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I appreciated this story as a sort of fantasy without the "pretty" elements. It focuses on keeping dead spirits at bay and has an interesting historical backstory. Hoping that book 2 gets into that backstory some more.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I enjoyed this first book of the Old Kingdoms series. Sabriel is a fantastic main character - she is strong and intelligent but also unsure and inexperienced. She is relatable and believable throughout. The other characters were also well defined and purposeful.
The pace was rather slow in the beginning but picks up quite a bit after Sabriel is in the Old Kingdom, and especially after she meets Touchstone, which was somewhere around halfway. The last 25% was a riot of action and suspense, leaving me wanting to know how it ends. The end I felt was a little abrupt and almost feels like a weird cop-out, but overall it ended the story fine. The author does not shy away from death, grief, and pain. All are found throughout the book but nothing felt disingenuous.
I am a little worried that the next installments in the series are concerning wholly different characters, but I still may look into the next books in the series as I did enjoy the concept of this book and I do think Nix writes characters well.
The pace was rather slow in the beginning but picks up quite a bit after Sabriel is in the Old Kingdom, and especially after she meets Touchstone, which was somewhere around halfway. The last 25% was a riot of action and suspense, leaving me wanting to know how it ends. The end I felt was a little abrupt and almost feels like a weird cop-out, but overall it ended the story fine. The author does not shy away from death, grief, and pain. All are found throughout the book but nothing felt disingenuous.
I am a little worried that the next installments in the series are concerning wholly different characters, but I still may look into the next books in the series as I did enjoy the concept of this book and I do think Nix writes characters well.
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a fun read, reminds me of fantasy books I read when I was younger.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'm sorry. I just couldn't get into this book. I threw in the towel.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No