The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Silver on the Tree (Paperback)

from StormRaven

Silver on the Tree is the fifth and final book in Susan Cooper's The Dark Is Rising sequence. In some ways, the book feels a little anti-climactic, which may have been inevitable following the mostly excellent books that preceded it. Still, the main difficulty with the book is that it tries to do...

from thatotter

My biggest memory from the first time I read this was of really hating Bran and being angry that Merriman sailed away on Pridwen while Bran got to keep on living. This time, however, I liked Bran much more. The ending of the book is quite sad--I mean, I don't really care about the Drew children, ...

from scampus

The fifth and best of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising sequence, bringing everything to what is for me a very satisfactory conclusion. "... the Dark came rising." I've found very few more shiver-inducing sentences in all of children's fantasy literature.

from RebeccaAnn

Spoilers ahead: I found this be a mostly satisfying conclusion to this series, even if it was a bit sad. The action was exciting the whole tone of the bookw as much darker than previous ones (with possibly the exception of the fourth book - The Grey King). Some parts of the book I found almost th...

from tjsjohanna

Love - or the ability to forge relationships that create loyalty and sacrfice - this is the deciding factor between light and dark. It's not an uncommon theme in fantastical novels. In the end, what saves the light are those bonds forged as people loved. I liked two parts in particular - when Joh...