With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny. ATOS Level: 7.
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Learn more here. You've reached the maximum number of titles you can currently recommend for purchase. Your session has expired. Note-Tim curry can feel free to narrate every book I own please. Shelves: bookclub , fantasy. I liked this book. The writing wasn't as beautiful as I hope for in fantasy novels.
But his world building was thorough and very interesting. I went back and forth between liking the characters and not, which I think reveals how fully formed they are. I really liked the whole Charter marks and Free Magic stuff. I think it made a fascinating world and sense of magic.
I liked that, just because Lirael was good with Charter marks, didn't make her all powerful; that there were weaknesses to how it ca I liked this book. I liked that, just because Lirael was good with Charter marks, didn't make her all powerful; that there were weaknesses to how it can be used. I mostly liked the pace. In the beginning it took a bit to get going, especially once I could see where the story was going.
But once the plot became focused for the characters it moved along very well. As far as the characters went, I didn't like Lirael in the beginning. I felt she was a very bland rather petulant character, but then she was obviously surrounded by a great deal of power so I was kind of fascinated.
As the story continued, however, I liked her. In the reverse, I liked Sam pretty much right away then he devolved a little for me in the middle and was a little bit pathetic in moments.
But then he got stronger and a little bit smarter and braver and I liked him again. In some ways - and this doesn't happen often - I was ok with the moments when I didn't like the characters because a they were still surrounded by a great deal of power and b it made them more human. I accepted their flaws as very real and not as constructs or as the author just writing bad characters.
A wonderful YA fantasy. Beautifully told, with so many exciting and powerful moments. The clues to Lirael's and Prince Sameth's real identities are hinted at and gradually revealed to the reader, till we realise all at the climactic but kinda cliffhanger ending.
The mysterious Library of the Clayr is one of fantasy's iconic imaginings, and one of my favourite book settings. The section when Lirael makes her big discoveries is so magical and beautifully paced. I love the world Nix has created, A wonderful YA fantasy.
I love the world Nix has created, For me, this book is the best of the series, and the Disreputable Dog is one of his best creations. Oct 20, Eddie Costello rated it really liked it Shelves: These books are awesome and should be mandatory reading by everyone. I first read this trilogy Lirael is a second book in the old kingdom trilogy; Sabriel is first while Abhorsen is the finale when I was in middle school and I have to admit I'm just as obsessed with this series now as I was then.
With a cast of fantastic characters and a quick moving pace mostly , you are truly sucked into the world of the old kingdom and it's pretty scary. I'm truly surprised that this book can be considered YA These books are awesome and should be mandatory reading by everyone. I'm truly surprised that this book can be considered YA cause it's a extremely dark tale that's leads up to a jaw dropping revelation not really you can guess it almost immediately, I just wanted to entice you into reading it.
I listened to the audio version and Tim Curry makes everything so much better, he totally knows how to perfectly creep you out when he wants to. He is an absolutely perfect choice for the audio narration; word of advice listen to him read with all the lights off while your in bed alone and I guarantee you will get the wiggens.
Pros Characters, prose, audio narration, character development, Death, the library of the Clayr, pace Cons Pace can be a little iffy sometimes Two books through this trilogy because I'm very unsure about reading past that, since Nix has started doing prequels and such and I'm STILL uncertain how I feel about it.
I reread my Sabriel review and basically find myself feeling the same way, if rather reluctantly. As I mentioned in my last update, these books are sometimes difficult to focus on, but by the end I want to go back and reread them to piece everything together. Lirael and Sameth both felt very realistic, although I was disappoi Two books through this trilogy because I'm very unsure about reading past that, since Nix has started doing prequels and such and I'm STILL uncertain how I feel about it.
Lirael and Sameth both felt very realistic, although I was disappointed that the story didn't pick up where Sabriel had left off -- it made the romance between her and Touchstone feel very insta-love, but alas. Looking forward to reading Abhorsen though. Also, Tim Curry's narration is very good. Audiobook recommended May 08, Nicky rated it liked it Shelves: fantasy , children-s-and-ya.
As much as I love Sabriel both the book and the character! Communication, communication, communication. My pet peeve in real life and in fiction, alas. Lirael is more engaging, despite her bouts of self-pity. And the Dog herself, too. Originally posted here. Apr 09, Laure rated it really liked it. Nice to see the stories and characters are getting more complexed - I am looking foward to the next instalment in the stories. Yes, a real glacier. They are entitled to this sobriquet because every single one of them can see the future.
Every single one of them, except Lirael, that is. Most Clayr receive the Sight by the age of twelve. Lirael passes twelve. Then fourteen. Then seventeen. She is an adult, and she does not have the Sight. Lirael is also different physically. Her black hair and pale, deathlike skin mark her immediately out from her fellow Clayr, but Lirael is also unusally quiet and reserved, because Lirael is very lonely.
All the other Clayr have a purpose. Not one. So instead of actually throwing herself off the highest peak of the glacier, as she almost did on yet another birthday without the Sight, she instead chooses to focus on learning the Charter the magic system in the Old Kingdom , which leads to her creation of her companion the Disreputable Dog who is THE BEST.
Then it ambled across and licked the petrified girl on the face with a tongue that most definitely was all real and not some Charter-made illusion. Or the Disreputable bitch, if you want to get technical.
When are we going for a walk? Oh, yeah, did I mention that Lirael is a librarian? Sabriel can pretty much stand alone, but the second two books are basically one long continued story, with Lirael setting things up, and Abhorsen bringing them to a close. I think I prefer Lirael , though, because of the library, and because also Abhorsen honestly kind of scares the shit out of me.
But more on that in the appropriate review. Aug 19, Jerecho rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy , reread. My favorite book of all times. Life maybe rough and tough but after darkness comes light. Thank you for this one Narrated by Tim Curry.
Yo can stop here, you need no more information than that, to desire this audiobook. Or, maybe you do. Second in the Abhorsen series, this is actually pretty distinct from the first book Sabriel , so you could start here with only a little catch-up work to do. But you cannot stop here, as this volume ends in a minor cliffhanger and is continued i Abhorsen.
Although nominally a YA book, the characters are very compelling, the plot and themes slightly complex, and the vocabula Narrated by Tim Curry.
Although nominally a YA book, the characters are very compelling, the plot and themes slightly complex, and the vocabulary rich, so that it read well for this OA.
Of course, there's Tim Curry, too. Nov 10, Cinda rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy , ya. I'm really enjoying this series.
Check it out if you get the chance! I'M SO!!!!! I stayed up until midnight to finish this and I don't regret that really, but I need to be awake at 5am for uni, so Deliciously dark, made more so by the sonorous reading by Tim Curry, and feels like a fitting book in some strange way to bridge the years with.
Jun 13, Mir rated it really liked it Shelves: books , fantasy. This sequel to Sabriel is stronger on character development but weaker on action; I don't think Nix has quite figured out how to balance the two aspects of the story.
In Sabriel, the heroine and we as the readers were plunged almost immediately into the dangerous journey across the Wall. While I liked Sabriel, I found her a bit flat and her relationship with Touchstone not terribly convincing emotionally. With Lirael, we spend much more time watching her grow up and develop some confidence. He This sequel to Sabriel is stronger on character development but weaker on action; I don't think Nix has quite figured out how to balance the two aspects of the story.
Her emotional shortcomings are due to a lonely and somewhat neglected childhood, caused in part by her own self-conscious of her difference from those around her. Nonetheless, it is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. She must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil — one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clay; and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself.
With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny. ATOS Level: 7. Publisher: HarperCollins Awards:. Kindle Book Release date: October 6, Availability can change throughout the month based on the library's budget. You can still place a hold on the title, and your hold will be automatically filled as soon as the title is available again.
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In this riveting sequel to Sabriel, master of fantasy and globally bestselling author Garth Nix returns to the fantastic world of the Old Kingdom. Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother, ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large extended family living in the Clayr's Glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight — the ability to see into the present and possible futures — that is the very birthright of the Clayr.
Nonetheless, it is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. She must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil — one that opposes the Royal Family, blocks the Sight of the Clay; and threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to help her, Lirael must find the courage to seek her own hidden destiny. ATOS Level: 7.
Publisher: HarperCollins Awards:. Kindle Book Release date: October 6, Availability can change throughout the month based on the library's budget.
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