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Summary: Worth reading again and again and again....
Review: I recieved this book as a gift many years ago and continue to enjoy it everytime I read it. Susan Cooper has what it takes to draw you into the book and make it seem like you are there. If I had to choose between her books and the works of J.R.R. Tolken, I would drive myself crazy trying to decide.
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Summary: A Marvellous Read
Review: I'm a twelve-year-old from KL and I first read this book when I was eleven, two years ago. Ever since then I have reread it about a million times. This book is the last in the series and one of the best. In the beginning Will begins to see shades of fleeing people. He calls a gathering of the Old Ones, only to find that the Lady is not present. He is drawn into an adventure with Bran Davies and the Drew children, ending in a struggle to cut the blossom from the midsummer tree on the Chiltern hills with the crystal sword, which will enable the Light to vanquish the Dark. This is one of the best books I have ever read. Susan Cooper shifts from time to time and place to place seamlessly. I loved the Lost Land and the climax at the midsummer tree. When I first read this book I was rather upset that Bran and the Drews had to forget their adventures completely. However, after rereading this book a few times, I began to think that the ending was, after all, quite appropriate. I did feel sorry for Will, though, because he had to bear this burden alone. I loved this book.
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Summary: It was a very good book and I liked it very much.
Review: Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper is the last book of The Dark is Rising series. The story is about the Light, representing the good, and the Dark, representing bad, which fight for control over earth. Will Stanton, the main character is an Old One. The Old Ones are servants of the Light, dedicated to keeping the world free. Will and his friends Bran Davies, the albino Welsh boy and Jane, Barney and Simon Drew, fight fear and death to retrieve the last magic object that will relinquish the Dark, the crystal sword. On their journey, they meet old friends and make new friends along the way. When reintroduced to enemies, tension and hatred grow from past occurrences. This book is very interesting and enjoyable to read. A unique feature about the book is that the author provides clues throughout the story so the reader can figure out the problems along with the main character. Everyone who enjoys fictional books should read this. This book is not close to being real. Some of the Welsh language may be difficult to understand, but using context clues can help the reader figure out what a character is saying. The author uses a lot of sensory details throughout the story. She describes settings and people so well that the reader can picture the dark, swirling clouds and the clenched fists and revengeful face. This book is appropriate for the intermediate and high school level because it is a complicated book and elementary school students may have a difficult time understanding the plot. For older readers, understanding should not be difficult as long as one remembers the events that have happened and the meaning of the symbols. Silver on the Tree is so interesting that the reader will be hooked on it and won't want to put it down. The action is magical, not violent. Cars, planes, and trains aren't blown up or hijacked. Read the book to find out if the Light defeats the Dark, and if Will and his friends survive the journey.
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Summary: A very good book.
Review: The beginning was a little boring but the rest was fantastic! Susan Cooper does a good job of making the characters meet. I think Bran and the Drews shouldn't be made to forget, though.
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Summary: Silver on the Tree
Review: The book, Silver on the Tree, fourth in the Dark is Rising series, has a great plot. The main character, Will Stanton, is one of the circle of old ones. The circle is a gathering of immortal beings of the light. Their job is to save the world from the impending dark. Will must find the last of the four "Things of Power." Without it, there is no hope for the light.
"When light from the lost land shall return
Six Sleepers will ride, six Signs will burn,
And where the midsummer's tree grows tall,
By Pendragon's sword, the dark shall fall."
With only this poem and five friends to help him, Will must find the crystal sword before the final and most powerful attack of the dark. The dark lords will stop at nothing to get to the crystal sword before Will and destroy it. There is little time, for the dark is rising and at last, silver on the tree.
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Summary: A JOYOUS ADVENTURE THROUGH THE DARK AND INTO THE LIGHT.
Review: THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE IS FAB, ESP. IF YOU START FROM THE BEGINNING WITH OVER SEA, UNDER STONE. THE UNDERLYING RELIGIOUS REALLY DIDN'T HIT ME UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE LAST NOVEL, LEAVING ME HUNGRY FOR MORE. I'D RECOMMEND THESE BOOKS TO ANYONE!!!!!
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Summary: Earlier ones were better?
Review: The last of this fine series is a sweeping effort to bring all the characters from previous books together. Cooper writes well enough, and this is all based on an extremely complicated set of Arthurian mythologies. But by now we are rather tired of these vague metaphysical risings of power, which seem less chilling the more they happen. This novel flies all over the place in space and time, more like a series of adventures than a cohesive whole. It tends to seem a bit long and arbitrary (as when Blowden Rowlands is suddenly unmasked.) In short, this book gets lost in itself. Fantasy mongers may like it more than I did.
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Summary: A satisfying ending to a spectacular series
Review: The old one, Will, and his friends are on their final adventure together to save the world from the rising dark. Will start off with his brothers at a picnic and he discovers that the old ones cannot slack off and let the dark take over. Merriman tells Will to pick up the blet of the signs to ward off the dark for the final moment. Meanwhile, Jane, Simon, and Barney are vacationing in Wales near where the mountain of the Grey King was. They meet Will at a cliff and they meet Bran, the mysterious albino boy. Together they solve the last piece to the puzzle of the rhyme, the lost city. They find the lost city and enter it to find the crystal sword, the final weapon of the light. Then it is the race to the midsummer tree. Prophesy has it said that the first one to cut off the silver from the midsummer tree will rule the universe. There are lots of surprises in the book and the plot changes ever so slightly. Everything flows together.
I like the book because of the interesting plot, how each book and each event in each book flows into one another. I also happen to like King Arthur and his Round Table so this makes the book very appealing. I like how Susan Cooper uses real language and real places to explain the story which makes the whole story more believable.
My favorite part was when Will and Bran received the crystal sword from the unhappy king. I've always wondered why did the king decide to torture himself with his own thoughts. The book says the Dark has no power to harm but it can contribute to changing a person. Then can't the king resist the Dark's influence? Why must he suffer because he did something right? Great book overall!
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Summary: Awesome books
Review: The whole series is really great! I'm a 15-year-old boy, and I've read them all and enjoyed them all twice! I've named Silver on the Tree as one of my two favorite books
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Summary: The Dark is Rising Sequence
Review: The world gets saved from the Dark here, but there is a very heavy human cost to the victory. This is not surprising, since this is a series that takes myth and legend very seriously and does not sugar coat the battle between good and evil. One of the things that seems exquisitely sad to me is that the human characters who have been so heroic and important in this series not longer remember the epic battle they have been such a great part in when the story is over. While I understand this in the context of the story, it seems so very sad. I really loved this series of books.
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