The Dark Is Rising Sequence, Book Five: Silver on the Tree (Cooper, Susan, Dark Is Rising Sequence.)
by Susan Cooper
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Author: Susan CooperReader: Alex Jennings
Edition: Audio Cassette
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2002-02-26
ISBN: 0807262099
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Listening Library
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Book Review: Predictable, and very slow in the middle
Summary: 3 Stars
I almost didn't get through this book, because the not-very-exciting quest for the crystal sword in the middle of the book was so incredibly tedious. It was nice to bring all of the major characters together for the finale, but "Silver on the Tree" lacks any real feeling of suspense or even urgency. And the contrived nature of the way that the Dark will finally be defeated: whoever cuts the mystical mistletoe at precisely the right instant wins? So the Light has been getting ready for this for a thousand years, and it all comes down to a random moment's action? Everything happens exactly as you'd expect it to, the Drew children have almost nothing to do except show up, and there's way too much gratuitous Welsh. It feels a lot like Cooper was phoning this one in.
If you've made it this far in the series, you might as well finish this last book so you can say you've read them all.
Summary of The Dark Is Rising Sequence, Book Five: Silver on the Tree (Cooper, Susan, Dark Is Rising Sequence.)
The final volume of Susan Cooper's brilliant and absorbing fantasy sequence known as The Dark Is Rising.The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton--last-born of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world free--must join forces with his ageless master Merriman and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn in with them are the three Drew children, who are mortal, but have their own vital part in the story. These six fight fear and death in the darkly brooding Welsh hills, in a quest through time and space that touches the most ancient myths of the British Isles and that brings Susan Cooper's masterful sequence of novels to a satisfying close.
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