[{"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Y WefanY Ti\u0302mGwybodaeth i Rieni"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "so\u0302namlyfraJan 19, 20205 min read"}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "*Scroll down for English & comments*"}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "Afallon - y nofel olaf yng nghyfres Yma gan Lleucu Roberts. Lle hud yn y gorllewin ydi Ynys Afallon sy\u2019n cael ei gysylltu a\u0302 chwedlau am y Brenin Arthur. Caiff ei ddisgrifio fel gwlad ieuenctid bythol, gwledda a ffrwythlondeb. Mae\u2019r llyfr yma\u2019n disgrifio rhywle sy\u2019n bopeth ond hynny! Dyma nofel dywyllach na\u2019r ddwy arall yn y gyfres, sy\u2019n cynnwys elfennau sy\u2019n ein hatgoffa o glasuron fel \u20181984\u2019 a \u2018Handmaid\u2019s Tale.\u2019"}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Mae blwyddyn wedi mynd heibio ers y nofel ddiwethaf, mae Anil ar goll a does dim all neb ei wneud i godi calon Cai. Bellach mae gweddill yr ynyswyr a\u2019r Niaid wedi dysgu i gyd-fyw ac yn dechrau cyfathrebu\u2019n well. Erbyn y nofel hon, mae Bwmbwm wedi cael ei ddad-goroni\u2019n llwyr a chaiff ei bortreadu fel creadur reit pathetig bellach."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "Trafoda\u2019r awdur ladd anifeiliaid mewn ffordd matter of fact, di-ffwdan. Mae\u2019n rhan o fywyd bellach \u2013 rhaid hela er mwyn byw. Ym mhennod 5 ceir disgrifiad graffig o hela ebol bychan. Mae\u2019r disgrifiad yn cyfleu realiti anodd bywyd yng Nghymru bellach. Dwi\u2019n falch nad yw Lleucu yn osgoi trafod pethau naturiol fel marwolaeth:"}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "\u201cNesaodd Freyja at yr ebol a wingai mewn poen... ei lygaid yn erfyn am drugaredd... osgo\u0302dd Freyja\u2019r llygaid a phlannu ei phicell rhwng asennau\u2019r anifail.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "O\u2019r pwynt lle mae Gwawr yn cael ei chipio, mae\u2019r stori yn cael ei rhannu rhwng Cymru ac Afallon. Down i ddeall fod cyfrinach sinistr a thywyll y tu o\u0302l i arwyneb ffals gwlad Afallon. Nid paradwys mohoni o bell ffordd. Caethwas yw Anil ac mae Gwawr yn wynebu treulio gweddill ei bywyd mewn cawell."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "Rheolir Afallon gan Y Llyw, dyn cymhleth a chreulon, sydd wir yn credu fod yr hyn mae o\u2019n ei wneud yn iawn. Yn Afallon, maen nhw wedi llwyddo i ddal eu gafael ar dechnoleg, ac yn defnyddio awyrennau i grwydro\u2019r byd yn dwyn merched ifanc, ffrwythlon er mwyn cynaeafu eu hwyau. Mae\u2019r \u2018fferm\u2019 yn bychanu\u2019r merched i ddim byd mwy nag ieir mewn cytiau. Mae\u2019n syniad tywyll ac yn hynod o anghyfforddus. Bechod na chafodd ei archwilio ymhellach a\u2019i wneud hyd yn oed yn fwy tywyll. Er popeth a ddigwyddodd iddi, doeddwn i byth yn teimlo fod Gwawr mewn perygl go iawn. Tybed a fyddai diweddglo anhapus wedi bod yn fwy o sioc?!"}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Roedd penodau Afallon yn llawer mwy diddorol na phenodau criw\u2019r Ynyswyr yng Nghymru. Mewn ffordd, roedd y cymeriadau yma\u2019n \u2018spare parts\u2019 wrth i\u2019r brif stori symud ymlaen at Afallon. Yn bersonol, roeddwn i\u2019n gweld y darn ar y cwch ym Mae Aberystwyth yn ddiflas, ac yn tynnu oddi ar y brif stori. Great White Sharks yn Abertyswyth? Rili?! Ddweda i ddim mwy."}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "Yn sicr, hwn yw llyfr cryfaf y drioleg. Mae\u2019r awdur yn llwyddo i blethu nifer o thema\u0302u aeddfed fel cariad, gwrthdaro, natur, cynaladwyedd, trais, sexism, gwleidyddiaeth, cam-drin a sawl un arall. Sgil yr awdur yw eu cynnwys yn rhan naturiol o\u2019r stori, gan wneud sylwadau, yn hytrach na phregethu."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Am ryw reswm dwi\u2019n ffafrio diweddglo anhapus i stori - efallai mai fi sy\u2019n od. Ond er y diweddglo \u2018happy ever after\u2019 mae Lleucu yn llwyddo i gloi\u2019r drioleg yn effeithiol ac yn daclus, gan ateb y rhan fwyaf o\u2019r cwestiynau a oeddem yn eu gofyn i ni\u2019n hunain wrth i\u2019r drioleg ddatblygu."}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "Mae iaith y nofel yn heriol, waeth i mi fod yn onest. Roedd rhaid i mi ganolbwyntio dipyn wrth ddarllen. Dwi\u2019n meddwl y byddai\u2019n rhaid i ddarllenwr ifanc fod yn reit hyderus i fwynhau\u2019r nofel yn llawn. Mae\u2019n bosib ei fod yn llyfr a fyddai\u2019n well ei astudio yn yr ysgol, o dan arweiniad athro/awes, gyda mwy o gyfle i drafod a gwneud synnwyr ohono."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Afallon -The last novel in the \u2018yma\u2019 series by Lleucu Roberts. Afallon Island is a magical place in the West that is linked to legends about King Arthur. It is described as a country of evergreen youth, plenty and fertility. This book describes somewhere that is anything but that! This is a darker novel than the other two in the series, which contains elements that remind us of classics such as 1984 and Handmaid's Tale."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "A year has passed since the last novel, Anil is missing and no one say or do anything to cheer Cai up. The rest of the Islanders and the Niaid have by now learned to live together and can just about communicate. Bwmbwm, the former leader, has have been de-throned and is now portrayed as quite a pathetic character."}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "The author discusses killing animals in a very matter of fact way. It is now a part of everyday life \u2013 they must hunt to live. In Chapter 5 there\u2019s a graphic description of killing a young foal. The description shows us the difficult reality of life in Wales. I am pleased that Lleucu does not shy away from discussing natural things like death."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "From the point at which Gwawr is captured, the story switches between Wales and Afallon. We come to understand that there is a dark and sinister secret behind the pleasant facade of Afallon. It is by no means paradise! Anil is a slave and Gwawr faces spending the rest of her life in a cage."}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "Afallon\u2019s leader, \u2018Y Llyw,\u2019 is a complex and cruel man, who really believes what he is doing is right. In Afallon, they\u2019ve somehow managed to hold on to technology. They use their solar planes to roam the globe looking for young, fertile girls in order to harvest their eggs to maintain the population. The ' farm ' reduces the girls to nothing more than chickens in battery cages. This is a dark concept and is extremely uncomfortable. It\u2019s a shame that it was not explored further and made even darker. Despite everything that happened to her, I never felt that Gwawr was truly at risk. I wonder if an unhappy ending would have been more of a shock?!"}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "The chapters which took place in Afallon were much more interesting than those with the islanders back in Wales. In a way, these characters felt like 'spare parts ' as the main story progressed to Afallon. Personally, I found the bit on the boat in Aberystwyth Bay boring, and distracting from the main story. Great White Sharks in Aberystwyth? Really? C\u2019mon!"}, {"text_idx": "#000024", "text": "This is certainly the strongest entry in the trilogy. The author manages to bring in a number of mature themes such as love, conflict, nature, sustainability, violence, sexism, politics and domestic abuse amongst others. The author's true skill is to include them as a natural part of the story, making observations, rather than preaching."}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "For some reason I prefer an unhappy ending to a story \u2013perhaps it\u2019s just me that's strange. But despite the happy ever after ending, Lleucu manages to bring the trilogy to a neat and effective end."}, {"text_idx": "#000026", "text": "The language of the novel is challenging, I may as well be honest. I had to concentrate quite a bit whilst reading. I think a younger reader would have to be quite confident to enjoy the novel in full. It may be a book that would be better suited to studying at school, led by a teacher, with more opportunity to discuss and make sense of it."}, {"text_idx": "#000030", "text": "Nid ydym yn gyfrifol am gynnwys gwefannau allanol."}]