[HPFGU-OTChatter] The Dark is Rising

[Horst or Rebecca J. Bohner]

Amy --

I've read Arthurian legends since I was a kid, and I read The Dark Is Rising
sequence when I was in my early teens, and to be honest I didn't really find
that my Arthurian knowledge made that much difference to understanding the
series.

I agree with you that Cooper doesn't spend that much time telling us about
the characters.  I was totally in love with Will *and* Bran, though (as well
as the entire country of Wales, the Welsh language, and just about
everything else in THE GREY KING except Caradog Pritchard).  So I guess I
didn't feel that I didn't know those two characters, at least... or else
their mysteriousness made them more attractive to me.  Or something.  I
always wanted a book about Will, at the very least, a few years down the
line.  And do you think Cooper was setting us up for a future romance
between Bran and Jane in SILVER ON THE TREE?  At the time I didn't think
Jane was Worthy, but I could live with the idea now, given a bit more
character development.

> Some of my favorite bits were with the Stantons.  I loved the
> family.  Again, something I wanted more of . . .

Agreed.  They remind me a bit of the Weasleys, actually.  Probably just
because there are so darn many kids and they relate to each other in that
same comfortable, teasing way that the Weasleys do.  I love the opening of
SILVER ON THE TREE, with Will and Stephen hanging out by the river.
Although the bit with the white plume moths, though arguably necessary,
always makes me sad.
--
Rebecca J. Bohner
rebeccaj at pobox.com
http://home.golden.net/~rebeccaj