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Summary: Best Series EVER
Review: Wow, I must say that this book is truly the greatest. It compares to Lord of the Rings in my standards. I must say, Nix, you have proved yourself to be my favorite author. I recomend this book to all ages 10-15, and also those who enjoy a good fansasy book.
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Summary: could have been better....
Review: It was a good book, and I did enjoy reading it but there were some things I couldnt help but notice.
First, It wasn't as good as the first two, with less suspense. I found myself flipping ahead to the end to find out what happened,because I thought the part I was reading was boring.
Also, I think Nix could have ended the series in this book perhaps, insted of dragging it on for another book.
Those are my only complaints with it though, and I was pretty happy with most of the book.
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Summary: Abhorsen
Review: When Lirael ends abruptly with Lirael, Sam, Mogget, and the Disreputable Dog trapped in the Abhorsen's house and surrounded by dead, I'm sure most of us were a little frusterated. In Abhorsen, it starts off right from there and goes on to tell how they complete their quest. The origin of the Disreputable Dog is finally revealed, and just about every other loose end and question you are left with in the first two books, Sabriel and Lirael, is resolved. This was my favorite of the Abhorsen series, it had the best climax and the best resolution.
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Summary: Best in the series
Review: I love this series, but most of all, I love this last book, the culmination of the entire series. Lirael is a wonderful character, whom I like to identify with. I shared it with a teacher of mine, who's also a friend, and she loved the series as well. It's well written, involving, and thoroughly addictive.
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Summary: AWESOME!!
Review: This book was great, I loved it. Garth Nix has written one of the best series I have read. It starts with Sabriel, followed by Lirael then Abhorsen. It is definitally worth reading. If you like His Dark Materials, I think you will like this! Read Sabriel first, it is very good but the next two are even better!
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Summary: Also for prime time (adults)
Review: I have read 100's of fantasy/sci fi books and can only wish that this series, which includes Sabriel and Lirael, would have been available during my adolescence (we had the Narnia series, but not much else). Even as an adult, it is very easy to identify with Lirael, her fears of not fitting in, her fears of being incompetent, her suicidal thoughts -- all of these themes are covered in an absolutely thrilling adventure of a young girl finding her destiny with a "companion" (no spoilers here) continuing from the story which began with the second book Lirael. This tale concludes the themes from the first two books of classic good versus evil with a lot of scorcery and a little bit of swords, including much overland travel and a stunning conclusion. What makes these stories so brilliant are the interesting quirks of magically-endowed people who are marked by a sort of brand called a "charter mark" on their foreheads and who live in their own world adjacent to a non-magical world (much like ours, in fact). Only a magical "wall" separates the two worlds, and some overlap occurs. My only criticsim is that the reason for separation of the two worlds is never made quite clear, but anyway it conveniently paves the way for some interesting juxtapositions and plot twists. Not for die-hard Harry Potter fans, whose story so far really only flirts with dark themes, this story takes you all the way to the 9th Gate of Death and back! For mature adolescents, and adults, you will get a lot out of this book - I read Lirael and Abhorsen, each in 1 day's time! In my opinion, this series leaves Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series in the dust.
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Summary: INCREDIBLE!!!!
Review: I found this book to be just as good, if not better, than Sabriel and Lirael. It is a stunning conclusion to a fabulous series, and my only complaint is that I wish Garth Brooks would write more! I recommended this series to all of my friends, and every single one of them LOVED it. Definetly one of the best series I have ever read.
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Summary: heckofaread
Review: Abhorsen was a great read garth nix really did a great job the book was just wonderful his sense of fantasy and the world of the abhorsen are so real read through the thoughts of garth nix.
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Summary: abhorsen
Review: I have only just discovered Garth Nix, I bought Sabriel in England last year and discovered something wonderful. Nix' characters grab you and hold you there until the last page and I couldn't wait for the release of the others. I missed much sleeping reading this and the previous two... He is a breath of fresh air in the fighting and quest genre it is hard to find something new and non formulaic. This is the one if you love the darker edges of fantasy.
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Summary: Conclusion to trilogy leaves reader wanting more...
Review: This highly-anticipated sequel is a conclusion to Sabriel (Harper ,1996) and Lirael (Harper, 2001) that doesn't disappoint. The delicate balance between good and evil is once again upset in the Old Kingdom. The dead are restless after nearly eighteen years of rebuilding and peace under the reign of King Touchstone and Queen Sabriel, while the New Kingdom grows more corrupt with each passing day. The Clayr are unable to see a clear future, and as the king and queen go missing (believed to be dead), Lirael, formerly a misfit and Second Assistant Librarian in the Clayr finds her true calling as a Remembrancer and Abhorsen-In-Waiting as she and her nephew Prince Sameth undertake a near impossible task.
Accompanied by the exuberant Disreputable Dog and caustic free elemental Mogget, the foursome journey to locate Sam's missing friend Nicholas to avert an impending disaster of horrific proportion. Nick, a man of science, has been magically enslaved to become the voice of a long dead evil that will soon be unleashed into the Old Kingdom to destroy all life. Drama builds as Sam and Lirael travel to the place where Nick is the unwitting participant. Once they arrive, the tension shifts: will they be able to accomplish the spell that will bind Chlorr forever?
The writing and fully realized fantasy world are superb, and Nix's fully fleshed out characters leap off the page, making the reader shudder, chuckle, and even weep. Richly symbolic with nods to Greek mythology and the traditional hero's round, Nix makes powerful statements about war and peace as well as character and the path one walks.
The only flaw of the book is that reading the three volumes in sequence makes the reader feel that something was left out. We never see Sabriel's initial encounters and battle with Hedge or Chlorr, since in the first book, Kerrigore that was the foe she defeated. The gap makes this reader yearn for another book.
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