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Loading... Sabriel (original 1995; edition 2003)by Garth Nix
Work detailsSabriel by Garth Nix (1995)
I'm writing this review a little late, so the book isn't as fresh in my mind. But as i expected, it was a good one. It's not quite like anything I've ever read before. The world Nix has created is unusual, inventive, and unthinkably dangerous. Ghoulish, wild, and evil creatures loom around every corner; anarchy rules. Sabriel is in over her head, but she is determined, and moves forward even when it seems that destruction is inevitable. A couple of criticisms: Sabriel's age isn't clear until at least halfway through the book. I was imagining her as this sage 13 or 14-yr-old, but she's 18. There isn't much development of the romance. It's just there all of a sudden. It's not an instant page-turner--get 1/3 or 1/2 way through, then it really starts to pick up. (  ) EuronerdLibrarian | May 15, 2013 |  I had difficulty getting through this book due to the writer's style and tendency to weigh sentences down with stiff language and over-description. However, the concept was amazing and the magic system was very interesting. I had hoped for more from this author since his Keys to the Kingdom series had me anticipating each of the seven books with eagerness. This book was a chore to finish and, though it followed the MC most of the time, departed from her to head-hop with characters who were much less important. The reader barely got to know her even after over 300 pages. The romance seemed like an afterthought and felt as stiff and forced as the language did. This was because we got to see very little character interaction or become privy to character feelings as they built. Garth Nix could've done a much better job with this, but it was his first foray into YA, so I suppose I should give him a break. I wish he'd have paid as much attention to his characters as he did with his world-building and his magic system. I gave the book three stars due to the latter. (  ) WetheReaders | Apr 30, 2013 | ereader ebook  romsfuulynn | Apr 28, 2013 | Does the walker chose the path, or the path the walker? (  ) heterocephalusglaber | Apr 26, 2013 | This probably deserves 5 stars, I'm not feeling generous. I really like this book, it is beautifully written, imaginative and descriptive. I recomend this book to anyone who likes dark high-fantasy. ( ) Ritastradling | Apr 15, 2013 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0064471837, Mass Market Paperback)After receiving a cryptic message from her father, Abhorsen, a necromancer trapped in Death, 18-year-old Sabriel sets off into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril and deadly trickery, her journey takes her to a world filled with parasitical spirits, Mordicants, and Shadow Hands. Unlike other necromancers, who raise the dead, Abhorsen lays the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him--and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father's title and duties--to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there, waiting for an opportunity to escape into the realm of the living. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible exhaustion, violent confrontations, and terrifying challenges to her supernatural abilities--and her destiny.Garth Nix delves deep into the mystical underworld of necromancy, magic, and the monstrous undead. This tale is not for the faint of heart; imbedded in the classic good-versus-evil story line are subplots of grisly ghouls hungry for human life to perpetuate their stay in the world of the living, and dark, devastating secrets of betrayal and loss. Just try to put this book down. For more along this line, try Nix's later novel: Shade's Children. (Ages 12 and older) --Emilie Coulter (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:46:49 -0500) (summary from another edition) |
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