Across the Wall by Garth Nix

[lightreads]

Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories by Garth Nix

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Collection. Hrm. Turns out Nix is one of those authors who I like more at greater length. The Abhorsen novella that starts this collection was the highlight for me: it had all the creepiness and mounting pressure and young people being brave with difficulty that I like from him. The rest of the collection was hit or miss, and it really seemed like the shorter the piece, the more scattered or unclever (or, in one case, quite sexist) I found it.

I'm only writing it up at all to ask whether I should be reading this days of the week series of his? It looks a bit younger than the Abhorsen books -- yay or nay?



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Comments

[jadelennox]

I don't think that series would be to your taste; it is very middle grade adventure story. A little bit weird because it is Garth Nix, but still I don't think to your taste.

Although this is making me think I'm really curious what you would think of Scott Westerfeld's Midnighters series.

[lightreads]

I've bounced off Westerfeld before, but admittedly I just wasn't in the mood for airships that particular day, so....