Abarat

Abarat
Author: Clive Barker
Series: Abarat Series
Publisher: Harper Collins
How Received: own

Chickentown, Minnesota - a place where nothing happens. Well, until now.

Candy Quackenbush - yes, that is her name - wants more in life. She doesn't quite expect that to be a man with eight heads appearing from the middle of nowhere being chased by a moneter. (But hey, it's better than no excitement at all!) And so Candy's adventure to the islands of the Abarat begins...

I love this story; I always have. The world of the Abarat is a magical, vividly drawn place in which you can lose yourself for hours. From the settings - all thirteen islands - to the characters, it's a bright, fantastically drawn world.

Overall Rating: 9/10
Abarat or The Lost Years of Merlin?: The Lost Years of Merlin has a much more fantastical and realistic story and one I enjoy so much. Abarat is still a wonderful novel; I just prefer the story of Merlin more.

Happy reading!
~ Nicole