The Dark is Rising

The end of the Sequence

Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper

December 31, 2016 by Loopyker Leave a Comment

Silver on the Tree is the final book in The Dark is Rising Sequence. Here, all the important characters from the Light and the Dark come together for the final battle. I’m not sure if it was because both times I listened to this, it was too late to give it my best attention, or if it was the story itself, but this was my least favourite of the series. Alex Jennings returns as narrator, along with the other characters adding a sense of unity to the series. However, I got confused by a lot of time jumping with Merriman […]

12/31/2016 Loopyker's CBR8 Review No:5 |

Things get darker

The Grey King by Susan Cooper

December 31, 2016 by Loopyker Leave a Comment

Ah! Where did Alex Jennings go? After listening to the same narrator for the first three audiobooks in the series, I was initially jolted to hear a different voice for The Grey King. I thought nobody would do as well with this book as Alex Jennings had been doing. But happily, I soon accepted Richard Mitchley’s voice and as the story unfolded, it made a lot of sense to have a different narrator. Although, Will Stanton was in the previous two books, The Dark is Rising and Greenwitch, in this book he loses part of his mind to illness for […]

12/31/2016 Loopyker's CBR8 Review No:4 |

Jane gets to do something

Greenwitch by Susan Cooper

December 31, 2016 by Loopyker 3 Comments

It will be a surprise to nobody that I came up short of my book review goal again. At least this year I have a good excuse. I jumped through a lot of immigration hoops and moved a big truck full of stuff from Canada to the US, all while planning a wedding. It went more or less as planned, but of course everything took more time and work than anticipated. Fortunately, I have a great husband and in-laws to help make the transition to my new home and country all go smoother. With so much on my mind, my […]

12/31/2016 Loopyker's CBR8 Review No:3 |

Definitely fantasy genre now

The Dark is Rising (The Dark is Rising, Book 2) by Susan Cooper

January 4, 2016 by Loopyker 5 Comments

When The Dark is Rising started I was very confused. It was supposed to be the second book in a series, right? But, it starts with completely different characters and in a different village than Over Sea, Under Stone. Only as time goes on, do we see the connection. Will Stanton is the seventh son of a seventh son and just about to turn 11 years old. Up until that point, he is a normal kid who has no idea there is anything special about his eleventh birthday. Where Over Sea, Under Stone was subtle with its magical hints, this […]

1/4/2016 Loopyker's CBR8 Review No:2 |

A treasure hunt adventure

Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, Book 1) by Susan Cooper

January 1, 2016 by Loopyker 5 Comments

I don’t know how I hadn’t heard about this series before now. It seems exactly the kind of thing that someone would have recommended to me, or I would have picked up in the library if I had seen it growing up, but I didn’t come across it until browsing my online library in my 40s. Fortunately, that wasn’t too late to enjoy it. Over Sea, Under Stone is the first book in a series of five called The Dark is Rising Sequence. Simon, Jane and Barney Drew are siblings vacationing in Cornwall with their parents and Great-Uncle Merriman (Merry […]

1/1/2016 Loopyker's CBR8 Review No:1 |

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