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An enjoyable high fantasy concept, with a clever magic system, solid writing, and original ideas. It also avoids several common flaws in high fantasy, and the end result is a fun read. Very excited to read the rest of the series!
This was so fun -- great characters, interesting world, captivating story. The audio performed by Tim Curry was fantastic!
Recommended if you liked Susan Cooper's series, The Dark is Rising.
I read this book because it was on one of those lists, "What to Read After You Finish Harry Potter." Fyi, its a totally different type of magic. No wands or spells here; there are bells and necromancers. Its not familiar magic, and it reminded me a lot of The Dark is Rising series. Its more cerebral, less physical. Very descriptive, not as action-packed. Kinda like movies were before CGI. Its like comparing The Iron Giant to Tran ...more
I read this book because it was on one of those lists, "What to Read After You Finish Harry Potter." Fyi, its a totally different type of magic. No wands or spells here; there are bells and necromancers. Its not familiar magic, and it reminded me a lot of The Dark is Rising series. Its more cerebral, less physical. Very descriptive, not as action-packed. Kinda like movies were before CGI. Its like comparing The Iron Giant to Tran ...more
A. I hung in there (55% of the way through) because of the strong female protagonist and Tim Rice’s excellent narrating skills, but I had to be honest with myself and put this one down. I just didn’t care enough to properly follow the story. I didn’t realize it was YA (my least favourite genre) when I started it. I would drift off for great chunks of this audiobook and not care about what I’d missed when I paid attention again. Not for me.
This was a podcast recommend and I got excited when I learned from the audiobook that Sabriel is basically "going North of the Wall." However, after 2 hours of the audiobook and a lot of made up words later, I lost interest. I might try to get through it another time but I didn't really care what happened and I have a lot of other things to read. Sorry!
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