The Dark Is Rising - Susan Cooper • BookLikes (ISBN:1568652054)

The Dark Is Rising

by: Susan Cooper (author)

Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9781568652054 (1568652054)

ASIN: 1568652054

Publisher: Doubleday Books

Pages no: 863

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Young Adult, Childrens, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Mythology, Arthurian

Series: Dark is Rising -5 (#1)

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globulon rated it

13 years ago

http://globulon.booklikes.com globulon 0.0

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I'm not sure, just came across these while looking at Narnia books, the titles seem very familiar and I think I read them but can't remember a thing about them and even the descriptions don't ring a bell.

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Melody Murray's Books rated it

13 years ago

http://satyridae.booklikes.com Melody Murray's Books 3.0 The Dark Is Rising (Boxed Set): The Dark Is Rising, Greenwitch, Over Sea, Under Stone, Silver on the Tree, The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)

text The Dark Is Rising (Boxed Set): The Dark Is Rising, Greenwitch, Over Sea, Under Stone, Silver on the Tree, The Grey King (The Dark Is Rising Sequence)

The end of the series, but not the pinnacle.After re-reading the entire series, I understand why I don't re-read it regularly. It's too uneven, though 2 of the 5 books are brilliant. This volume flounders under the weight of both what comes before in Cooper's world and the canon of Arthurian Legend....

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Melody Murray's Books rated it

13 years ago

http://satyridae.booklikes.com Melody Murray's Books 5.0 The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree

text The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark Is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree

So much that's merely hinted at earlier in the series becomes goose-bump inducingly explicit here. The prose is meticulous, flawless, breathtaking. The characters have so many layers that I suspect I'll never read the same book twice. I can't imagine anyone with a childhood steeped in Arthurian leg...

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pedestrienne rated it

13 years ago

http://pedestrienne.booklikes.com pedestrienne 4.0 The Dark is Rising: The Complete Sequence (The Dark is Rising, #1-5)

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It was Silver on the Tree that made my finishing of this Omnibus Edition go on for so long. I'm not sure if I got around to reading the last book on my first reading of the series, so either that made me slow down or the quick pace of the action made me take more pauses.10 things I thought about wh...

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Myrto rated it

16 years ago

http://Myrto.booklikes.com Myrto 5.0 The Dark is Rising Sequence

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I like some of these better than others, but overall the series is great fantasy.

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