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itsnotabear 's review for:
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen
by Garth Nix
THIS BABY'S GOT SPOILERS~~~
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* my initial thoughts about this book are that it's... fine.
* i wanted to know more about characters like kargrin and ader — heck, by the end even belatiel — but they weren't as fleshed out as i'd have liked them to be.
* clariel's insistence re: getting back to the forest got kind of tiring, idk. i wanted to tell her to shut up more than once once i hit the halfway point.
* my biggest thing: i enjoy failure as a theme, so seeing clariel fail at magic was fun, but the climax of the book was underwhelming. it's the origin story of this badass baddie from the last two books, and really it's about how she did this dumb thing that was, honestly? largely forgettable. a few people died who, had she not intervened, probably still would have died. her impact on the whole situation was kind of rendered moot. idk, it just didn't feel like the Beginning i was hoping for when i frantically texted my friend "IF SHE TURNS OUT TO BE CHLORR I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'M CALLING IT NOW." i wanted her to start with a bang, not an "oh-- oh... oh... oops. oh dear. oh well. bye."
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* my initial thoughts about this book are that it's... fine.
* i wanted to know more about characters like kargrin and ader — heck, by the end even belatiel — but they weren't as fleshed out as i'd have liked them to be.
* clariel's insistence re: getting back to the forest got kind of tiring, idk. i wanted to tell her to shut up more than once once i hit the halfway point.
* my biggest thing: i enjoy failure as a theme, so seeing clariel fail at magic was fun, but the climax of the book was underwhelming. it's the origin story of this badass baddie from the last two books, and really it's about how she did this dumb thing that was, honestly? largely forgettable. a few people died who, had she not intervened, probably still would have died. her impact on the whole situation was kind of rendered moot. idk, it just didn't feel like the Beginning i was hoping for when i frantically texted my friend "IF SHE TURNS OUT TO BE CHLORR I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'M CALLING IT NOW." i wanted her to start with a bang, not an "oh-- oh... oh... oops. oh dear. oh well. bye."