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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1) - Community Reviews back

by Garth Nix
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dork
Don't Be Afraid of the Dork rated it 10 years ago
Original Publication Year: 1995 Genre(s): YA, Fantasy Series: Abhorsen #1 Awards: Aurealis Award for Fantasy Novel and Young Adult Novel Format: Audio and in print Narrated by: Tim Curry I’ve decided, based with an n=2*, that the most imaginative writers of young adult fiction are Australian. The...
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Nice quick easy read. I read it in about 24 hours i believe. Unfortunately the book didnt quite live up to my expectations. The world was interesting and the characters sympathetic but I've recently read about some incredible worlds that i can almost feel myself, and characters who jump pff the page...
Just Another Reader
Just Another Reader rated it 10 years ago
I've been hearing about this book for a few years now and it has sat on my kindle for some time. I'm glad I finally picked it up to read it. The story is about Sabriel, who is from some magicalish kingdom which shares a border with what I think is our world. She is the daughter of the Abhorsen wh...
meganbaxter
meganbaxter rated it 11 years ago
This is a very solid young adult fantasy. It's got some aspects that are unlike anything I've seen, and others that are more familiar, but well done. The characters are interesting, and the evolving relationships, thankfully, more subtle than a lot of more recent books. And a focus on necromancy for...
XLeptodactylous
XLeptodactylous rated it 11 years ago
2.5 | 5First read as a teenager; could never recall what I thought of this, other than my three-starred option hastily added when I arrived at GoodReads. The story was not developed enough, and the characters were fairly clichéd (and the terrible moment of realisation between Sabriel and Touchstone ...
1st Avenue
1st Avenue rated it 11 years ago
"Death and what came after death was no great mystery to Sabriel. She just wished it was." The first time I read this book I did not like it and had to abandon it at page 25. Now after having finished the whole thing in less than 36 hours, I realized I hardly gave it a fighting chance and that was...
Escaping into My Books
Escaping into My Books rated it 11 years ago
I think that was my favorite quote in the book. Strangely touching. First this took me a while to finish because my sinus and headaches plagued me for 2 week, so this was read in fits and stops and I was not able to get in the flow as much as other books. BUT I enjoyed this book a lot. The sto...
Book Hangovers
Book Hangovers rated it 11 years ago
Well that was a fun and exciting read! The minute I saw this book on GR, I knew it was going to be a hit with me. I don't know if it was the description of the story or the beautiful cover but this book was wonderful!The main character and heroine of the story, Sabriel, takes a dangerous and daring ...
Reading With Cass
Reading With Cass rated it 11 years ago
Loved the magic and adventure in this book. It was so different and exciting! The rest of the series will definitely be read soon :D
The Sequestered Nook
The Sequestered Nook rated it 11 years ago
If you’re in the mood for a roller-coaster ride of cheap thrills and instant gratification save Sabriel for another day. Garth Nix introduces his fabulous world in rather more reserved prose than is the norm’ for fantasy authors but, like the insidious and glacial river which draws souls through t...
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