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Pamela made a comment in the Fantasy Book Club group:
I started this book over a year ago and it took me as long to get through the first 143 pages. Most of the time, while “scanning” the pages I was wondering how the hell this became an international best seller. For the first half of the book Sabriel was pretty much on her own, encountering danger here and there that I never really got a thrill out of. She meets up with a cat eventually who she is able to communicate with but still I was sailing in a steel tub on a sea of boredom. Until she meets Touchstone. At that point the book soared and even though there are parts I still choose to scan rather than read, it has turned out to be fairly engaging. I should complete book two this evening and I am excited about the third. Especially since I have read the last pages and can’t wait to find out how it all went down.
This series also started me thinking, since this was published in the states by Harper Collins Teen, what actually defines a young adult book compared to an adult book? Nix deals with some fairly heavy issues (re: suicide, depression etc) and at times it seems he gave solid justification for these thoughts. I understand that at the very least most teens brush these situations but I was nonetheless surprised to see this series was classified as YA. Not to mention, they are all teens for a brief time in the series but most of it takes place when they “mature”.
On to the actual reason for the post, FAN ART!! This series was dark and gloomy all around, it’s almost as if I see this series in a sepia tone. The pictures created in my head were dull, no matter the scene. Red and gold seem to be the predominate colors and even those had little spark and remained diluted. Almost forgot, The Abhorsen wears a blue surcoat, again it was a muddled blue rather than brilliant.
I started this book over a year ago and it took me as long to get through the first 143 pages. Most of the time, while “scanning” the pages I was wondering how the hell this became an international best seller. For the first half of the book Sabriel was pretty much on her own, encountering danger here and there that I never really got a thrill out of. She meets up with a cat eventually who she is able to communicate with but still I was sailing in a steel tub on a sea of boredom. Until she meets Touchstone. At that point the book soared and even though there are parts I still choose to scan rather than read, it has turned out to be fairly engaging. I should complete book two this evening and I am excited about the third. Especially since I have read the last pages and can’t wait to find out how it all went down.
This series also started me thinking, since this was published in the states by Harper Collins Teen, what actually defines a young adult book compared to an adult book? Nix deals with some fairly heavy issues (re: suicide, depression etc) and at times it seems he gave solid justification for these thoughts. I understand that at the very least most teens brush these situations but I was nonetheless surprised to see this series was classified as YA. Not to mention, they are all teens for a brief time in the series but most of it takes place when they “mature”.
On to the actual reason for the post, FAN ART!! This series was dark and gloomy all around, it’s almost as if I see this series in a sepia tone. The pictures created in my head were dull, no matter the scene. Red and gold seem to be the predominate colors and even those had little spark and remained diluted. Almost forgot, The Abhorsen wears a blue surcoat, again it was a muddled blue rather than brilliant.