Sabriel [Mass Market Paperback]

Garth Nix (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: HarperTrophy
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001T3RA8M
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want a Great book, Read Sabriel!!, July 25, 2011

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This review is from: Sabriel (Mass Market Paperback)

This was my first fantasy novel that a friend introduced me to and now I'm hooked. Great book if you want to escape life for a moment and read about magic and other things. I'm greatful to be able to now say I own the series. :D

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First book in a remarkable trilogy about necromancy, January 1, 2011

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E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" (Gladwin, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabriel (Mass Market Paperback)

"Sabriel" by Garth Nix is a unique and memorable fantasy. For those of you who feel that dragons, unicorns, and bards are a bit overdone nowadays, this fantasy offers up a heroine who binds the dead with a bandolier of bells. The Geography of Death is lovingly delineated, from the prologue where Sabriel is born and dies and is rescued from the First Gate of Death by her father, to the book's final quarter where Sabriel rescues her father from the Fourth Gate of Death. Unlike Dante's Inferno, Death in this fantasy is a river, a waterfall, pools of black water, strange currents that suck the spirit from the flesh.

Sabriel herself is an English schoolgirl, recently graduated from Wyverley Academy with a "first in English, equal first in Music, third in Mathematics, seventh in Science, second in Fighting Arts and fourth in Etiquette. She had also been a runaway first in Magic.."

A visitation from the Dead sends Sabriel on a quest through the magical Old Kingdom, in order to reunite her father's body with his spirit which is trapped within the Fourth Gate of Death. She has to do battle with a really nasty necromancer-Adept, and rescue a prince who is a bit of a figurehead at first but who finally develops into a memorable character in his own right. Sabriel is both helped and hindered by a very non-cuddly cat named Mogget.

"Sabriel" was first published in 1995, and there are two sequels now: "Lirael," and "Abhorsen." By all means, read this trilogy if you love good fantasy.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Harken to the bells, they ring for thee, January 20, 2010

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Grandpa (Palm Springs, CA) - See all my reviews

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This is a new Author for me, and I am impressed, the story line is fairly simple, straight forward, us against the really bad guy,lacking the multiple sub plots that can sometimes be distracting. I like the original form of magic used here too. There is plenty of action and cliff hangers to keep you turning pages. My only complaint is the use of the word Charter as a noun and an adjective without ever fully explaining the true nature of Charter magic. Maybe it will be explained more as we continue in book two. I bought the box set trilogy and I am glad I did.