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A review by alongreader
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
4.0
Some of the covers for this book went really dark!
Book 3, and our two sets of heroes finally meet, with some misunderstandings about who's the hero and who's the tagalong. Will, at this point, is still veering wildly between 'normal child' and 'immortal warrior of the Light' and the Drews realise almost immediately that something is strange about him. Barney seems to randomly manifest some powers this time around as well, and Jane and Simon are stalwart as ever, with Merry appearing to be enigmatic at them from time to time.
If there's a hero of this book, though, it's Jane, who wins the day (oops, spoiler!) by simple human compassion, much as will happen again (oops, spoiler!) in Book Five (oops, spoiler!). (Let's be fair, the blurb fairly gives it away.) The childlike Greenwitch never fails to make me feel sorry for it.
This is the last time the Cornish influence is so strong - we're off to Wales for the last two installments - and I really enjoyed it. That kick of a last line, too!
Book 3, and our two sets of heroes finally meet, with some misunderstandings about who's the hero and who's the tagalong. Will, at this point, is still veering wildly between 'normal child' and 'immortal warrior of the Light' and the Drews realise almost immediately that something is strange about him. Barney seems to randomly manifest some powers this time around as well, and Jane and Simon are stalwart as ever, with Merry appearing to be enigmatic at them from time to time.
If there's a hero of this book, though, it's Jane, who wins the day (oops, spoiler!) by simple human compassion, much as will happen again (oops, spoiler!) in Book Five (oops, spoiler!). (Let's be fair, the blurb fairly gives it away.) The childlike Greenwitch never fails to make me feel sorry for it.
This is the last time the Cornish influence is so strong - we're off to Wales for the last two installments - and I really enjoyed it. That kick of a last line, too!