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Summary: Beautifully written! Truly a pleasure...
Review: Sabriel is a beautiful book. Garth Nix is truly a master of writing and this spell-binding fantasy shows off his true talents. A young girl, named Sabriel, is thrust into the adult role of a necromancer. With hardly any practice but a lot of courage, she sets off to save her father... Faced with many evils she somehow gets through and picks up friends along the way. The cat Moggot and the young man Touchstone bring new light to the novel. I read this book at least once every three months, and it was a favorite since my first read. I cannot wait for the sequel and I am sure other readers feel the same way...
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Summary: A good book for the more imaginative reader
Review: If you apreciate a less direct approach and a more open endedstyle of writing, then Garth Nix has got something for you. _Sabriel_ is an excelently crafted work that lets the reader create as much as the author. Nix's characters are all deeper than they appear, with attributes that surface in the narrative only when the need arises. ... The plot is typical fantasy fare (young hero(ine) taken from home, forced on long journey, yadda yadda yadda) but rather than a tired repeat, the gradual unfolding of the characters, whether it is the shamed Touchstone or the recalcitrant Mogget, pulls you along almost to the point of forgetting the purpose behind their travels. These characters are three dimensional as opposed to "cookie-cutter" warriors and wizards one might find in some of the more popular fare. These characters, coupled with the sheer creativeness of Nix's necromantic world,will satisfy the more refined reader of Fantastic literature. ...
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Summary: A must-read for all readers
Review: This book was SO great! It was sad, but one of the most amazing books ever read. It was incredible to read about the two kingdoms, and I had never read anything about Neocramancy before. The combination of fantasy and reality made it a must- read for fantasy lovers, yet still a must-read for more realistic loving readers! Bear in mind, though, that if I had read it when I was under eight, I wouldn't have liked it... as much.
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Summary: Poor, Completcated, Lost
Review: I didn't like this book in the slightest. first off it began too quickly. the author just threw you into a world completely different than our own with very little explanation. He talked about Charter marks and all sorts of odd things that weren't very well explained. And most of all he didn't define the problem clearly. I think Garth Nix had a great idea, he was excited about all the things he could do with his book and then quickly drew them out on paper, not bothering ot explain anything to the reader. don't get me wrong, I'm not one that likes pages and pages of explanations, but I would like to know a little more about the charcaters, the problem before he's already searching for an explanation.I wouldn't recomend this book at all.
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Summary: Not a second time reading kinda book...
Review: Sabriel was good the first few pages, but then it just got so BORING!!!! Practically all of the reviewers loved it, but I was so happy when the book was finally over. There were many exciting parts, but then they would fade into boring parts which would become exciting parts. The boring parts were just daring me to stop reading.Garth Nix created a fantastically realistic world where there are machines, but there is also still magic. Sabriel inherits the family business when she hears that her father is in danger and is in the afterlife or whatever. So she becomes the necromancer and battles the dead to find her father. She also meets up with some sidekicks to help her, and on comes the long, long, long, long, journey to free her father. Like I wrote, the world is excellent, but the characters weren't. It seemed like Sabriel never had much emotion, and I could never "feel" and "think" like all of the characters. The plot was really good, ( I certainly would have never thought of necromancers and all ) And, although the very important role that death played in this book, I was never sad or deppressed. So I just wish that Sabriel would have been shorter or had more exciting parts to touch up the rather dull parts of the book.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This book was probably the best book I've ever read. It was easy to get lost in it and not be be able to find your way out for hours! The plot was excellent, and kinda mysterious. Sabriel was just really intriging. Just to let you know this is coming from a 15 year olds point of view. I first read the book last year and have been reading Garth Nix ever since!
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Summary: Sabriel, an orginal book
Review: Set in modern times, this book tells the story of Sabriel's life journey to find her father. But to do so she has to travel back into the old kingdom, where you're only guard is charter Magic and necromancy. But the problem is, whoever has her father, dosen't want him to be found. Sabriel is risking her life daily, and everything changes when she meets Moggart, a strange cat that can speek. And after a failed flight on a paperwing she finds a statue of a man, that looks all too real. I loved this book and if you like ther supernatural you'll definatly like this one!
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Summary: Not just for teens
Review: In fact i had no idea it was a teen-market fantady book. It's intelligent, well-written, with some very new and interesting ideas including the whole reverse-necromancy and the bell magic. The setting with the two worlds, the magic one and the semi-World War II England-style one with the magic border and tank traps was another in the many curious and unusual new ideas that Garth Nix managed to make work. The characters are not even all they seem to be, and are all well rounded and interesting, the descriptions are good, and even the evil things are vividly brought to life (shudder). A damn good fantasy - up there with R.A. Salvatore at his best. Buy it and read it. It's worth it.
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Summary: It Rocks! Better than Potter!
Review: This book is so awesome. I was bored at the library (Mum sent us there for homework) and I saw this book. I started reading it and I couldn't put it down. I love the dark evil side, most authors don't describe it so vividly. Iff you havn't read it yet i don't know what ya been up to. READ IT!
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Summary: IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT, WHY NOT?
Review: When a lady at the bookstore handed this wonderful book to me i was a litte reluctant to start it because i had never heard anything about it before. The first time you read it is much different than the second, and both times are great. When i first started it, i was confused, but i loved the writing style. At all times some adventure is happening, and Garth Nix gives you enough information to know exactly what is happening, but not make it predictable. I loved being introduced to all the new magic and people. I especially liked the lazy, sarcastic Mogget.I think it is a great book, and if the heroes were younger it would rival harry potter. I was surprised and dissapointed to see that there were only 137 reviews for this book, when Harry potter 4 has almost 3,000 reviews and has been out for 3 weeks. I think that everyone should read this book because you read the book in two ways. You can read it and love the story and adventure, or you can love the dark, evil scary side of the story and think about its ties into real life.I highly reccomend this book.
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