- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Puffin; New Ed edition (30 Jun 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140307990
- ISBN-13: 978-0140307993
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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Psychology Today
"Susan Cooper is one of the few contemporary writers who has the vivid imagination, the narrative
powers, and the moral vision that permit her to create the kind of sweeping conflict between good and
evil that lies at the heart of all great fantasy. Tolkien had it. So did C.S. Lewis. And Cooper
writes in the same tradition."
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The second gripping book in the classic The Dark Is Rising sequence.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
At the risk of being overly dramatic this book changed my life. I had never been fond of reading before when, aged 12, I found this book whilst waiting for my father in the local libary. In contrast to the books we had been forced to read at school I found it utterly gripping. Very exciting and mysterious all written from a young teenage point of view. I felt like the author was writing about a world I wished was out there waiting for me to fall into an adventure in. I devoured this book and the rest of the series and have not stopped reading since. A must for all, Susan Cooper transports you to this strange world where things are never as they seem and there are dark undertones. I could compare it to a young version of the start of Weaveworld (clive barker) but that would do it an injustice since it is both richer and darker.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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I first read this book when I was 9 years old. Unfortunatley the school prevented my teacher finishing the book as he the governers had recieved complaints from parents that it was full of pagan tradition and heathen beliefs. PAH! we say loudly, the book does not go against any religion and certainly not against the Christian values the plaintiffs were so eager to protect. the book acknowledges the church as a place of the light, a place safe fromt he dark forces of the world. What more do you want? Luckily my teacher lived ont he same road as me and leant me a copy my unevolved headmaster had not burned. Anyway, the book grips you from the start and transports you from the grey world of english winter nt he stark white snowy world of fantasy. Susan cooper not only uses her characters imaginativley but creates atmosphere that is both compelling and traumatically beutiful. My advice - Read when your young, read when your old and always own a copy to transform those winter nights curled up by the fire. YOU NEED THIS BOOK!!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read "The Dark is Rising" as an 11 year old (I'm now 35),and with each successive reading (it must be 20 odd times now) I feel it's bewitching spell more and more.Ok,so Harry Potter is pretty cool (I've enjoyed all four),but JK Rowling can't match Susan Cooper's ability to create mood and atmosphere, and to be geniunely frightening.... Don't just stop at this one, get the other four too (Over Sea,Under Stone / Greenwitch / The Grey King(*****)/Silver on the Tree....)You'll not be disappointed,but it may take 25 years to get there! Happy reading
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Totally and utterly brilliant and I will re-read it again and again.
First of all please if you watch the film first without knowing there is a series of these books, don't take much notice of it. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Neferra
A Christmas tradition
I also read the Dark is Rising sequence as a child and sought it out a few years ago. I would sometimes recall Will's awakening as an Old One, and wonder what book it was from - I... Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by M. Burrows
The Perfect Children's Book
The Dark is Rising is the perfect children's book. It is one of those books you want to start reading over again as soon as you put it down - adults too. Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2009 by Sir Furboy
The second (and best) in the Dark is Rising sequence!
What a brilliant fantasy. Although this is the second of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence (and there are 5 books in total), it could easily be read as a stand alone book... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2008 by S. Barnes
Don't be put off by the film
As a child, 'Over Sea, Under Stone' was by far my favourite book and years later in my twenties, I went looking for it for nostagic reasons. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2007 by Daren Collins
Eeeeeh, when I was a lass.......
I too, read this when I was in my early teens and it does stick in my mind as one of the most gripping series I'd ever read. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2007 by J. Williams
The Rider and the Dark
Susan Cooper has yet to equal "The Dark is Rising," the second book of her classic Dark is Rising Sequence. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2007 by E. A Solinas
Not good for reading aloud
I am sorry to confess that I really didn't like this book. Reading all the enthusiastic reviews, I am clearly out-numbered but if I explain why I didn't like it then maybe you can... Read more
Published on 18 April 2007 by Roland Davis
Beyond your average fairy tale
"The Dark is Rising" goes beyond
Your average fairy tale
Completely different from the first
It makes that one quite pale
Your average fairy tale
Completely different from the first
It makes that one quite pale
Over sea yet under stone
The first... Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2006 by Amanda Richards
2nd volume of THE DARK IS RISING Sequence
Only the last book of the series includes all six of its main characters. This book introduces the fifth of the six, Will Stanton, to Merriman; the Drews from OVER SEA, UNDER STONE... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2006 by Michele L. Worley
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