The Abhorsen Chronicles (The Abhorsen Trilogy, #1-3)
Sabriel Every step brings Sabriel closer to a battle that will pit her against the true forces of life and death—and bring her face-to-face with her own destiny. Lirael With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow...
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Sabriel Every step brings Sabriel closer to a battle that will pit her against the true forces of life and death—and bring her face-to-face with her own destiny. Lirael With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil, which threatens the fate of the Old Kingdom. Abhorsen The Abhorsen Sabriel and King Touchstone are missing, and Lirael must search in both Life and Death for some means to defeat the evil Destroyer—before it is too late.
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ISBN:
9780061441820 (0061441821)
Publish date: December 30th 2008
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 232
Edition language: English
Series: Abhorsen (#1)
The first book of the trilogy was the strongest, in both story and characters. The second and third still hold their own, but I missed Sabriel.
These were fun books.Sabriel is pretty much a stand-alone book, but the second two are really one novel - Lirael ends right smack in the middle on a cliffhanger, and Abhorsen starts right where it left off...The trilogy gives us a dual world - one which very strongly resembles Britain in the early t...
Very well-written, with excellent characterization and fast paced, inventive plotting. That being said, I loathed these books, except for the parts about the library. The legions of the Dead with their putrefying, suppurating flesh made me queasy. The places where these books tipped from fantasy int...
The writing is so good but I had a hard time with the subject matter. I'm easily squicked, and this is far too horrific for me- but the writing! I read the whole trilogy and liked it very much. Except for the squicky parts.
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