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aoosterwyk 's review for:
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen
by Garth Nix
Fantastic! This took the bad taste of that Terry Goodkind book right out of my mouth.
I've read and loved all the other Abhorsen books and this made me want to reread them. Something I almost never do.
Clariel is a sympathetic character who happens to be a bezerker, capable of intense rage and strength. Her happiest memories are being out in the woods and learning woodcraft from the Borderers. She is a solitary soul and not at all power hungry.
She is swept into political intrique by her family ties to both the king and the Abhorsen family (who are responsible for guarding the world from the dead and free magic). Just like Dorothy, she keeps repeating "I just want to go home", but that is not her fate.
Garth Nix has written several other series and stand-alones and is a gifted author. His characters and worlds work!
I've read and loved all the other Abhorsen books and this made me want to reread them. Something I almost never do.
Clariel is a sympathetic character who happens to be a bezerker, capable of intense rage and strength. Her happiest memories are being out in the woods and learning woodcraft from the Borderers. She is a solitary soul and not at all power hungry.
She is swept into political intrique by her family ties to both the king and the Abhorsen family (who are responsible for guarding the world from the dead and free magic). Just like Dorothy, she keeps repeating "I just want to go home", but that is not her fate.
Garth Nix has written several other series and stand-alones and is a gifted author. His characters and worlds work!