Abhorsen (Old Kingdom, #3)

by Garth Nix

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I think I liked this better than [b:Lirael|47624|Lirael Daughter of the Clayr (Abhorsen, #2)|Garth Nix|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266458951s/47624.jpg|2067752] because the action finally started to come together and people came into themselves and their powers so it was more interesting.
Ideally, I think I'd like for them to have been published as a single book since they really are so much of a single story. Even if that would be a very long book.

At first, I really disliked how the book opened, but I'd absolved him of it by the end. A little bit I felt like it ended too abruptly. Mostly just because I wanted to know more; how things came together in the aftermath and who people were or became and, I just wanted more.

The Dead were really disturbing but I loved that he didn't go into excessive detail so it could be dark without being grim or really awful to read.

Overall, there were a lot of things I liked, and I liked the characters more thoroughly than in [b:Lirael|47624|Lirael Daughter of the Clayr (Abhorsen, #2)|Garth Nix|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266458951s/47624.jpg|2067752]. [a:Garth Nix|8347|Garth Nix|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1207583754p2/8347.jpg]'s greatest strength is really the world he's built which is fascinating and powerful and I'd totally read more about adventures within it.