My November challenge to catch up with posting my reviews has
now started, and here is the first of many (well, quite a few) to come this month…
Publisher: The Folio Society
The Greenwitch is the third book in the Dark is Rising
sequence, and sees the welcome return of Simon, Jane and Barney who originally featured
in the first book Over Sea Under Stone.
In this story the children are joined by their Uncle Merry again, along
with Will Stanton from the second book ‘The Dark is Rising’. Will appears to have grown into his role as
an Old One, and it’s good to see all our heroes allied in the continuing battle
between Light and Dark.
The Greenwitch of the title is a large humanoid sculpture woven
in wood, built by the women of the village, to take part in an ancient local
tradition. It was built to be thrown
into the sea as an offering to ensure the safety of the fisherman of the
village. It represents the oldest of
magic, a neutral magic not concerned with either light or dark. The story is at last a chance for the women
of the town, and particularly Jane, to shine.
It feels like a continuation of the first story, with Will Stanton
as an added extra, and it picks up where the last left off. In the first book during the search for the
grail an important piece was lost to the sea, and this story concerns itself
with the recovery of the lost piece of the puzzle. The piece is being guarded by the Greenwitch
who does not want to lose her prize.
For me this was the weakest of the books so far. It was still well written, there was some sense
of threat at times, but I felt that it didn’t have the thrill of the first
book, or the depth of the second. Well
worth reading nonetheless! I have heard
really good things about the rest of the series, and they are on the shelf
ready to go.
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