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Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)

Garth Nix

Start date: January 22, 2014

Finish date: January 31, 2014

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Apr 28, 2015 Nancy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: still-owned, fantasy

For someone who doesn't read a lot of fantasy, I was completely taken by this book. It took me a little time to understand the world and how it worked, but I was so taken by Sabriel and her role as Abhorsen that I just couldn't put the book down. And then when we meet Mogget, the most awesome cat sidekick I think I've encountered in fiction so far (and so very, very CAT) I was hooked. Although the romance at the end was a bit contrived and made me cringe a tiny bit, I don't think it detracted fr ...more

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Aug 23, 2012 Trisha rated it it was ok

I knew when I picked it up that scifi magicy kind of books aren't my favorite. I was really grateful that the names weren't too hard to pronounce and I didn't have a whole new world or anything to get to know - well, not too much anyway.

But, I still didn't like it.
I made it about 100 pages, and I skimmed from there.

I just didn't feel like I got to know any of the characters enough to care about any of them. And if I don't care about a character, I need to be sucked in to a plot - something to ke ...more

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Sep 24, 2013 Dina rated it really liked it

Shelves: series-to-read

Not sure why I waited so long to start this series but this book is wonderful. I am ready to start the next book in the series as soon as I can get it in my hands.

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