![]() ![]() Each book stands alone, and is able to be read in isolation (I dare you to stop at just one), but since Clariel is set 600 years before the birth of Sabriel, the first character in the series, is works particularly well on its own. While this review primarily focuses on Clariel, the whole Dark Kingdom series is superb. I began my reading of the Old Kingdom series with Clariel, the latest book in the series, thinking perhaps that it might be enough, but the minute I finished I wanted more, and it didn’t take long before I had read every book in the Old Kingdom series, including the series of short stories Over the Wall, and am still hungry for more about the characters, the plot, and above all, about the wonderful/terrible world of death. ![]() I remained engrossed by the Old Kingdom series, flying through each book with intense engagement, even as the characters changed. However, Garth Nix has me re-thinking that. I tend to lock onto the characters and their arc. Whenever I think about the books I love I don’t usually think about the setting, the plot, the genre, the stylistics, although all of those things are essential to a good read. ![]() I’ve always thought of myself as a character driven reader. ![]()
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