The Dark is Rising: 50th Anniversary Edition (The Dark is Rising Sequence, #2)

by Susan Cooper

This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.

It's Midwinter's Eve, the day before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers that he has the power of the Old Ones, and that he must embark on a quest to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.

The second novel in Susan Cooper's highly acclaimed Dark is Rising sequence.

• ISBN10: 0241377099
• ISBN13: 9780241377093
• Publish Date: 14 November 2019 (first published 1 April 1973)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 17 April 2023
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Puffin
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780241377093

Reviews

[mitabird]

2.5 stars

[empressbrooke]

The Dark Is Rising was entertaining, but I was a bit disappointed in it. My main issue is that everything just happens to the main character, Will Stanton. He doesn't get a chance to actively make any choices or take any actions independently. Everyone just throws all the solutions to him, including giving him a book to read that infuses his mind with all the answers to his questions. It would have been more satisfying for him to work a little bit to be the hero.