[{"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Y WefanY Ti\u0302mGwybodaeth i Rieni"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "so\u0302namlyfraDec 8, 20195 min read"}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "*Scroll down for English & comments*"}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "Stori sy'n cydio, wedi ei leoli yn y ddinas."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "Gripping story set in the city."}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "*Llyfr gwreiddiol - Welsh Original*"}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Lefel her/challenge level: \u2756 \u2756 \u2756"}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "Dwi\u2019n mwynhau darllen, ond ddim yn aml dwi\u2019n mwynhau nofel cymaint a\u0302 hon. Mae\u2019n swnio dipyn bach yn cliche\u0301, ond roedd hi wir y amhosib rhoi hon i lawr. Tydi hi ddim fel unrhyw beth dwi wedi\u2019i ddarllen yn y Gymraeg o\u2019r blaen. Mae lleoliad dinesig y nofel, mewn stad o fflatiau, yn fy atgoffa o\u2019r ddrama deledu This is England - ond wrth gwrs, mae hwn yn sbesial i Gymru ac yn llawer gwell!"}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Tydi\u2019r wybodaeth ar wefan y Lolfa ddim yn gwneud cyfiawnder a\u0302\u2019r nofel yma: \u201cMae Tom yn 15 oed ac mae ei fywyd yn gymhleth.\u201d Wel, dyna i chi understatement! Llawer gwell gen i ddisgrifiad Manon Steffan Ros ohoni fel nofel sy\u2019n \u201cgyffrous, mentrus a chwbl unigryw.\u201d Mae hi\u2019n unigryw."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Bachgen 15 oed yw Tom, sy\u2019n dioddef y pethau teenage angst fyse chi\u2019n disgwyl mewn nofel fel hyn, ond mae ambell i dwist diddorol. Er enghraifft, mae o\u2019n obsessed efo bod yn la\u0302n a pheidio dal germau. Rhywbeth diddorol sy\u2019n cael ei esbonio wedyn."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "Mae Tom yn byw ar stad Caercoed yn Grangetown. Dwi wedi gwirioni efo disgrifiadau Cynan Llwyd o\u2019r ardal - mae o\u2019n ein trochi ym myd dydd-i-ddydd y stad. Mae\u2019n cyfleu tlodi a chaledi bywyd yno. Er hyn, mae \u2019na lawer o gariad yn nhy\u0302 Tom, ond mae ei fam, sy\u2019n fam sengl, yn gweithio ddydd a nos er mwyn crafu byw i roi bi\u0302ns a chicken nuggets ar y bwrdd. Mae pres yn dynn a fedrwch chi ddim helpu ond cydymdeimlo a\u0302 nhw."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Mae\u2019r disgrifiadau yn gignoeth, ac yn blaen - nid ydynt yn ceisio cuddio\u2019r agweddau annymunol. Pan ffeindia Tom gath wedi marw er enghraifft, dyweda: \u201cdwi\u2019n credu \u2019mod i wedi delio gyda hynny\u2019n dda er gwaetha\u2019r gwaed, y perfedd, y drewdod a hagrwch moelni\u2019r ci.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "Trafoda\u2019r nofel nifer o thema\u0302u cyfoes. Mae yna dlodi, oes, a gangs, trais, cyffuriau, hiliaeth a llofrudd, ond yng nghanol hyn oll, mae yna gyfeillgarwch a theimlad o gymdogaeth hefyd. Mae Tom yn ffrindiau mawr efo Dai, sef dyn yn ei wythdegau, ac maen nhw\u2019n rhannu mwynhad o gomics. Ffrind gorau Tom yw Ananya, ac maen nhw\u2019n fe\u0302ts gorau. Mae ei theulu, Y Khans, yn wreiddiol o Fangladesh, ac yn dioddef peth atgasedd hiliol yn y stori. Serch hynny, llwydda\u2019r nofel i ddangos Cymru fodern sy\u2019n amlddiwylliannol a sut mae gwahanol hiliau a chrefyddau\u2019n cyd-fyw gyda\u2019i gilydd, er bod 'na anghydraddoldebau cymdeithasol yn dal i fod."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "I fynd yn o\u0302l at ddisgrifiad gor-syml Y Lolfa o\u2019r nofel, yndi, mae bywyd Tom yn gymhleth. Mae\u2019n ffeindio\u2019i hun yn cael ei dynnu\u2019n ddyfnach i mewn i fyd tywyll y gangs ac mae\u2019r pethau mae\u2019n ei weld - ac yn ei wneud - yn peri gofid mawr iddo. Yn wir, mae ei fywyd mewn perygl. Wna i ddim rhoi mwy o spoliers!"}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "Ella fod 'na fymryn gormod o ddisgrifio ar brydiau, ac yn bersonol mi faswn i wedi hoffi diweddglo gwahanol. Roedd y tensiwn a\u2019r drama wedi cael eu hadeiladu i\u2019r fath raddau, roeddwn i\u2019n siw\u0302r fod rhywbeth ofnadwy\u2019n mynd i ddigwydd, ond siomedig braidd oedd y diweddglo sydyn, taclus. Roeddwn i\u2019n awyddus i\u2019r nofel fod yn dywyllach yn y diwedd."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Roedd iaith ddeheuol y llyfr yn hawdd i\u2019w ddeall (hyd yn oed i Gog fel fi) a dwi\u2019n hapus iawn i weld nifer o eiriau Saesneg (wedi eu hitaleiddio) yn hytrach na thrio defnyddio geiriau Cymraeg stiff ac annaturiol. O ganlyniad, roedd popeth yn llifo\u2019n dda. Roeddwn i\u2019n hoffi\u2019r darnau \u2018social media chatroom\u2019 yn ogystal a\u0302 defnyddio pwyntiau bwled i grynhoi ambell ddisgrifiad. Pam lai? Mae\u2019n lleihau\u2019r baich darllen ond yn cyfleu\u2019r wybodaeth i gyd yn syml ac yn sydyn."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "Dwi\u2019n gobeithio y bydd yna lyfr arall gan yr awdur yma, ac mi faswn i\u2019n synnu os na fydd hwn yn ymddangos ar y maes llafur TGAU yn fuan. Mae\u2019n hen bryd i ni gael nofel gyfoes, rymus wedi ei lleoli mewn dinas ar y cwricwlwm sy\u2019n fwy perthnasol erbyn hyn i bobl ifanc na Y Stafell Ddirgel. (No offens i Marion Eames!)"}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "I enjoy reading but I\u2019m not often gripped by a novel as I was with this one. Sounds a little bit cliche\u0301 perhaps but it really was impossible to put down. It's not like anything I've read in Welsh before. The novels urban location, based on a block of flats within an estate reminds me of the TV drama This is England \u2013 but of course this is special to us in Wales and much better!"}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "The information on The Lolfa\u2019s website does not do this novel justice: \"Tom is 15 years old and his life is complicated.\" Well, that\u2019s an understatement! I much prefer Manon Steffan Ros\u2019s description. She calls it \"exciting, risky and totally unique.\" It is unique."}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "Tom, our 15-year-old main character suffers from the usual teenage angst you\u2019d expect in a novel for this age group, but it does have a few interesting twists. For one, he is obsessed with cleanliness and despises germs. This is something that is addressed later in the book."}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "Tom lives on the Caercoed estate in Grangetown. I'm thrilled with Cynan Llwyd's descriptions of the area \u2013 he immerses us in day-to-day life on the estate. It portrays the deprivation and poverty as well as the general struggle of life there. Despite the bleakness, there\u2019s a lot of love in Tom's house, and the two have a strong bond. His mother, who is a single parent, works day and night to scrape a living and to put chicken nuggets on the table. Money is tight and you can\u2019t help but feel sorry for them."}, {"text_idx": "#000024", "text": "The descriptions are blunt and raw. They do not attempt to conceal the undesirable aspects. For example, when he finds a dead cat, he describes: \"I think I have dealt with it well despite the blood, the guts, the stench and the deformity.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "The novel discussed a number of topical themes. There is poverty, yes, and gangs, violence, murder, drugs and racism, but in the midst of all this, there is also friendship and comradery amongst neighbours. Tom is big friends with Dai, a man in his eighties, and they share a love of comics. Tom's best friend is Ananya, and they are close. Her family, the Khans, are originally from Bangladesh, and they suffer some racial abuse in the story. But more than this, the novel portrays a modern and multicultural Wales where different races and religions co-exist together despite many social inequalities."}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "Going back to that overly simplistic description of the novel, I agree, his life is complex. He finds himself being dragged deeper into the world of the gangs and he sees and does things that are very distressing. Indeed, it puts his very life in danger. No more spoilers, I promise!"}, {"text_idx": "#000027", "text": "Maybe there are too many descriptions at times, and personally I would have liked a different ending. The tension, and the drama had been built to such an extent, I was sure that something terrible was going to happen, but the swift, tidy ending was somewhat disappointing. I wanted the novel to be darker towards the end."}, {"text_idx": "#000028", "text": "The South-Walian dialect of the book was easy enough to understand (even for a Gog such as myself) and I was very happy to see a number of English words (italicised) rather than using a number of stiff, artificial-sounding Welsh words. As a result, the story flows naturally. I liked the ' social media chatroom ' sections and the use of bullet points to summarise some descriptions. Why not? - It reduces the reading burden but conveys all the information simply and quickly."}, {"text_idx": "#000029", "text": "I hope another book is on it\u2019s way from the author, and I would be surprised if this does not appear on the GCSE syllabus soon. It\u2019s about time for us to have a modern, powerful, city-based novel on the curriculum that is more relevant to the youth of today than Y Stafell Ddirgel. (No offence to Marion Eames of course!)"}, {"text_idx": "#000030", "text": "Sgrech y Creigiau - Elidir Jones"}, {"text_idx": "#000032", "text": "Nid ydym yn gyfrifol am gynnwys gwefannau allanol."}, {"text_idx": "#000034", "text": "Menter gwirfoddol yw So\u0302n am Lyfra sy\u2019n darparu adolygiadau dwyieithog o lyfrau Cymraeg i blant a phobl ifanc. Bydd hefyd yn cynnig llwyfan i sgyrsiau a thrafodaethau am lyfrau. Rydym yn gweithredu\u2019n gwbl annibynnol ac yn gwerthfawrogi unrhyw roddion all ein helpu i gyflawni'r nodau hyn. Bydd eich rhodd yn help i ni gynnal y gwasanaeth."}, {"text_idx": "#000035", "text": "So\u0302n am Lyfra is a voluntary venture that provides bilingual reviews for Welsh children and young people\u2019s books. It shall also be a platform for conversations and discussions about books. We"}]