Sabriel
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By Garth Nix
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7 reviews
Who will guard the living when the dead arise?
Sabriel is sent as a child across the Wall to the safety of a school in Ancelstierre. Away from magic; away from the Dead. After receiving a cryptic message from her father, 18-year-old Sabriel leaves her ordinary school and returns across the Wall into the Old Kingdom. Fraught with peril and deadly trickery, her journey takes her to a world filled with parasitical spirits, Mordicants, and Shadow Hands – for her father is none other than The Abhorson. His task is to lay the disturbed dead back to rest. This obliges him – and now Sabriel, who has taken on her father’s title and duties – to slip over the border into the icy river of Death, sometimes battling the evil forces that lurk there, waiting for an opportunity to escape into the realm of the living. Desperate to find her father, and grimly determined to help save the Old Kingdom from destruction by the horrible forces of the evil undead, Sabriel endures almost impossible challenges whilst discovering her own supernatural abilities – and her destiny. TweetReviews
A very well-crafted fully-rounded world. FMC is strong but still human.
It was very good and Sabriel was my favourite character
An amazing fantasy story which had a great mixture of adventure, tension and a good, old-fashioned running out of time element. Starts a little slowly, but once she is being hunted, the pace really quickens. I found myself unable to put the book down.
It was very interesting and the story was captivating. My favori the character was sa riel as she was daring and was not very afraid of the danger
I really liked this book because it was very adventurous. Also I liked how they described Sabriel's beginning. I would recommend this book to others as it is a wonderful book and you won't be able to put it down after you've started it.
My favourite character was Mogget as even though he was a jerk he was interesting.
I enjoyed this unique approach to necromancy and the new idea of the gates and the dead returning. I also liked how David nix wove in some tales of spirits such as how they cannot cross fast running water. I also liked the character of Sabriel because she was an independent character and powerful, not a love-obsessed pretty-girl.
