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Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen

Garth Nix

3.78 AVERAGE

sirensinging's review against another edition

2.0

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An incredibly frustrating protagonist who does not stop talking about trees and forests, and the rather unconvincing characterisation mostly ruined the book for me. Story was otherwise have been interesting enough but didn't find any of the characters very well written. Mogget is the highlight

jamsandwich4's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tim_samuel_felvus's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pollyandthebooks's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zumiey's review against another edition

5.0

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if ever an abhorsen needed a disreputable dog.... poor clariel. loved her.

crayonequality's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mtadie's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kcelery's review

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i_ronnie's review against another edition

3.75

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rilina's review against another edition

3.0

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This is one of those books that I didn't really love, but I respected many of the things it was trying to do. Found the first half slow, and the second half quite a bit better.

Of course, I am now really excited about the prospect of more Abhorsen books. I think I need to re-read the all in my not-so-copious spare time.