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Sabriel, by Garth Nix, is one of the best books I have ever read. It is the story of Sabriel, a teen girl who is the daughter of the famous necromancer The Abhorsen. Sabriel is definitely NOT your average Harry Potter magic book. With the mysterious Charter, necromancy, and a sudden uprising of mass numbers of undead, the magic is darker and more grown-up than in other stories. This tale of adventure (and romance) is only the first in the trilogy, so you'll see all your favorite characters again! By the way this story is for slightly older Cricket readers (like around 12 and up).
submitted by Wendy C., age 15, Ohio
(August 7, 2008 - 12:51 pm)
(August 7, 2008 - 12:51 pm)
My all-time favorite characters from this book are the Disreputable Dog and Sam. The Dog reminds me of my little puppy somehow...
(August 22, 2008 - 4:19 pm)
My favorite character is Mogget. He's just so cynical and sarcastic (kinda like me!). I also really like Liarel. Sam is pretty funny because he's so useless. I also loved the fact that there was a love story in the first book!
(August 24, 2008 - 10:54 am)
There's such a wide variety of characters. I love it. Mogget is also one of my favorite characters, but sometimes, Sabriel and Lirael seem to get annoyed by him sometimes. :D
To me, Sabriel wasn't as exciting as Lirael. I lost my interest halfway through Sabriel in fact. Lirael, I wanted to keep reading it and reading it. Mogget's sarcasm is fun to read. Sam's uselessness is really funny, just like you said, because it just adds on to the problems of other characters, and well, he's just useless, but he's there anyways. You are the only person who shares some of my thoughts about the trilogy. Let alone the only person I've "met" who has read the book.
(August 27, 2008 - 9:28 pm)
I really, really, really liked those books, the one I like the most Aborsen. Lirael and Nicholas are my favorite characters. In the third book you can sort of tell that they want to be more than friends but they can't because he's like inhibated by the evil bad guy. I thought the ending to that series was really well done. I tried to read another book by Garth Nix, but I couldn't get into it.
(August 28, 2008 - 9:20 pm)
I am so glad people wrote in! For a long time I thought it was just me and my guy pal who read these. But I am not alone! I'm surprised the books aren't more popular, they are so good. I like all the books equally. And if you thought there were only three books, I'm gonna knock your socks off (unless I've already written this...) There is another book! It is called Across the Wall. I can't tell you what happens (because I haven't read it yet), but I was just so happy the story continued!
(August 31, 2008 - 5:59 pm)
Across the Wall is actually a prequal, so it's not really continued.
(September 24, 2008 - 7:27 pm)
Have none of you guys actually read Across the Wall? It's a collection of short stories by the same author as the Abhorsen series, and there's one short story that takes place AFTER Abhorsen, so I don't really know what to call it. There's a hilarious "choose your own adventure" thing in it, which I did about twenty times... you are a 'Three Musketeers' type guy who has to sally forth in the night to rescue his lady love from a kidnapper, and it's exceedingly hilarious!
But on topic: I definitely think the trilogy is for older readers, on account of some refrences to 'stuff' and just the darkness of the story (not to mention all the dead people and necromany and so on)... but I still think it's amazing! One of my faves, to be sure. The concept of the Charter marks fascinate me. I love the name Touchstone. Does anyone know what it means?
(November 2, 2008 - 10:02 pm)