"The Dark is Rising" - Honest Assessment Required

[sistermagpie]

> > Since people are discussing the "Dark is Rising' Series,
> > and some seem to view it favorably, I would like those
> > in the group who are familiar with it, to give me an
> > honest assessment of it.
> > 
> > Bad as you think the movie might be, the previews have
> > aroused my interest in the books, but my budget it
> > very tight, and I can't afford books that I don't like.
> > Though I will say I am somewhat easy to please.
> <SNIP>
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Hee, not sure what you mean by honest assesment of it. To me, 
unless 
> we are in realm of bad fanfiction, it is hard to evaluate the good 
> quality writing objectively.
> 
> I love those books, I adore Will and so many others, even though 
he 
> is indeed as Magpie mentioned different from Harry Potter.
> 
> When I started to read those books, I could not put them down till 
I 
> stopped.
> 
> Come to think of it though, I am not sure if you will like them, 
> since you found Lord of the Rings to be boring book.
> 
> NO, it is not LOTR like book at all, if that makes sense, it has a 
> lot of action in it, but to me ( and maybe other people who read 
the 
> series will disagree with it), the books, the language of it had a 
> **feel** of LOTR.
> 
> When I read both books ( or series) I had a feeling that I can 
sing 
> the books out loud sometimes, so poetic I found the language in 
them.

Magpie:
Yes, I agree with Alla. I was 11 when I first discovered them, so I 
can only say I adored them then and continued to do so--I still 
reread them and have them all in one book.

But 5 books is a big investment to make straight off. I'd try to 
read The Dark Is Rising (the second book) and see how you like it 
before shelling out for the whole series for yourself. 

-m