I read this book for my Young Adult Literature class at university. I'm not a big high fantasy fan and if you are, you may very well love Sabriel. For me, however, I struggled to make it to the last page and actually skimmed through the last few chapters.

As a character, Sabriel didn't truly compel me. She is so focused, so capable, so steady in the face of danger and sadness, that I had trouble relating to her.

The entire story felt formulaic. It follows Valerie Frankel's "The Heroine's Journey" perfectly. Sabriel is the exact replica of Frankel's description of the "warrior woman." While the story is exciting, it is so carefully paced that I found myself struggling to keep up.

Honestly, necromancing and bringing back the Dead freaks me out and I don't like to read about it. Again, if you do, this may be the book for you. It just wasn't for me.