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HE REMEMBERED MARY HAD SAID, "They all speak Welsh, most of the time. Read the first page

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Grey End, Jan 12 2004

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This review is from: The Grey King (Mass Market Paperback)

The Grey King, by Susan Cooper is a book about adventure. This book revolves around a boy named Will Stanton. The boy is the age of twelve and is sent to Whales to be nursed back to health by his relatives. During this time, he goes on quests or adventures to awaken the ancient sleepers. The ancient sleepers are the last hope for good to prevail against evil. This evil is controlled by The Grey King who tries to stop Will from completing his quests.
In the story I can relate most to BRan becasue he is the mysterious boy who is different from all the other people. I used to be like this when I was going through middle school. I was the kid who was just a little more differnt than your average kid. Bran displays this perfectly with his pale skin and mysterious appearances.
Overall, this book was a good book. My least favorite part was the end, maybe becasue I thought the end was a little too rushed. There seemed to be a lot of information being crammed into a few pages which made it hard to understand. This gave it an unpleasant end.
This book would be good for readers who like adventure or mystical stories. To me, it seems like a twsit between The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and The High King by Alexander Lloyd. If you like either of those books I strongly advise you to check out The Grey King by Susan Cooper.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, Jan 2 2004

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Kyle Stewart (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Grey King (Mass Market Paperback)

This forth installment in "The Dark is Rising Series" seems to combine elements from the previous four. The "Hardy Boys" feel of the first book unfortunately returns, and while not full blown is enough to pull the book down somewhat.

On the up side though some of the mystique of the second book that emulates "Dark Shadows" is there, standing side by side with the third books more complex immagery. So in the end were this book made into a movie, while it would have been doable in the 60s, lacking anything that would have looked too cheasy, it would also be possible to be done in the 20th century without adding in two hours of mindless action that didn't occurr in the book, just to make the f/x guys happy (do the cave, the Grey King, and a time travel scene for Gwene and Bran, then send them on to the next movie with a smile and a months paycheck for two weeks).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Aug 29 2003

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"diamonds388" (Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dark Is Rising Sequence, Book Four: The Grey King (Audio Cassette)

It is a great book it has very good adventure and emotional roller coaster and a good conflict I loved it and i think it's good for all 6-7th graders (yes i did perposely write no puctuaction)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding
"The Dark Is Rising" is a hard book to top, but Susan Cooper nearly matches it in "Grey King." A stunning, atmospheric Welsh fantasy tinged with Arthurian legend, it also... Read more

Published on July 23 2002 by E. A Solinas

2.0 out of 5 stars Read it in class..BORING!!
some of the chapters were good but most of them were just so boring! I mean its not like a book where you wanted to keep on reading and never put down. Read more

Published on May 2 2002