Garth Nix, Sabriel

I can't even put into words how amazing this book is! Whenever i get stuck with nothing to read, i just go back and read Sabriel - lost count how many times i've read it, and it never loses it's brilliance! I would say it's more for teenagers, but it is honestly one of the best books i have ever read. it deserves far more praise than it gets. i believe it is written in a far better quality than some other 'more famous' books that i have read. also, lireal and abhorsen are absolutely amazing. the best trilogy i have ever read. Garth Nix, what a role - model!

I loved Sabariel by Garth Nix. It's really different from other fantasies which i liked but i could not put it down!!! I also thought it was going to be a really childish book but it wasn't - more for young adults. And it has everything in here, from magic to romance. The beginning is a LITTLE slow and because its so different from other fantasies, some terms and ideas are hard to grasp. Although, as you read the book, it becomes easier to understand.

I highly recommend this book for anyone that loves fantasy and wants to read something exciting and different

I just could not put Garth Nix, Sabriel down. Although set in another world and time there were so many connections to our world.

Sabriel

Garth Nix

Eos, May 2008, $9.99

ISBN: 9780061474354

Eighteen years old necromancer Sabriel attends the exclusive Wyverley College in Ancelstierre, where Magic does not work. When her father Abhorsen, also a necromancer who uses Charter magic, sends her a message containing his word and special bells, she knows he is asking for help, she leaves the college to return to the nearby Old Kingdom where magic works in order to find him as he is apparently ensnared somehow by Death. She is concerned because this has never happened before when her father or for that matter her return the dead to where they belong.

The quest to save her dad is loaded with danger as many want to prevent her from success especially since she is somewhat a neophyte when it comes to dealing with the dead. However, besides the usual suspects like an evil spirit or a blood thirsty Mordicant, she has to contend with necromancers and a dangerous dead magician who plans to use Sabriel and Abhorsen to bring him back reanimated. Still she bravely dives into the frozen waters of the River of death to attempt the rescue.

SABRIEL is a reprint of a terrific young adult quest fantasy starring a courageous engaging heroine who refuses to quit even though the odds are heavily against her succeeding. The story line is fast-paced and filled with action as the challenges keep on coming with the young teen audience wondering if Sabriel has the skills and stomach to win. Garth Nix provides a strong fantasy starring a fully developed female teen running an otherworldly gauntlet in an effort to rescue her father from death.

Harriet Klausner

Sabriel by Garth Nix is a very interesting consuming book which doesn't leave you begging for more straight away but you will read the sequel somewhere down the line.

It's really well written.

Amazing fantasy.

It feels as if it could be real. I think that it's an amazing book because you never get bored of reading it. I've read sabriel and lireal and im on abhorsen and there all amazing

Garth Nix, Sabriel - This book has been written with such amazing skill you can't imagine. This story deserves a lot more recognition and I hope that the two sequels I have now read get as much praise. AMAZING.