Rating: 
Summary: Too many pages, not enough story
Review: The book was great, yes. But I beleive Garth Nix spent too much time on background for the characters. We get to know Lirael and sameth very well, but they're adventure only begin as the book draws to an end. Obviously, there is supposed to be a cliff hanger, but 705 pages or so should be enough to tell the story if there was not so much focus on the characters in the beginning. I did love the book overall, I really did. This is just something I've been saying for nearly a year now. I am young and like to argue thing sometimes so you don't have to listen to my statements if you don't want to. I do however encourage anyone who reads this to read Lirael. It is at the top of my list of favorite books.
Rating: 
Summary: Please read
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Lirael is, at the beginning of the book, a fourteen year old Clayr... or Daughter of the Clayr if you want to get technical. You see, Lirael hasnt yet come into her inheritence the ability to See the future which is pretty much What a Clayr is. She looks diffrent from the other Clayr, AND she cant See. Soon enough she finds herself about to commit suicide when King Touchstone and his Abhorsen Wife Sabriel pay a visit to the Clayrs glacier. To make a long story shory Lirael doesnt kill herself and inedvertantly finds herself walking that lone road of self-discovery. Lucky for her she finds a friend in the Direputable Dog that is reminicent of everyones favorite Cat-that-isnt Mogget.
The second component of Lirael is Prince Sameth, the Abhorsen-in-waiting who fears death and all things dead. To his dismay he too is pushed unto a self-discovery road that leaves him in the end as nothing that he was.
The third and last component of Lirael is Nick Sayre, Sameth's school friend who ends up across the Wall in the Old Kingdom, digging up something best left at rest...
All in all there is war brewing, dead walking, alot of people who arent who you thought they were, and something or someone who was best left forgotten.
Enjoy!
Rating:
Summary: I LOVED IT!!
Review: This book has been written by a genus. Anyone who likes Harry Potter or any medeval books will LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good... but...
Review: After finishing Sabriel, I could not wait to start this one. It did not take me long to finish it, and overall it was very good. However, I did not like Lirael as much as Sabriel, who was barely in this one. But the thing I did not like most was Sam, Sabriel and Touchstones son. He was very whiny and annoying, and self centered. He was very off putting and I hope he will grow up some in Abhorsen- which I cannot wait for! Don't get me wrong, this is a great book, but the characters are not as good. Though not as good as Sabriel, i still reccomend it for those who liked Sabriel.
Rating:
Summary: All About Lireal
Review: I was surprised that Lireal started out Sabriel-less. I was really hoping for a Sabriel repraisal... despite the intital disappointment, I got [pulled] into the world of Nix again and finished the book within days. Lireal's character is slightly less (for lack of a better word) strong than Sabriel's character, a lot [weaker], yet just as likeable.Lireal is a daughter of the Clayr, a group of women who are like a cult of Sister Cleos (hah hah...?). Seriously, they're basically all psychic and can see bits and pieces of the future. They're all blonde and light-eyed beauties who can be absent-minded, too (future events can confuse them with the present). Lireal, on the other hand, is nothing like her kin. She is dark-haired, dark-eyed, and pale-skinned. She feels alienated. I'm sure many readers will and did sympathsize with her feelings of being left out and different. She doesn't even have the Sight (the psychic abilities) and resigns herself to working in the library, where she finds her destiny... All the characters from the first book make an appearance (I don't remember about Kerrigor, though) and its kind of fascinating to see how they've grown and changed. I particularly enjoyed the new character, the Disreputable Dog. On a final note, Nix has this uncanny ability to make you involved with the characters. There's plenty of action and humor. I'm wondering, though, if there might be a romance for Lireal in the third book...
Rating: 
Summary: Loved the first one....
Review: The first one was the best i loved it. When i found out there was a second book i jumped at the chance to buy it! I started it and could never finish it. I really liked Sabriel and her character but when i started Lirael i was like 'what is this!!' i hope the third book is better but i dont see much hope in it. Like a fool i will buy it since i have the other two and i MIGHT (notice the BIG might) get around to trying to read Lirael again, but i doubt it. I would not recommend BUYING this book. Read the first one, then BORROW the second. if u like it then buy it. but dont spend ur money right away. i dont think its worth it.
Rating:
Summary: An Amazing Fantasy
Review: Lirael, Daughter of the Clayr, is the extrodinary sequel to Sabriel. It's exciting plot is sure to keep the pages turning.
This story takes fictional characters and places, and makes them into something that seems very real. The characters had depth, and personalities of their own. I couldn't put it down.
Rating:
Summary: My FAVORITE book
Review: This is the best book that I have read in my entire life, and that is saying something. I can not wait for Abhorsen to come out.
Rating:
Summary: I Loved it!!!
Review: I've read this book, and Sabriel twice a year, since I was 11. The first time I read Lirael, I locked myself in my room, and read the entire book in 6 hours. I couldn't put it down!!! The plots addictive, and you realy feel like you're part of the story, and that you're in The Old Kingdom. Even though it's fiction, it doesn't read like it. It's so smoth, and has no holes. I would recomend it to anyone, and await the release of Abhorsen!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Not up to Nix's past standard...
Review: Admittedly, Lirael is a wonderful book. However, I found the plotline flawed and somehow unsatisfying. Sabriel was full of action. Sabriel, Mogget, and Touchstone DID things. They actually accomplished ends, made events happen. Nothing like that was in Lirael. So Lirael finally figures out who she is, after a lot [] killing and bad things. Big deal! It was a nice idea, to work so hard to set up Abhorsen, but to waste all that time...
Also, I was totally upset over Lirael being the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. What about Sam? I really liked him, and plus he felt like another Lirael--completely cast out and different. Never destined to be King, never destined to be Abhorsen. WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM? I mean, Lirael is already the Remembrancer or whatever... Nix seems to be treating Sam like a nuisance character, one he created on a whim with no real purpose, save to disappoint the reader and the other characters.
About the characters... Where the heck was the amazing character developement from Sabriel? You really, despite the length of the book, do not get to know Lirael. I never connected with her. Never. Though I found myself liking Sam immensely, I never connected with him either. They were both just... well... there. Hardly any developement whatsoever.
What I did like was the extension on the Old Kingdom and the Charter's past. That was brilliant and well, magical. I've been wondering how the Charter was formed and what keeps Free Magic alive... I guess we'll find the entire truth in Abhorsen.
All in all, Lirael felt like a far too long, drawn out book with no real aim except to spend 600 pages setting up Abhorsen, when it could have been done in 300.
|
