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kiiwiisii 's review for:
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen
by Garth Nix
What a book! I took so long to read it that I wasn't really sure how to feel about it, but that's partially because the beginning and the end are so drastically different. The book also moved pretty slow, much slower than I'm used to with Garth Nix. I spent so long getting to know Belisaere and its customs and its characters alongside Clariel only to have most of that take a backseat for pretty much the second half of the novel.
I really liked Clariel and the beserker trait was really interesting to follow, but she became a difficult protagonist for me. She was so cringeworthy and impulsive, it made me so anxious! I liked her as a character but at the same time, I couldn't stand some of her choices and that made it a little difficult to read. My internal monologue was just screaming at her to stop it!! It was only towards the end that I began to have a guess at who she would come to be in the series, and I think knowing that would've made a difference in my perception of the novel. Not my favorite Abhorsen book by far, but I did really enjoy it. Plus dragons! It's definitely worth a reread a couple years down the road to get the full effect!
I really liked Clariel and the beserker trait was really interesting to follow, but she became a difficult protagonist for me. She was so cringeworthy and impulsive, it made me so anxious! I liked her as a character but at the same time, I couldn't stand some of her choices and that made it a little difficult to read. My internal monologue was just screaming at her to stop it!! It was only towards the end that I began to have a guess at who she would come to be in the series, and I think knowing that would've made a difference in my perception of the novel. Not my favorite Abhorsen book by far, but I did really enjoy it. Plus dragons! It's definitely worth a reread a couple years down the road to get the full effect!