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    <body><![CDATA[A surprisingly good fantasy title. The plot reminds me quite of Harry Potter (i.e. protagonist in school of wizardry, unusual circumstances of birth, befriended by the school headmaster), but the plot is much more suspenseful and interesting. And none of that ANGST-CRAWLING-IN-MY-SKIN rubbish that o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41763704">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Category: Books <br/>Genre:  Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy <br/>Author: Trudi Cavanan <br/><br/>Awal cerita dibuka dengan kesibukan Sonea dan Rothen yang mempersiapkan diri untuk mengikuti upacara penerimaan murid bru di dalam persekutuan. Seperti yang diperkirakan semula kedatangan Sonea yang merup...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52468783">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The second book in the trilogy, The Novice, as the title suggests, follows Sonea’s training as a magician. Her background as a slum dweller makes it difficult for her to fit in with the other novices, who take to picking on her. In the meantime, one of her allies, Lord Dannyl, is promoted to Guild...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78817226">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 14 19:46:34 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Novice adalah buku kedua trilogi Black Magician. <br/>Buku pertamanya, The Magicians' Guild, bercerita tentang Sonea, seorang gadis dari pemukiman kumuh, yang terkejut karena memiliki kekuatan sihir dan melukai seorang penyihir dari Persekutuan. Persekutuan sebenarnya kaget juga mengetahui ada ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41931546">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was hoping for more in the second installment of the Black Magician Trilogy, but I don't feel it was attained in this book.<br/><br/>I felt the story of Sonea and Regin was very similar to that of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy.  Although that is not a negative I felt I should mention it.  I like...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71881686">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Présentation de l'éditeur<br/>Tous les novices de la Guilde des magiciens viennent de familles puissantes... sauf Sonea. Mais elle sait bien qu'elle peut se tourner vers ses maîtres Dannyl et Rothen pour leur demander de l'aide. En tout cas, jusqu'à ce que d'infâmes rumeurs commencent à couri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45635109">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good fantasy book.  Not the best I've ever read, that would be the first three books of the Wheel of Time, but this one is good.  This is the second of the series.  It's well written, but its almost unbelievable that anyone would suffer through that much abuse unnecessarily.  Sonea has been accepted...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50211557">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[jauh, jauh lebih menarik dan kaya akan plot dibanding buku pertama..<br/><br/>well, sebetulnya buku kedua rada2 Potter wanna be, tapi chara utamanya cewek, si Sonea yg terpaksa menerima perlakuan buruk dari temen2nya yg dipimpin Regin of Winar (sejenis Draco Malfoy) di sekolah sihir, cukup lengkap...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76683828">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the second book, Trudi take into deep each character and not letting us stop to read because we are looking for the background and the truth of the black magic mystery which learnt by Akkarin who sit as an High Lord in the guilds. From beginning, Trudi lead us to unique relationship between Sonea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44489347">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The focus with this book in the series is following Sonea as begins her studies as a novice at the Magicians' Guild. There are quiet a few different view points in the book; however, Sonea's is the main story line and view point. <br/><br/>The book was more enjoyable than the first (The Magician's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65579956">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The tensions in the second installment diminish in scale. Where the first book could have set tensions up for a city wide riot, this book drops that tensions in favor of more personal tensions and scenarios. The world does not expand as in most second installments, but rather contracts almost to poi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52915818">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[For this second book....Sonea already joint on every class like the others Novice like her. But still not much people especially Regin the boy which same class with her. He always find way to disturb her.<br/>Until one day, Dorrien come visit his father, Rothen. and than help Sonea to fix her probl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43318803">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This amazing continuance of the Black Magician trilogy illustrates what is moral. For instance, Sonea, now a novice at the university in the Guild, discovers the High Lord of the Magicians' Guild, Akarin, is practicing black magic. Now only she, her guardian Rothen, and the Administrator Lorlen, kno...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14546659">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall I thought that the world created by this author was interesting and original. I liked her conception of a limited scope of power to magic, although the idea of class by skill (Warrior, Alchemy, Healer) is not entirely new. However, I felt that the trilogy had too many flaws to be truly enjoy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7647662">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Title in German:<br/>Die Novizin<br/><br/>Sonea is starting her training as a novice at the Magician´s Guild but she isn´t prepared for the animosity and dislike of her classmates and some teachers. Her powers are far greater than every other´s what doesn´t help her either to make friends. Es...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/397212">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading this book, I'm really starting to love the series. The first book didn't really get interesting until Sonea got to the Guild. With this book, though, it remained interesting from beginning to end. I can relate to Sonea's goal to be a Healer. And I really approved of Trudi Canavan's vie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47572644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good sequel to the first novel, and it was a real pleasure to see a fantasy author introducing gay characters.  I found this added dimension provided the author an excellent opportunity to introduce complexities stemming from cultural difference, and to explore extent to which morality is cultural...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38118454">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought I would review the three novels in this series as a group (since I've been so bad about keeping up with this). I've found my taste in novels changing substantially across recent years. As recently as five years ago I would probably have given these novels three or four stars, but at this p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18049730">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never read the first book, The Magician's Guild, before. But, I pretty much felt fortunate that I bought this book. It's quite wonderful though how Canavan describes the vivid plot in this book. I totally love it. When I was reading this book, Ambassador Dannyl <em>was</em> my favorite.]]></body>
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