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One thing I've been wanting to do for a while now is reread these books, which I haven't read since I was a kid, and December seemed like a good time due to The Dark is Rising taking place around Solstice/Christmas/New Year's. I had conflicted feelings of enjoyment and non-enjoyment about these books when I was a kid - and it turns out I still do! Which I will get to in a minute.
Before I get to that, though ... I was this many years old (and halfway through Greenwitch) when I realized that The Dark is Rising is not actually the first book in the series, and that sure was a discovery.
( Talking about that )
But yeah, so basically this series has two Book 1's with different sets of characters and a different tone, and I can see how it would have been a thankless choice figuring out which one to start with, because either way you're going to end up with a jump into a different character set and general style (one Kids Own Adventure, one epic fantasy) when you switch between them.
Anyway, that's a lot of rambling. On to actually talking about the actual books!
( The Dark is Rising )
( Greenwitch )
Before I get to that, though ... I was this many years old (and halfway through Greenwitch) when I realized that The Dark is Rising is not actually the first book in the series, and that sure was a discovery.
( Talking about that )
But yeah, so basically this series has two Book 1's with different sets of characters and a different tone, and I can see how it would have been a thankless choice figuring out which one to start with, because either way you're going to end up with a jump into a different character set and general style (one Kids Own Adventure, one epic fantasy) when you switch between them.
Anyway, that's a lot of rambling. On to actually talking about the actual books!
( The Dark is Rising )
( Greenwitch )