March. 06 , 2009
Dear Mr. Garth Nix,
How are you? I am one of your "Sabriel" 's readers. Although I haven't finished it yet, it's a very exciting book. I pretty love "Sabriel" this character because she is an excellent girl. The main character of most of this kind of adventure stories is male, so I think it's kind of special for me.
When I started to read this book a week ago, I didn't get any of it completely. I didn't get anything about the worlds of Life and Death. How come she could cross those two worlds easily? And one more thing, what was Aboerson? These were just my questions at first, I cleared some of them later on when I continued to read it.
Sometimes, I felt a little bored when I saw so many desciptions in front of my eyes. I almost gave up but the feelings of nervous brought me back several times. When Sabriel met a monster after she summoned her guide or her "mother" (is it actually her "mom"?), she took her actions very fast. I thought the monster hit her already, but it didn't and she moved so fast. Her strongful power made me felt excited but when I kept reading it, I was very nervous and anxious just like I was "Sabriel" and I was fighting with that monster. After I finished reading that scene, I felt relaxed. I didn't know why it happened, like I have fallen into your "Old Kingdom". The only conclusion I had was Your descriptions were very good. Your description pulled me out of my world and brought me into your mysterious world. I think I will continue to read your "The Old Kingdom series". I am excited now, even I haven't finished "Sabriel" yet . ( >.< ) XD
P.S. I am appreciated to become one of your readers!!
Sincerely,
Mei Lan
3 comments:
magical world?o_O
cool !!!!!!!
after finish it tell me more :)
maybe because it contain a lot of details and the author trying to get you to imagine it
Hey! I love that the main character is a strong girl as well...you're right, in adventure stories, usually it's a boy (that's why I like Star Wars so much, there are men AND women who are heroes in the stories). Also, I read the Lord of the Rings books and they have tons of loooong descriptions, so I understand how it feels when you want a story to move faster, but it doesn't. Sometimes, you just have to push through till you get to the interesting parts. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Because I haven't read your book yet, I don't know what type of adventure book "Sabriel" is. But if you like adventure (and a little bit horror) then I would recommend you reading "The Demonata" series which begins with the book "Lord Loss." It is a book full with adventures, horror (scare me a lot!! ), and "surprises." When I first read the series, I could not put the book down until I reach the last page. And beside, this book is .... very thin (about 200 pages) and the author is very skillful in using "understandable" descriptions.
If you decide to read it, let me know. I would tell you where you can get it.
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