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Garner's return to Alderley Edge is a complex work, allusive more than explicit, opening multiple possibilities & interpretations, while suggesting that any & all of them could be valid. It's a cerebral book, which certainly got me thinking, but more so is it emotional: heartbreakingly sad, with a tinge of hope.
Colin's struggle with his trauma shifts the perception of the earlier books, adding depth to those already atypical children's stories.

Re-reading Weirdstone... & Moon of Gomrath was preparation for a 1st reading of Boneland, last book of the Alderley trilogy. Written & set 50 years after the first books, this isn't a children's tale, rather an account of the psychological impact of childhood trauma (I think: I'm on page 30). So far, we have the parallel stories of Colin, now an astrophysicist at Jodrell Bank, & a Neolithic skywatcher, which I'm assuming will cross at some point.