hayesall 's review for:

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

2.0

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My fourth grade teacher had four "The Dark is Rising" books. I only learned years later that "Over Sea, Under Stone" existed and served as the first book in the series (there weren't numbers on the side and I'm pretty sure I read them out of order as well, no wonder young Alexander was deeply confused). Susan Cooper's series contributed a great deal to my childhood mythology and the stories I was interested in, so I want to revisit the series with my new perspectives.

This was okay. I had a lot of trouble getting into the story, and when I did get into it around the final eighty pages, the payoff felt kind of low (

Spoiler

the early images of exploring the Grey House was fun, and going into the cave at low tide was fun—but both came and went too quick

).

If my memories are correct though, this book does help explain a lot of things that happened later in the series. Stay tuned as I read further!