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This book is set a few hundred years before Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen, but it doesn't seem like a prequel to me. Personally, I would read the original trilogy first, then Clariel. There isn't as much explanation of magic or the world and that is what really drew me into the series originally. I think it was easier for me to love Clariel if you already love her surroundings and had a complete picture of her surroundings.

Clariel lives in a very different Old Kingdom than the original trilogy. I loved seeing the Old Kingdom before it became the wild place it is during the trilogy. Once again Nix has impressed and awed me with his world building skills. It feels like he has built an entirely new world even though there are recognizable elements from Sabriel and Lirael's era. The political and social world of Belisaere is rich and complex. Even though Clariel is new to her surroundings, she is very resistant to learning anything new or different. It makes it a little harder to learn about the Old Kingdom through her. We do get to see how the guilds work and how the dead are not the only dangers in the Old Kingdom at this time. There are political dangers as well as threats from those who do not use magic at all.

Even though this was different than the Old Kingdom Trilogy, I appreciated how different it was. Nix is so adept at writing his heroines. They all have their flaws and challenges, but they are all trying to find their place in the world. Clariel is different though. She is having a hard time adjusting to her new surroundings, and I felt for her. My heart twisted so many times. She is struggling like so many of us do at her age. A lot of heroines in books can so easily step into the role they have been set up to play and even if they have flaws, they play their role perfectly. It makes for great stories, but what about the people who can't get it right immediately?

Overall, I think a lot of people are going to love or dislike this book. I've seen a lot of complaints about Clariel and I can see where people are coming from. However, I think she is a character that breaks the mold. She is part of a larger history of the Old Kingdom. I found her story interesting and I applaud Nix for writing a character who is difficult to like. I agree this is isn't my favorite Old Kingdom story, that honor still goes to Sabriel, but this is a great addition to the history and story of this world.


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Clariel The Lost Abhorsen Old Kingdom Garth Nix Books Reviews

The first three books in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series, "Sabriel," " Lirael," and "Abhorsen" are one of my top ten fantasy trilogies of all time, but the author seems to have lost his touch in this fourth entry. The first two-thirds of "Clariel" are boring and repetitive. I almost didn't finish the book. The adolescent heroine, Clariel spends way too much time feeling sorry for herself. She fantasizes about running away from her parents, who dragged her off to live in the city when all she wanted to do was roam the forest with her Borderer friends and Bambi and Thumper. Conflict is supposed to add interest to a book, but not when it's the only note being played on the fiddle.

When I reached Chapter 4, "Getting Ready for School" I began to wonder if Clariel was going to go Harry Potter on me when she is forced by her unfeeling mother to attend The Belisaere Select Academy, where many of the teachers are Charter Mages. That didn't happen. Where Harry is sweet-tempered and makes friends rather easily, Clariel snaps and snarls at her fellow-students, one of whom, Belatiel, falls in love with her for reasons I completely failed to fathom. The plot does perk up a bit when Magister Kargrin, who is supposed to be teaching Charter Magic to Clariel, forces her to reveal her own talent.

I had to read the Author's Note after the end of this book to discover the tie-in between "Clariel" and "Lirael." The author drops some very broad hints toward the end of "Clariel" but it had been so long since I had read "Lirael" that they went completely over my head. I hope this author finds his way back to that nameless river at the beginning of this series, where the swirl and cross-currents of life gradually ebb as the dead pass out of the land of the living. He seems to have lost his way in "Clariel" until we were almost at journey's end. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the promised fifth entry in this Old Kingdom series attains the same level of wonder and necromantic terror as in the first three books.
Let's start with the good I am happy to see more of the OId Kingdom in it's heyday. It's interesting to see the cyclical ambivalence and contentment which continues to cause issues again. Many of the supporting characters had enriching plots, and I loved seeing Mogget some 600 years before Sabriel! And, as always, Garth Nix is a beautiful author.

Cons Overall, The set dressing and surrounding story was more interesting than the titular character. I loved the Abhorsen trilogy; however, Clariel didn't hold my attention until probably the last 1/4th of the book. Reading through a lot of the reviews, I agree with some of the criticism. The book didn't feel like it knew what direction to take itself in. Clariel began as an interesting character, but I didn't really see any growth. I was looking for a good anti-hero, or perhaps a misdirected youth. But I don't really feel like she was fully realized. I had no idea why she went along with half of the plot points. Even when she discussed her love of the woods, it always seemed a bit superficial. Maybe if we had seen more of her life before hand, or had the chance to see her competent and happy, the book would have felt richer. Instead, it felt like the first book in a trilogy instead of a complete story.
This book is set a few hundred years before Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen, but it doesn't seem like a prequel to me. Personally, I would read the original trilogy first, then Clariel. There isn't as much explanation of magic or the world and that is what really drew me into the series originally. I think it was easier for me to love Clariel if you already love her surroundings and had a complete picture of her surroundings.

Clariel lives in a very different Old Kingdom than the original trilogy. I loved seeing the Old Kingdom before it became the wild place it is during the trilogy. Once again Nix has impressed and awed me with his world building skills. It feels like he has built an entirely new world even though there are recognizable elements from Sabriel and Lirael's era. The political and social world of Belisaere is rich and complex. Even though Clariel is new to her surroundings, she is very resistant to learning anything new or different. It makes it a little harder to learn about the Old Kingdom through her. We do get to see how the guilds work and how the dead are not the only dangers in the Old Kingdom at this time. There are political dangers as well as threats from those who do not use magic at all.

Even though this was different than the Old Kingdom Trilogy, I appreciated how different it was. Nix is so adept at writing his heroines. They all have their flaws and challenges, but they are all trying to find their place in the world. Clariel is different though. She is having a hard time adjusting to her new surroundings, and I felt for her. My heart twisted so many times. She is struggling like so many of us do at her age. A lot of heroines in books can so easily step into the role they have been set up to play and even if they have flaws, they play their role perfectly. It makes for great stories, but what about the people who can't get it right immediately?

Overall, I think a lot of people are going to love or dislike this book. I've seen a lot of complaints about Clariel and I can see where people are coming from. However, I think she is a character that breaks the mold. She is part of a larger history of the Old Kingdom. I found her story interesting and I applaud Nix for writing a character who is difficult to like. I agree this is isn't my favorite Old Kingdom story, that honor still goes to Sabriel, but this is a great addition to the history and story of this world.