Reviews

Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories by Garth Nix

abslax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

ugoglen's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

2.5

patches_of_purple's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

trollmila's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

sealfeathers's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

aabaileyauthor's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Some of the best short stories I’ve read

abderiandumpling's review

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

mkhare's review against another edition

Favourites -

Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case

The Hill

Heart’s Desire

Hansel’s Eyes


Honourable Mentions -

From the Lighthouse (mostly because it sticks in my mind)

Hope Chest


I didn’t mind some of the more comedic writing as there were some good little wicked moments, but overall I felt there were too many wicked moments packed into too few pages, lessening their impact. That’s just the nature of the shorter format however, so I think I would read longer form comedic works by him.

madame_medusa's review against another edition

5.0

For an author who supposedly doesn't enjoy Arthurian Mythos, Nix certainly wrote two beautiful short stories in this collection. "Heart's Desire" was not what I expected and I want an animator to create a short film of that particular story because I'm not sure my imagination did it justice.

eqicbunny's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25