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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Similar to Narnia, Green Knowe and The Magician's Nephew series. Starting to show it's age by lovely nontheless
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism
A fun adventure story set in a fictitious Cornish village (based on Mevagissey).
It reminded me at the start of the Famous Five with the setting being a long summer holiday, a family in a new setting and conveniently uninvolved parents.
The pace of the story is good, with plenty going on. The adventure is exciting, based around legends of King Arthur. I somehow missed this series as a child but found it a fun and light read even as an adult.
It reminded me at the start of the Famous Five with the setting being a long summer holiday, a family in a new setting and conveniently uninvolved parents.
The pace of the story is good, with plenty going on. The adventure is exciting, based around legends of King Arthur. I somehow missed this series as a child but found it a fun and light read even as an adult.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Very good book! an easy read, something a family could all read together and enjoy. Decent character development, very good suspense.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I remember reading the Dark is raising, but not any of the other books in the series, so after I enjoyed revisiting Lloyd Alexander, I thought I would do the same with Susan Cooper. This...doesn't age well. The children say things about marginalized groups that reflect the period in which it was written, which is a shame. The story is pretty straightforward, a little mystery with clues and an elaborate search for treasure. Reading it as an adult, I found it to be mostly fine, nothing special. I hope the rest of the series improves from here.
Such a strange little book. I never saw the sense of "sixties children adventure" so well defined beyond a slew of Disney movies. The injection of the wondrous is so seamless! It makes me think about Corto Maltese and French BDs like Tin Tin, while the characters are pure Bedknobs and Broomsticks. It felt written by a very young person too, in the best possible way -- I hear the following books are more structured and interesting, but this one is a classic for a reason.
2.5 stars. A Nancy Drew/Scooby Doo-style cosy mystery-adventure featuring three young siblings spending the summer at a seaside house with their elusive great-uncle and finding a mysterious ancient map that might lead to the hidden Holy Grail - but it turns out some shifty characters in town are also after it, and this search may have a mysterious, more than archeological significance. The writing didn't immediately draw me in, though, and it took awhile for the adventure/mystery to get going; for that I deduct a star.