Abhorsen (Abhorsen Trilogy Series #3)

Loved this book

I am 51 years old and I loved this series. These books are well written and interesting for anyone. The content could be frightening to a young child, but they are great books for the "young adult" or older.

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Must read this series!

This is one of the best trilogies i have ever read! I loved all three books and highly recommend them to anyone who loves an action packed story!

Amazing

A great fantasy book for all ages

More to come

For those of who you crave another book, as I do, I have read that Garth Nix has two more books in the works, excluding Across The Wall. That being said this is a phenomenal series and I am extremely thankful that I decided to pick up Sabriel off the library shelves.

Great

I read these books when I was 10, and I could never put them down!! Sabriel was my favourite of the 3, but I enjoyed all of them nonetheless. Slow at some parts and lacking dialouge (from what I remember) but stilll amazing!

Best series ever

LOVE THIS SERIES

Wonderful, Amazingly Wonderful....

I just finished the last page of the trilogy and i am just blown away by how much i love these books. Just like other reviewers i wish he would write another because i would love to know how their lives progress after this. I started this book because i was abit wary after reading Brandson Sandersons monster 'Way of Kings' thinking this would be a light easy read that i could put down and pick up without being consumed by the need to know what happens next but i was wrong. Although i was happy that it moved alot faster and all three books are ony around 300 pages each. Def. get this book you wont regret it, and it is not just for young adults, im 23 and a hard core epic fantasy fan and enjoyed these books just as much if not more than other books ive read by big time fantasy authors.... It is def. A story that will stick in your mind long after you have read it. I doubt there is another like it out there!!!

Garth Nix has done it again!!!

I literally just finished this book about half an hour ago, and I still want to cry! The series is over? Just over. Poof. Of course I can always reread it, but then I'll never have the satisfaction for the craving I have for Garth Nix and the mystery behind the Old Kingdom.

This book is so invigorating and just so... descriptive. I really felt like I was not only in the story, but the main character! This story will be unforgettable and will inflate your heart with hope. Hope that even though we aren't going to have a giant mile-high pillar of flame explode out of a huge hunk of metal and destroy everything, we still might have someone in our lives with the bravery of the Abhorsen and Lirael. The twists and turns Garth Nix puts in his story impresses me, especially with his loving passion of his job to make a story that challenges the reader and interests the reader.

Love it, love it, LOVE IT!

Warning: For anyone that reads this book, you might end the trilogy being a bit disappointed, however, I'm starting to think that's another part of the Author's job. To leave the reader wanting more, even when there is no more.

Who needs reality when we have Garth Nix?

Wonderfull book. A great ending to a fantastic series.

Great Book

Wonderful book. Couldn't put it down...I read it in a few hours.

Reviewed by Candace Cunard for TeensReadToo.com

If LIRAEL lacked in action compared to its predecessor, SABRIEL, ABHORSEN makes up for that by functioning as an extended climax of events from the previous book, focused around the need to find and defeat the necromancer Hedge to stop him from reawakening an old and malevolent power known simply as the Destroyer. The story picks up directly after the end of the previous book, with Lirael, Sameth, Mogget, and the Disreputable Dog in a race against time to stop Sam's school friend, Nicholas Sayre, from going through with his plans to reconnect two large metal hemispheres, which when connected will release the Destroyer. This power, also known as Orannis, was first bound when the Charter was created and is inimical to all forms of life.

ABHORSEN really feels like it ought to have been part of the end of LIRAEL, not only because the latter book is a continuation of the former in terms of plot. It might be possible for a reader to understand LIRAEL having not read SABRIEL, but ABHORSEN does not stand alone in this way. Rather, the characters, plot, and worldbuilding knowledge from the prior book is assumed by the author in this book. This isn't much of a problem, though, because Nix's writing still takes the reader on marvelous adventures. I just wouldn't advise trying to read this trilogy out of order. In fact, even reading this review without knowing the background of the series is probably difficult.

I also felt that some portions of the story moved along too quickly; I would have liked to see a mix of action and introspection, with more character development. However, in comparison to LIRAEL, whose action took place over a period of four years, the major events in ABHORSEN take place over less than a month of time. I recommend reading ABHORSEN directly after finishing LIRAEL for maximum effectiveness.

My biggest problem with this book was that it ended! While the primary concerns of the trilogy were nicely concluded, there were many new storylines and new questions posed that might have been nonessential, but that I still wanted answered--mostly because I don't think Nix is done with these characters, and I want to see more of them! I've got my fingers crossed that Nix will decide to write more short stories in this universe (the short story collection ACROSS THE WALL contains one story set in Ancelstierre), if not more novels. I'd be willing to read anything he'll write!

a terrific young adult fantasy

The Dead Chlorr of the Mask has captured by enchantment Lirael an Abhorsen-in-Waiting, her nephew Prince Sameth, her companion the enigmatic Disreputable Dog and the mysterious white cat Mogget. They need to escape but the spell makes it difficult as their evil host has the support of the powerful malevolent necromancer Hedge.-------------- The quartet escapes anyway and manages to rescue Sameth's friend, Nicholas Sayre, but seemingly too late to prevent him from exhuming the remains of Orannis, the Destroyer. Hedge's plan seems on the verge of fruition, as the hemispheres begin to converge if they merge, evil will win and all life destroyed. The heroic quartet must first find a way to destroy the Destroyer if Hedge¿s Death scheme is to be stopped.---------------- This sequel to SABRIEL and LIRAEL is a terrific young adult fantasy that begins to answer questions from the previous tales such as what is the Disreputable Dog while also providing the audience with a wonderful good vs. bad thriller. The contrast between dismal wretched realm of Death and those necromancers who want to bring it to the moral plane vs. the optimism of the band of champions enhances the tension as the good dudes seem too innocent to hold their own against their malevolent adversaries. It behooves newcomers to read the first two books to see how the opponents got to this point although Garth Nix provides an interwoven backdrop. Fans will appreciate this superb entry as all bets are on Hedge and Destroyer.--------- Harriet Klausner

Incredible Book!

This book and the whole series was awesome. I loved them and I couldn't put it down.

Best review ever!!!

Mysterious, adventurous and courageous. These words best describe the main character of the final book in the trilogy about the old kingdom fiasco. Lirael, and her cunning nephew, Sam, embark on an epic quest to save Sam¿s friend Nick, an even maybe the world. Fallow them through the old kingdom on an adventure like no other. In the Mystical land called The Old Kingdom, there is chaos surfacing from the beginning of time. Follow Lirael and Sameth on their adventure to Save Nick, Stop Hedge and Save the world from the destroyer in the final book in this trilogy by Garth Nix in Abhorsen¿ Boasting his New York Times Bestselling Award for one of his best fantasy novels to date, this book is loaded with his non-predictable writing style. This book has a thrilling mood to it, which makes it one of the most well written books by him yet. This story is fantastic, heart-warming and an all around fantasy-favorite. This book is great for people who love Garth Nix¿s writing and want to finish the most epic series of all time.

Awesome!

I really enjoyed the book Abhorsen. I started reading Sabriel in the library one day when I was bored and became instantly drawn into the series. This book finishes the trilogy with a climactic bang!

Really intriguing read

I love fantasy novels. Unfortunately most fantasy novels out there are way below my reading level. I started reading the trilogy expecting what I'd come to expect from most fantasy novels: an interesting plot that wasn't developed. Sabriel exceeded my expectations and the whole series blew me away. Once I started reading a novel I couldn't put it down (I finished Abhorsen in 2 hours). A must read for anyone over 13!

A series that should never end, but if it has to Abhorsen did it well

This book was the totally awesomist book. The story rocketed along at a speed demon pace. The writing as i have said a million times is the exquisite. If you have read the series spread the word to every human being you have ever seen in your entire life because i feel bad for those who haven't. This is incredible, indescribable, perfect, interesting, wonderful, read it read it read it this is the best ever. Garth Nix you have done it again

Good Book

If you haven't read Sabriel and Lirael before this book, you MUST. Everything basically builds up to this book, and it's filled with action. A must-read for all fantasy fans.

best book in the trilogy!

Abhorsen was by far my favorite book in the trilogy. The ending was really sad, but it's such an amazing book! It's a awesome end to my favorite set of books. I think that Garth Nix did a really great job setting up the story in Sabriel, Lirael and this book to come together to a very dramatic but exciting climax!

AWSOME!!!!

This book is totaly awsome, a great ending to a great trilogy, but oh so sad, and i admit i cried. And it had so many twists and turns i couldnt put it down. READ THIS BOOK!!