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Summary: What's All the Fuss?
Review: Right, here it goes then. I'm a big fantasy lover and think there is a lot of great fantasy being produced for the Teen/Young Adult market and I've seen tons of press about how wonderful Sabriel is so I decided to give it a try. And it was...ok. I didn't think it was awful but on the otherhand I could recommend a stack of other novels that I enjoyed much more than this. For one it failed my 're-readability' test because the characters and the story where simply not interesting enough to warrant a second go around. There has to be enough depth to the characters and remaining mystery or ambiguity to make me go back and re-read. Really good books will reveal something new everytime. It also fails my 'gotta read something else by this author/sequel' test in that Garth Nix's writing is competent, but not compelling. His writing and descriptions are workmen like, keeping the plot moving, but there are no brillant passages of description that truly convey the horror of the land of the Dead or probe the awesome power and responsibility Sabriel must feel ringing one of her necromancer's bells.I am mostly disappointed by the fact that Nix has come up with an interesting twist on necromancy and a wonderful new way to work magic (the bells) but hasn't really done anything with them. It was as if having the idea was enough but he couldn't be bothered to flesh out the complexities or history behind them. There are other intriguing ideas such as the Charter Magic, but you never find out how it works or what it's purpose is. Extremely frustrating! I'm not saying he has to spell out everything, but it's a shame to let it a great concept die unexplored. Another thing that bothered me was how did two such opposite lands develop in the same world? One uses magic exclusively while the other has both technology and magic?? Again, Nix presents the idea but never illuminates it. Mostly I was suprised that at the end of reading so long a book (with rather large type)I didn't feel as if I really had read all that much that was all that great. I can't say I recommend this book whole-heartly although if you want to check it out your time won't totally be wasted. ...
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Summary: Great book!
Review: Sabriel is a wonderful book, filled with all elements of fantasy. There's not much to say about it that hasn't already been said. This book fills you until you want more and more. I think Nix should have made a series out of this. ;)
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Summary: One of the Best in Science Fiction
Review: Sabriel is truly one of the best books in the Young Adult Science Fiction category. I'm a bookworm and an especially great fan of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and I can honestly say that Sabriel is one of my all time favorite books. It has an exciting, intense plot, realistic characters, and an imaginative setting. If you want to read an action-filled and inventive novel, Sabriel would be one of the first books I'd recommend.
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Summary: My Thoughts On Sabriel
Review: I loved this book, I can't express that enough. It's filled with magic, demons, and even a little bit of romance. Surprises seem to lie everywhere, and when you think one thing will happen, another thing does. I couldn't bring myself to part with it, and carried it around like a security blanket. I read it it in three days, and I'm not the type to skim through. If this book was good enough for me to take three days out of my summer to read on my own free will, then it is a great book! ^-^ Read it, you won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Best Book Ever, Lirael is too!
Review: This book rules all, except maybe its sequel! It is a tad confusing at first but everything is explained in due time. If you don't have this book or haven't read it buy it or read it! Then read the sequel! There is only one bad thing about these books, they're to short! I want more! I can't wait tell the next book!!!! :)
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Summary: Thoroughly Enjoyable
Review: Sabirel made me do something with fantasy that I hadn't in a long time -- loose all my cynicism. On guard against overpowered stock characters, as I read it I found myself relaxing. There's powerful magic, but it's tricky and has a price on it that makes sense. The characters engaged my sympathy. It took me back to a time when I discovered fantasy authors like Jane Yolen or Susan Cooper - young adult fantasy that I could understand when I was in elementary but intelligent enough to be appreciated once I was older as well. And hey, it even has a talking "cat" that I liked. I usually HATE talking cats. The book's highly recommended.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I thought this was a great book. It is a more advanced fantasy then Harry Potter, Dealing With Dragons, and such. But it is very good.
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Summary: FIRSTRATE FANTASY PLUS TOPNOTCH READER
Review: Double your pleasure by first listening to this inventive, intelligent fantasy then spend some enchanting hours with its sequel, "Lirael." Both are entertainingly read by Tim Curry. With "Sabriel" (1996) we are introduced to a young girl who has always lived apart from the Old Kingdom, protected from the quixotic powers of Free Magic and safe from the Dead who refuse to remain that way. Then, suddenly, her father, Mage Abhorsen disappears and Sabriel must go into that mysterious world in order to find him. As she ventures forth she soon finds allies in Mogget, a unique being imprisoned in a cat's body, and Charter Mage who has been bound by magic. This trio must face unheard of foes in a battle between life and death. Nix has created a one of a kind world filled with imaginative characters, thereby proving himself to be a topnotch writer of fantasy. - Gail Cooke
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Summary: Awesome
Review: Yes, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels are really good. But Garth Nix is better. As a matter of fact, I would go so far as to say that he is the best living children's writer alive followed by J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket and I expect Neil Gaiman's Coraline to be a smash hit as well. When I first picked up this book, I expected something good and it surprised me; it surpassed my expectations. This is action-packed and there is not a boring moment.
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Summary: you won't be able to put it down!!
Review: This was one of my favorote books i have ever read.
(and that is sayin somthing cause i am hard to please when it comes to books) It is very well writen. It is so imaginative and the characters seem so real. It's basicly a classic fight against good and evil with a twist and a hint of romance. I highly recomend it you won't be able to put it down!!
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