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A review by jscarpa14
Greenwitch by Susan Cooper
4.0
Okay first I have to say I loved the ending on this, the way she tied it up with characters not really heard from before, with such a chilling story prior to this the ending made me smile.
The third novel in The Dark is Rising Sequence ties together the first two books in the series, uniting young Will Stanton with the first novel's trio of siblings Simon, Jane and Barney. Oddly while they're together because of Will's status as an Old One they don't really connect in the way I'd hoped they would should they ever meet, but it was delightful to see them all in one story, in the place where it all began all the same.
The high tension and fast paced action of the second story is fortunately carried over into this third novel with scenes that at once draw you with a sort of confusing interest and chill you in their vivid imagery. My favorite of these scenes are Jane's dreams where she encounters the Greenwitch. Additionally the Greenwich itself as a character was an entertaining addition to the story.
While all the stories are linked each one is an extremely different journey with all together different elements from the prior novels which I find kind of unique. The first novel only hints at the super natural without really exposing the reader to too much of it, in the second we're taking to a place outside time and encounter full on forces of the Dark and the Light. This novel is filled with bits of supernatural but weaves them into the original setting and bounces too much between characters to really give us as much exposure to those oddities of the Old Ones we just began to learn about in the second novel. It's a great story, but I can't help but wish it was written more recently in the close third or first person styles that are more popular of late rather than the distant third person voice found in most older novels. There's so much more about this world and these characters that I've love to know that I don't think I'm going to find because of when the story was written. However for it's time period it's a true gem of a novel that I'd definitely recommend.
The third novel in The Dark is Rising Sequence ties together the first two books in the series, uniting young Will Stanton with the first novel's trio of siblings Simon, Jane and Barney. Oddly while they're together because of Will's status as an Old One they don't really connect in the way I'd hoped they would should they ever meet, but it was delightful to see them all in one story, in the place where it all began all the same.
The high tension and fast paced action of the second story is fortunately carried over into this third novel with scenes that at once draw you with a sort of confusing interest and chill you in their vivid imagery. My favorite of these scenes are Jane's dreams where she encounters the Greenwitch. Additionally the Greenwich itself as a character was an entertaining addition to the story.
While all the stories are linked each one is an extremely different journey with all together different elements from the prior novels which I find kind of unique. The first novel only hints at the super natural without really exposing the reader to too much of it, in the second we're taking to a place outside time and encounter full on forces of the Dark and the Light. This novel is filled with bits of supernatural but weaves them into the original setting and bounces too much between characters to really give us as much exposure to those oddities of the Old Ones we just began to learn about in the second novel. It's a great story, but I can't help but wish it was written more recently in the close third or first person styles that are more popular of late rather than the distant third person voice found in most older novels. There's so much more about this world and these characters that I've love to know that I don't think I'm going to find because of when the story was written. However for it's time period it's a true gem of a novel that I'd definitely recommend.