Book Review
Aug. 12th, 2018 08:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariSabriel
by Garth Nix
This is the first novel in the Abhorsen series. It concerns Sabriel, a young woman on the cusp of finishing school. She is also the daughter of the Abhorsen, a necromancer and sorcerer who works to keep the Dead and the living on their own respective sides of the line between life and death. When the Abhorsen is trapped in the land of the dead, Sabriel must go into the Old Kingdom, her native land, to attempt to rescue her father and confront the dangers that threaten her world.
Sabriel was very gripping YA-oriented fantasy. I won't go too much into the details of the setting or the plot because not only were both very compelling, but Garth Nix also weaves his world-building into the story-telling so well that to delve too much into either would involve too many spoilers. I loved Sabriel the character, too. She was very believable and relatable in her mix of competence and ability alongside uncertainty and lack of experience. Nix is also a very good writer - his prose was very evocative and atmospheric, bringing everything to life and then drawing the reader all the way in.
by Garth Nix
This is the first novel in the Abhorsen series. It concerns Sabriel, a young woman on the cusp of finishing school. She is also the daughter of the Abhorsen, a necromancer and sorcerer who works to keep the Dead and the living on their own respective sides of the line between life and death. When the Abhorsen is trapped in the land of the dead, Sabriel must go into the Old Kingdom, her native land, to attempt to rescue her father and confront the dangers that threaten her world.
Sabriel was very gripping YA-oriented fantasy. I won't go too much into the details of the setting or the plot because not only were both very compelling, but Garth Nix also weaves his world-building into the story-telling so well that to delve too much into either would involve too many spoilers. I loved Sabriel the character, too. She was very believable and relatable in her mix of competence and ability alongside uncertainty and lack of experience. Nix is also a very good writer - his prose was very evocative and atmospheric, bringing everything to life and then drawing the reader all the way in.
