly book overview #FINALLY done #through rain and snow and glom of nit here it is although it is very late

[ladynavona]

Jumping headfirst back into a super old fandom of mine, the Dalemark Quartet. I’ve been rereading the series lately for the first time in almost 10 years, and I thought it would be fun to try drawing the four protagonists!

A little bit on the backgrounds below the cut:

Moril: Originally I wanted to put Clennen’s cart in the background, but I realized that would be too hard to do from memory. ;;; So I went with the clearing where Clennen was buried instead. ;;;;

Mitt: Since most of Drowned Ammet takes place at sea, it only made sense to give him an ocean background. Although I did consider putting the Holy Islands in the background too.

Tanaqui: It seemed like a lot of key things happened in and around the rushes in The Spellcoats (meeting Tanamil, talking with her mother Anoreth, etc...), and Tanaqui is named for the rushes, so I went with the rushes.

Maewen: Since she traveled the green roads that Noreth was meant to travel, I decided a background with one of the paths would be best. It’s supposed to be a hill but I’m not sure how convincing of a hill the background is... ;;;;

#the dalemark quartet #cart and cwidder #drowned ammet #the spellcoats #the crown of dalemark #moril clennenson #mitt alhammittson #tanaqui clostisdaughter #maewen singer #navona arts #i tried to stick to the book descriptions as much as i could #i did these mostly from memory so... #if there are errors it's bc i forgot something ;; #i know this will get like zero attention but i really wanted to draw them bc i love them

[openingfiction]

People may wonder how Mitt came to join in the Holand Sea Festival, carrying a bomb, and what he thought he was doing.

Diana Wynne Jones, Dalemark II: Drowned Ammet

#diana wynne jones #drowned ammet #dalemark quartet #fiction #fantasy #reading #writing #quotes #ya lit #literature #books