A review by octavia_cade
The Boggart and the Monster by Susan Cooper

3.0

Fun children's follow-up to The Boggart, but like its predecessor it doesn't match up to Cooper's absolutely fantastic The Dark is Rising series. Still, if it's fairly slight it's still likeable enough, and there's a really interesting take on the Loch Ness monster that I haven't seen before. I won't spoil it here, but the Boggart takes centre stage dealing with the monster, and develops into a far more communicative character than he was the last time around. I'm not entirely sure whether I prefer him this way or the last, though - giving the Boggart the power to speak goes some way to making him seem more accessible and human-like, but that necessarily means a loss of the magic and alien nature that made him appealing in the first place.