Has anybody read the series called "The Dark is Rising" by Susan Cooper?

Question

And what book was your favorite out of that series. and what character is your favorite.
I haven't met anyone who has read these books and i hope to find someone who has to find out their opinions etc. So please leave details, opinions, questions, spectulations etc.

Whoever comes up with the best answer gets the 10 points so make them good!!!!

Answer 1

Yes! I think my favourites were the first and The Grey King; the latter was terribly sad. The ending, also, was terribly sad, and I still can't work out whether it was better to forget and lose so much magic out of one's life, or to remember and rue the loss. I very much enjoyed all the adventures, weaving in old legends and myths to such great effect.

Merlin, or Merriman, etc, was my favourite character - how could he not be? The all-wise protector, like Gandalf or Dumbledore. I also liked the Old Lady. It's years since I read them, so my memory is not very clear - except I know I enjoyed them very much.

Have you read Seaward by Susan Cooper, and another one (name escapes me) about a boy who changes places with an Elizabethan boy struck down with plague? Also very good.

Answer 2

I own a set of them, so I read them alot. I like Will the best, he has so much to learn, like we do about life. I guess my favorite book is 'Silver on the Tree' due to the fact that it incorperates alot of Celtic mythology into the story(the Lost Land, King Arthur, and other myths).

Answer 3

I read it as an adult. I loved the series.