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Magyk (Septimus Heap #1)

by Angie Sage, Mark Zug (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator)

3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 · rating details · 40,990 ratings · 2,778 reviews

The seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this my...more

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Published May 11th 2005 by Katherine Tegen, Harper Collins

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Jun 04, 2008 Colleen rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: no one

Shelves: middle-grade, fantasy

I have something of a taste for children's and young adult fantasy stories. I'm a total geek for Harry Potter, and quite enjoyed Fablehaven, Tithe, and Wicked Lovely, amongst others. The thing is there are some children's books which, while written young, can appeal to an older audience, and there are others which are written in such a way as to make the cross-over nigh impossible. This was on of the latter...

Leaving aside the cliched plot and all the other things that people have pointed out,...more

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Mar 05, 2008 Rose rated it 3 of 5 stars

Long, entertaining, with some humorous lines, and nice chapter illustrations. (British version.) More Harry Potter similarities. I didn’t mind the postscript with what happened to the minor characters. And the prose was certainly better than Paolini’s first book (I somehow can’t force myself to read the second one), and the plot was a lot fresher, too. But there were some negatives as well: too many characters, without a focal character! With no main person to focus and interpret things, it was...more

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Jul 27, 2008 Idle Hippo rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

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waaataaaa! whadezziiigh!!
nekat juga ya? hehehehe
welcome! selamat datang, wilujeng sumping, mohon doa restunya (lho?)
silakan, silakan duduk dulu *nyediain air ledeng ama kulit kuaci buat cemilan*
maap review-nya di hidden karena yang punya rumah masih malu ama "keki" review-nya disalip orang
*mondar mandir sambil ngedumel sendirian*
padahal gw duluan yang yang baca buku ini. trus gw kan dengan bangganya majang itu bukunya (meskipun pinjeman). sementara jeng roos (yang nyalip gw) gak majang buku nyaa...more
waaataaaa! whadezziiigh!!
nekat juga ya? hehehehe
welcome! selamat datang, wilujeng sumping, mohon doa restunya (lho?)
silakan, silakan duduk dulu *nyediain air ledeng ama kulit kuaci buat cemilan*
maap review-nya di hidden karena yang punya rumah masih malu ama "keki" review-nya disalip orang
*mondar mandir sambil ngedumel sendirian*
padahal gw duluan yang yang baca buku ini. trus gw kan dengan bangganya majang itu bukunya (meskipun pinjeman). sementara jeng roos (yang nyalip gw) gak majang buku nyaaaah *cemberut* trus ujug2 kluar aja review-nyaaaaah. emang pake mantra2 khusus yang bisa ujug2 kluar reviewnya. mustinya pan gw duluan yang beres kelar bacanya *masih mondar mandir kebingungan sambil ngusap2 perut* jangan2 jeng roos ini punya jimat magyk khusus "ujug2 tamat secepat kilat" neh... uh, ntar kalo gw baca flyte gak bakalan dipajang bukunya di currently reading ah, biar dia kaget.. ujug2 kluar aja reviewnya, huahahaha *devilish grin*

hmm.. koq jadi inget lagi lagu metal keren punyanya iron maiden yang judulnya "seventh son of a seventh son" karena tokoh utamanya (septimus) merupakan putra ketujuh dari putra ketujuh yang didunia sihir diyakini memiliki kekuatan magis yang hebat yang sangat diidam-idamkan kaum penyihir dan necromancer untuk dijadikan murid

Here they stand brothers them all
All the sons divided they'd fall
Here await the birth of a son
The seventh, the heavenly, the chosen one

Here the birth from an unbroken line
Born the healer, the seventh, this time
Unknowingly blessed and as his life unfolds
Slowly unveiling the power he holds

Then they watch the progress he makes
The good and the evil which path will he take
Both of them trying to manipulate
The use of his powers before its too late

Seventh son of a seventh son
Seventh son of a seventh son

eh.. malah ngelantur. sabar yak, pan udah disuguhin cemilan buat nunggu review-nya
gini.. ceritanya buat gw sedikit "kekanak-kanakan" (ato gw yg udah tuwir?). cukup menarik untuk sebuah seri pembuka dari 4 seri yang udah terbit. ceritanya imajinatif meski sebagian besar jalan ceritanya udah bisa ketebak dan juga karakter-karakternya yang lumayan bejibun. spells/mantra2 yang unik dan terutama kapal hotep-ra yang bener2 kereeeeeeen (setengah naga setengah kapal) karena bisa terbang. sumprit, gw pengen punya kapal kayak ginian *ngayal mode on*. moga2 musuh2 dibuku kedua lebih seram dan lebih sakti. atu lageeee, yang bikin heran koq semua yang baca buku ini perempuan sih? (dari semua tingkatan umur) uh, kayak baca chicklit aje. pada kemana laki-laki nya? *garuk-garuk*
buat fans HP silakan dicoba buku ini :D dan terutama tentu saja fans cerita2 fantasi.

erie
mantan anggota laskar afrit yang udah insap, huehehehe(less)

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Mar 29, 2012 Nessa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Magyk - book one of the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage - conjured up a certain expectation in my mind before I started reading it: that of a young wizard in a medieval setting who has to fight against some other evil wizard. That's about as much as the blurb on my edition gives away.

So, I'm guessing new readers could be very surprised to find out that baby Septimus Heap 'dies' in the first few pages, and is instantly replaced by an orphaned baby girl that the patriarch of the Heap family, Si...more Magyk - book one of the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage - conjured up a certain expectation in my mind before I started reading it: that of a young wizard in a medieval setting who has to fight against some other evil wizard. That's about as much as the blurb on my edition gives away.

So, I'm guessing new readers could be very surprised to find out that baby Septimus Heap 'dies' in the first few pages, and is instantly replaced by an orphaned baby girl that the patriarch of the Heap family, Silas, found laid out in the snow.

In the castle town that the Heap family call home, the Queen has been assassinated, and her newborn daughter has gone missing, leaving a vacuum of power in the castle. This is quickly filled by the Supreme Custodian, who rules in a rather more draconian fashion. Knowing that the princess may still be alive, he sends out regular squads to find her, and only just gets lucky when it turns out that ten year old Jenna Heap is really the missing princess.

Fleeing the town late at night with the ExtraOrdinary wizard Marcia and narrowly escaping a hunter, the Heap family (plus one child soldier) go their separate ways to avoid danger.

And from then on, this book is a whole load of fun. From a crazy aunt who keeps a cat-turned-duck and is friends with a swamp-dwelling Boggart, to a specialised network of messenger rats, to a dragon boat, and cases of mistaken identity mixed with missing princesses and seventh sons of seventh sons, this book was sheer joy to read. Incredibly imaginative and enjoyable, in fact.

So why has it been demoted down one star? Unfortunately, there are parts where the plot becomes kind of static, focusing only on developments with the kids at the house in the marsh. I didn't know anything about what DomDaniel was plotting, Stanley's ordeal in prison, the Supreme Custodian's role in ruling the Castle and its town, Sarah and the other boys running through the forest, and what about that poor woman whose pub was burned down by the Hunter and his gang? Some things are explained in the story, yes, and amusingly enough there's a section at the back of the novel that covers the unseen events of all the aforementioned characters (and some other background characters, like the baby-snatching midwife who's responsible for the mix-up with Septimus), but I would have been much happier if this information had been weaved into the general narrative rather than a tacked-on addendum.

4/5.(less)

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May 17, 2012 Moira Fogarty rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi-fantasy

Poor Angie Sage. How annoying, to write a book about a young wizard right in the midst of Harry Potter mania! Comparisons are unavoidable, and reading this story in the shadow of Rowling's legacy makes it difficult to properly evaluate the characters and plot without drawing mental links between Boggart and Hagrid, DomDaniel and Voldemort, that leave an adult reader feeling dissatisfied with the world of Magyk.

It is, however, important to keep in mind that this IS a different book, with differe...more Poor Angie Sage. How annoying, to write a book about a young wizard right in the midst of Harry Potter mania! Comparisons are unavoidable, and reading this story in the shadow of Rowling's legacy makes it difficult to properly evaluate the characters and plot without drawing mental links between Boggart and Hagrid, DomDaniel and Voldemort, that leave an adult reader feeling dissatisfied with the world of Magyk.

It is, however, important to keep in mind that this IS a different book, with different strengths and weaknesses. It is written for a younger audience than HP: many scary parts are played down or narrated from the perspective of an historic event. There's less suspense and many breaks for play and mundane activities that slow the forward momentum enough to let small children relax after a scary chase or a bad turn of events.

There are many nods to classic children's fiction, including things that made me groan in pain, such as the Heaps' address at "There and Back Again Row" (Grrraauugggghhh! Tolkien is rolling in his grave). If you like Edith Nesbit or Enid Blyton you'll see a lot of their influence.

The first 150 pages were not to my taste. I struggled through them, but found the last half of the book picked up and caught my interest. Sage's strength lies in her love of boating and wet places. Once the focus of the story moves away from the castle and into the marshes, the author relaxes into her own world of old British coastal ways that don't feature strongly in Rowling's franchise - the salty ways of sailors and bogs, mists and mud, bad cooking and swamp creatures.

Several technical aspects of the book annoyed me no end. I found the use of a special, bolded font for all Magykal words to be deeply irritating.

I did not enjoy the mish-mash of different verb tenses, narrative voices and points of view, particularly the heavy use of flashbacks.

I must also complain about the many, many convenient interventions by previously unknown devices that saved the day for our young adventurers. Deus ex Machina is everywhere. Being attacked by a scary wizard in a deadly boat? Not to worry, here's a secret boat you never knew you had! Being hunted by a man who is going to set you on fire? Not to worry, just use the magic anti-death charm someone gave you last week!

If Horace had been the editor on hand for the first read-through of this script, it would still be languishing on the bottom of the slush pile.

To conclude, this book is a fun read... for little kids. It is NOT one of the hot new Young Adult crossovers that get printed with a second, Adult version of the cover. As a thirty-something, I can say that while I could enjoy reading this story aloud to an 8- to 10-year-old, it was too young for me to enjoy on my own. (less)

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Jan 15, 2011 Awoosha rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

ملحمة تفعمها العجائب والغرائب والتعاويذ السحرية والمفاجآت، وعالم فريد ثري بالتفاصيل المدهشة، ندعوك لتدخله، ولن ترغب في مغادرته أبداً

صدر منه بالعربية : السحر و الطيران

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Jul 24, 2008 Roos rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Erie-Afrit..hahahaha...

Recommended to Roos by: Erie Afrit Luar Biasa....

Shelves: fantasiana

Wahahahahaha....Cuma dalam 3 Hari, dengan bangga mendahului seorang Rekan yang ingin jadi murid Penyihir Luar Biasa....hohohohoho...Penyihir Luar Biasa cuma ada Satu/One/Uno/Hiji/Satunggal yaitu Marcia Overstraind....yang lain cuma tiruan alias Palsu...si Domdaniel...hahahaha.

Dan gue dah jadi muridnya...hohohoho....Lulus langsung diberi Buku Harian Magyk...yang gak boleh diberikan ke sembarang orang...alias harus disimpan sendiri...hehehehe. Jadi kalo bacanya dari buku pinjaman...endingnya jadi...more

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May 26, 2008 Ann rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Fans of "young adult" fantasy

Recommended to Ann by: Many people have

Shelves: fantasy, animals, young-adult

I actually ended up enjoying this book quite a lot!
It took me a few more chapters than I would have liked to "get into" the story and the characters, but after a while I found that I did feel invested. I liked the distinct personalities of the characters, and how consistent they seemed to be.
It also took a while to understand the magical world. Two parts to this: one, being the good vs. evil statuses and people, how things came about, and what it all meant. I still feel there is more to it all...more I actually ended up enjoying this book quite a lot!
It took me a few more chapters than I would have liked to "get into" the story and the characters, but after a while I found that I did feel invested. I liked the distinct personalities of the characters, and how consistent they seemed to be.
It also took a while to understand the magical world. Two parts to this: one, being the good vs. evil statuses and people, how things came about, and what it all meant. I still feel there is more to it all though, and perhaps these areas will be explored in the later books. Enough came across, however, for the story to unfold as it should have. The second part is how magic works in Septimus Heap's world. I think I got a pretty good understanding by the middle of the book though, so again, it didn't bother me too much. (I still can't decide if the bolding of every magical word was cool or annoying).
All in all I thought the book was written pretty well, and the plot flow was good. It's told from multiple perspectives, which makes for a bit jumpy read sometimes, but pretty much the transitions are smooth. The ending was satisfying, and good. Though a few things were left unresolved, I'm assuming it's for the following books. Hopefully.
There were some things that very young children, or very sensitive children, might be upset about (mainly relating to cute woodland creatures who... we're not entirely sure what their fates end up being). But overall it's a very "G" read (or maybe PG). There is one part at the end that's pretty unsettling, but the fact it's rectified makes it less so.
A few character traits were somewhat irksome, but again, I'm hoping that the author delves into these in the next books (this book did a good job, so I'm trusting that the author will continue in a similar fashion).
Some things were predictable, but others surprising. And at the end of the book is an interesting collection of "whatever happened to" certain characters, "instructions" for various charms, etc.
I'd recommend this book to fans of other "young adult" fantasy, and while I'm not as in love with the book as certain others in this genre, I did find it a very fun read!(less)

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Jul 12, 2011 Sidra rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned

Wow. What a read. I think the main thing I liked about the book was that it had so many characters! Usually it's a definite negative point for me. I even avoid superhero league movies as they portray too many characters. BUT this book managed to give all the characters sufficient time. The flow was good, which is saying something as the characters and plot were complicated! And the epilogue! A chapter on ALL the characters that were even slightly narrated in the book got each one of their very o...more

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Sep 18, 2011 Lauryn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed

There were two reasons why I got and read Magyk, the first book in Angie Sage’s Septimus Heap series. The first is that I have a very difficult time resisting anything that is free (and at the time the book was Barnes & Noble’s free Nook book of the week). The second is that there has been a small void since the last of the Harry Potter books came out that can only be temporarily appeased (and it’s still a little early for me to go ahead with my plan to re-read the original seven before the...more

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Jul 12, 2008 Lilla Lillianna rated it 5 of 5 stars

Amazingly good written. Clever, funny, and magical. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...more

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May 06, 2008 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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If you've been looking for a series that combines the magic of Harry Potter with the imaginative characters of Artemis Fowl, then Septimus Heap and his first book, MAGYK, is definitely the story for you. A quick, delightful read that can stand on its own, MAGYK is, without a doubt, an intriguing page-turner.

Septimus Heap, the seventh son of a seventh son, died shortly after birth. Born to a family of Wizards, there's no telling what he might have become, as hi...more Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

If you've been looking for a series that combines the magic of Harry Potter with the imaginative characters of Artemis Fowl, then Septimus Heap and his first book, MAGYK, is definitely the story for you. A quick, delightful read that can stand on its own, MAGYK is, without a doubt, an intriguing page-turner.

Septimus Heap, the seventh son of a seventh son, died shortly after birth. Born to a family of Wizards, there's no telling what he might have become, as his lineage as a seventh son would have made him unbelievably magical. But on that winter night when Septimus died, his father, Silas, found another newborn child in the forest. They named her Jenna, and she grew up thinking that she was the daughter of Silas and Sarah Heap, and the sister of six older brothers--Simon, Sam, Edd, Erik, Nicko, and Jo-Jo. Early on, though, Sarah had her own ideas of who Jenna really was, especially when she heard the news that the Queen had been murdered. Jenna Heap was, undoubtedly, the Princess.

Over the next ten years, darkness came to the Castle and the Ramblings, where the Heaps lived. With no Queen, evil came in the form of the Supreme Custodian, who along with his cohorts banned magic and ended the happiness the Queen's people had once known. As the Heap family attempt to ride out this time of darkness, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, Marcia Overstrand, learns of the plot to kill the Princess, which will allow evil to truly take over the Palace. It seems that the only thing keeping DomDaniel, the Dark Wizard, from returning to the Castle is the presence of the Princess, and he plans to remedy that.

What follows is the flight of Jenna, Nicko, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, and a Young Army recruit known only as Boy 412 to the Marram Marshes, where Aunt Zelda Heap, a White Witch, will be able to keep them from harm. As events unfold and DomDaniel does everything within his power to track down the girl standing between him and a ruling darkness, the Heap family will have to do everything within their means to stop him--and at the same time stay alive.

MAGYK is a delightful, entertaining story filled with action-adventure and fantasy. With a very large cast of characters who are as diverse as they come, this is one story not to be missed. If you like Harry Potter, you will definitely enjoy Septimus Heap. Filled with twists and turns, this is a story you'll stay up reading long into the night. And although at times predictable, you'll quickly be drawn into the life and times of the Heap family and their magical world. (less)

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Mar 02, 2008 Charlotte rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anybody that can keep track off a lot of characters and who doesn't mind reading a longer book.

Recommended to Charlotte by: My Aunt Roxanne

This book is packed with action and I can not say one bad thing about it. It is one my top 10 list.
Septimus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, disappears the night he is born, pronounced dead by the midwife. That same night, the baby's father, Sila Heap, comes across and abandoned child in the snow--a newborn girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take her into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But whois this mysterious baby girl, andwhat really happened to their belove...more

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Aug 07, 2008 ♫ Paige ♫ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to ♫ Paige ♫ by: my best friend, Keeanna

Shelves: faves

My best friend Keeanna and I were discussing book when I brought up the book that was lying on my sisters shelf that she had never touched. Keeanna had read before, and got very excited. She said that she loved the book and she recommended it to me. I didn't actually pick up the book until a few months later. I stole it from my younger sisters room and read it. I loved it! I was so exited when I found out that my sister had Flyte that I picked it up just then and read it. I had to borrow Physik...more

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Apr 28, 2009 Adriana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: yt-fantasy-series

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Jan 30, 2009 Ben rated it 2 of 5 stars

classic example of choosing a book based on its prominent display location. I saw it was a series, sounded interesting, so I got it. While only begun, it is a fun read so far.

and now, the verdict is, in the words of Simpson's everywhere: Meh.

mildly entertaining, annoying bold, italic , misspelled wordes . The story is ok, but nothing gripping. I actually left it for weeks with only a few pages at the end.

While it wasn't a "bad" book, per se, it isn't one I can recommend at all.

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Jul 17, 2011 Hilary rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, fantasy, juvenile, septimus, heap

It would be easy to dismiss the 'Septimus Heap' series as 'Harry Potter'-lite, but it would also be untrue and unfair. The only real point of similarity is that the central character is a trainee wizard � well, that, and some of the spells are a little familiar sounding, but if cod Latin is going to be the chosen language of YA spellcasting, what can you do? Septimus Heap is, as his name suggests, a seventh son � in fact, the seventh son of a seventh son, and therefore destined for great magical...more It would be easy to dismiss the 'Septimus Heap' series as 'Harry Potter'-lite, but it would also be untrue and unfair. The only real point of similarity is that the central character is a trainee wizard � well, that, and some of the spells are a little familiar sounding, but if cod Latin is going to be the chosen language of YA spellcasting, what can you do? Septimus Heap is, as his name suggests, a seventh son � in fact, the seventh son of a seventh son, and therefore destined for great magical things. Or he would have been, if he hadn� t died at birth. In his place, the Heaps find themselves tending for an unknown, abandoned girl baby, while around them their world collapses into chaos following a palace coup, the murder of the young Queen, the disappearance of the infant Princess (one guess & ), and the rise to power of the Darke Magician DomDaniel.[return][return]The 'Septimus Heap' series is very much geared toward the � young� end of the YA market, but is engaging enough for all that. It has a vast and sprawling cast of characters � including any number of ghosts, since very few people in this world appear to die and not become ghosts, which must make it very crowded � with more being added with each book. Quite apart from the Heap family, quite a lot of which gets dumped in a forest early on to get them out of the way, there are, in this and the succeeding books, Wizards both dead and alive, Witches both good and evil, a far too talkative talking rat, Alchemysts, a dragon, a dragon boat (occasionally sentient), a sojourn in the past, another one out of time altogether, plots, counter-plots, a cat disguised as a duck, and lots of cabbage sandwiches. It� s a light, fun read for the most part, with some moderately scary, or at least icky stuff here and there. The one thing that does jar is the author� s tendency to reference something that� s outside the parameters of the book� s universe � for example, � like a black and white film� � but maybe that� s just me; I doubt the target audience would even notice.(less)

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Jan 25, 2009 Jaemi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, magic, ya-fiction, series

I actually picked up this book because I read something about the next installment, and it looked really interesting to me, but I like to begin at the beginning. So I did.

"Who is Septimus Heap?" asks the back cover--the whole subplot is this ongoing mystery. As far as his family knows, he died close after birth. Given that the series is named for him, we as readers know differently.

The Heap family is a family of wizards, mostly. Silas, the father, was a seventh son. Septimus was his seventh son-...more

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May 19, 2013 Vienna Yunistia Sasmita rated it 2 of 5 stars

Judul : Magyk (Septimus Heap, buku 1)
Penulis : Angie Sage
Penerbit : Matahati, cetakan 1, 2007
Tebal 687 halaman
Dimensi : 14 x 18 x 3,2 cm

Septimus Heap, putra ke-tujuh dari keturunan ketujuh seorang penyihir biasa, dinyatakan menginggal dunia, tepat pada hari kelahirannya. Sementara itu, pada hari itu juga, Sang Ayah, Silas Heap, yang sedang mencari ramuan obat untuk anaknya yang baru lahir, menemukan seorang bayi perempuan, yang 10 tahun kemudian diketahui sebagai putri kerajaan.
Berkisah tentnag...more

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Mar 12, 2013 Emily rated it 5 of 5 stars

Very good book, and it is most definitely not some sort of rip-off of Harry Potter(as I've heard some people say). The plot is very well developed and executed in a light and quirky way. I love the universe that Angie Sage has created, with it's own social rules/places. If I remember right there is a beautiful map in the beginning of the book showing the different regions and a map of the inner workings of The Castle. The characters also amuse me in a very good way. I love Septimus and how he is...more

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Feb 23, 2013 Linda Jaejoong rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ich hab das Buch durch Zufall gebraucht entdeckt und war sofort von der Aufmachung fasziniert. Das Cover spiegelt perfekt das Thema der Handlung wieder und die Handlung ist einfach super. Das Buch ist nicht nur was für Kinder, es fasziniert alt und jung!!

Septimus ist einfach zu niedlich. Er weiß natürlich nicht wer er ist und hält nicht all zu viel von den Zauberern mit denen er auf der Flucht ist, aber nach und nach freundet er sich mit ihnen an. Von der ganzen Familie Heap bekommt man nicht vi...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Remedyleaf rated it 5 of 5 stars

The book is about a web of people living in common area. There is not a particular protagonist, but many of the many of the main characters possess a Magykical power, for Silas Heap, Marcia Overstrand, six of the Heap boys, and their mother Sarah, as well as the ex- ExtraOrdinary ghost wizard Alther and many others have been exposed to Magyk, and some of them are even wizards.

Thus, the title is Magyk.

Now, I love this book, even if it took me a few tries to get into it the first few times I tried...more

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Jan 07, 2013 Sash Uusjärv rated it 3 of 5 stars

Ei, see ei ole uus Harry Potter. Kohe kaugel sellest. Nii et need, kes vapustava Harry imepärast järglast ootavad, võivad kohe lugemise pooleli jätta. Aga need, kes otsivad originaalset maailma, kus toimetab terve hulk võlureid ja muid põnevaid tegelasi, peaksid raamatusse vaatamist kaaluma.
Angie Sage´i Septimus Heapi seitsmeraamatulise sarja esimene raamat “Wõlukunst” üllatas mind kahel põhjusel: esimeseks on suurepärased kõrvaltegelased, kelle puhul (mõistetavatel põhjustel) ei häiri, et nad n...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Atiya Nova rated it 4 of 5 stars

Ahhh... 'Magyk' by Angie Sage. What a delightful book!

When I first found this book in my school library, I didn't expect that I would like it so much that I would wait eagerly for the day that I would read the second book, too. And after reading the first chapter or so, it certainly didn't seem like it. It was interesting, I guess, but the first little bit of it was missing the colour and flavor that the rest of the book proved to have (to me, anyway). I guess it seemed like I was just reading s...more

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Dec 28, 2012 Elisabeth marked it as noah-s-books · review of another edition

The Magyk Begins Here

Septimus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, disappears the night he is born, pronounced dead by the midwife. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across an abandoned child in the snow -- a newborn girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take her into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus?

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Fantasy fans on the younger side of

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The Magyk Begins Here

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Fantasy fans on the younger side of Harry Potter will find a good jolt of action, mystery and humor in Corduner's light and swift reading of this magyk-filled adventure. Infants switched at birth, spell casting, Brownies, boggarts, dastardly villains and wizards add lively scenery and action throughout. Though a broad cast of characters threatens to become unwieldy, Sage's smooth storytelling pace and Corduner's assured, inviting voice keep things on track. Sharp listeners will have young Septimus Heap's fate (and that of Jenna, adopted by his family) figured out before recording's end, but will still enjoy the ride. And since Septimus is the gifted-by-birthright seventh son of a seventh son, and this is the first in a planned trilogy, listeners are left with the anticipation of more to come. Ages 9-up (Apr.)
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Grade 4-8–A wide cast of characters battle the forces of Darke Magyk in a well-realized world of fantasy. At birth, Septimus Heap is carried away for dead, and his father, Silas Heap, is entrusted with a baby girl. When the villainous Supreme Custodian tries to assassinate the now 10-year-old Jenna, who, it turns out, is the daughter of the murdered queen, the girl flees to the Marram Marshes along with some family members, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, and a young army guard known only as "Boy 412." Pursued by the servants of the Necromancer DomDaniel, and aided by an engaging array of magical beings, they finally prevail in a satisfying and fairly exciting conclusion. Despite the hefty length, the novel is quite easy to follow. Many creative magical elements, such as the deliciously repulsive Magogs, add to the fun. Frequent point-of-view shifts give a well-rounded picture of the multiple plot threads and add many opportunities for light humor. On the other hand, with so many characters represented, it's hard to feel strong empathy for any of them. Jenna, the Queenling, and Boy 412, in particular, nearly emerge as full-blooded individuals at times, but neither quite stands out as an engaging hero. Villains are well drawn and varied, and most are more comical than truly menacing. The ease with which a once-formidable enemy like the Hunter is finally dispatched, however, detracts a bit from the eventual triumph of the protagonists. Overall, this is a fine choice for fantasy readers looking to delve into a new world with lots of magic, plenty of action, and a few neat surprises.–Steven Engelfried, Beaverton City Library, OR
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Dec 16, 2012 Aynsley rated it 5 of 5 stars

One night, in the Heap household, the seventh son of the seventh son, Septimus Heap, is declared dead and is taken away by the Midwife. On that same night, Silas Heap comes across a baby girl out in the cold, and he and his wife, Sarah, take her into their arms. When a plot to destroy their daughter becomes eminent, they Heaps most take cover from the evil DomDaniel who wishes to destroy the girl, who is the heir to the throne. While trying to defeat DomDaniel, they all make incredible discoveri...more One night, in the Heap household, the seventh son of the seventh son, Septimus Heap, is declared dead and is taken away by the Midwife. On that same night, Silas Heap comes across a baby girl out in the cold, and he and his wife, Sarah, take her into their arms. When a plot to destroy their daughter becomes eminent, they Heaps most take cover from the evil DomDaniel who wishes to destroy the girl, who is the heir to the throne. While trying to defeat DomDaniel, they all make incredible discoveries of lost Magykal artifacts and lost identities that will change their fates forever.

I really enjoyed this book because it was full of action and fantasy. I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, and this book is similar because there are magic spells, wizards, witches, and other magical creatures. This book was fast-paced and filled with action, there was never a dull moment. Right from the first chapter, I was sucked into this magical world trying to piece together a picture in my mind. There were lots of twist and turns in this story that kept me on my toes at all times. Lost identities in the book made the book a mystery as well as and adventure and fantasy book, because you are given little clues along the way. Characters in the book weren’t always what they seemed. To me, that is what made this book a good one. I look forward to reading the rest of the series.

The books strong points come when the characters are making exciting new discoveries. For example, Jenna, Nicko, and Boy 412 are in peril, and when they are in desperate need of help, the ancient Dragon Boat awakens and helps them save the day. Another strong point comes when the Heaps finally learn who and where the lost member of their family has been for the past 10 years. I don’t think this book had any weak points, but if I had to choose something I would say the Hunt at the beginning of the story was a little slower than the rest of the story, but it wasn’t boring at all.

I would recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy and adventure books. This book is also part of a larger series that continues the journey of Septimus Heap. The magical creatures and spells and thrilling battles make this book enjoyable for a anyone who loves a fast paced book.
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Dec 12, 2012 Jami Leigh rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, kindle, trad-pub

Plot: 1 1/2 stars
Characters: 1 1/2 stars
Style: 1 stars
Pace: 2 stars

Some of the problems I have with this book are pet peeves: Head hopping like lice, tedious plots, authors who must describe everything in intricate detail, down to the weave of the cloth. Others are just annoyances; words bolded to be "special", mixing random bits of cultures together without apparent rhyme or reason and then throwing them wholesale into the created world, and a writing style that made me want to spork my eyes o...more

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Nov 08, 2012 Jefferson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult

Magyk (2005) by Angie Sage has many typical children's magical fantasy genre elements: the lost seventh son of a seventh son possessed of extraordinary magic power, a princesses in hiding, an evil necromancer, good wizards, witches, and ghosts, supernatural creatures (like boggarts, brownies, and dragons), legendary magical artifacts (even a lost ring found underground in the dark!), and spells and magical rules for every occasion her page-turning plot requires.

Sage's novel adds to the genre a...more Magyk (2005) by Angie Sage has many typical children's magical fantasy genre elements: the lost seventh son of a seventh son possessed of extraordinary magic power, a princesses in hiding, an evil necromancer, good wizards, witches, and ghosts, supernatural creatures (like boggarts, brownies, and dragons), legendary magical artifacts (even a lost ring found underground in the dark!), and spells and magical rules for every occasion her page-turning plot requires.

Sage's novel adds to the genre a usurping dystopian governing body (the Custodians) with a penchant for rationalizing people, excluding women, and banning magic. Sage's good characters, a balanced mix of adults and kids, are very appealing and great fun to spend time with: Marcia Overstrand (the purple pointy python-skin shoe wearing ExtraOrdinary Wizard), Arthel Melle (the avuncular ghost of the former ExtraOrdinary Wizard), Silas (the unambitious and good-natured Ordinary Wizard who is a seventh son), Nicko (one of his sons who likes boats), Jenna (the princess on the run), Boy 412 (a member of the Young Army, "the Pride of today, the Warriors of Tomorrow"), and even Stanley the message rat (Sage does for message rats what J K Rowling never does for message owls: gives them their own point of view). And best of all Sage writes with enjoyable and engaging wit and style. I often laughed out loud at the lines her characters speak and the situations in which they find themselves. Magyk feels lighter and wittier than the Harry Potter books. Her slimy and poisonous Magog creatures are nightmarish, but also prone to greedy foibles, and her Dark Lord DomDaniel (back from the Badlands with a vengeance) snores and drools while he sleeps.

The fertility of imagination and richness of style in Magyk don't approach that in, say, Catherynne Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, but Angie Sage does write more magical magic than J. K. Rowling. Although Sage, like Rowling, does a fair amount of mundaning of the fantastic (as in having Marcia cast clothes cleaning spells), she is also capable of writing scenes that make the world come alive with a fresh perspective, as when the last Shield Bug goes into earnest and confused action, when the Dragon Boat appears in an underground temple, when the ghost of Arthel hugs Jenna and makes her "feel as though a warm summer breeze had wafted through her," when Boy 412 stares awe-struck at the "haze of [purple] Magyk energy" on Marcia as she casts a spell and sees her "brilliant green eyes glitter[ing] as she gaze[s] into infinity, observing a silent film that only she could see," and when Jenna goes outside Aunt Zelda's cottage to watch the marsh wake up in cold dawn beauty and thinks about her identity and family and childhood dreams and sees "a fishing boat crewed by chickens."

One thing lost in the audiobook version is Sage's portentous capitalizations and faux-archaic spellings of words like Magyk and Darke and use of bold font for the names of spells, because when the reader Allan Corduner says them they of course sound as if they were spelled and printed normally. But you gain so much by listening to the audiobook, because Corduner relishes reading the novel and keeps just the right 75-25 balance between tongue in cheek and heart in mouth, making everything more funny and magical and moving than it would be if one were only reading the physical book.

Will I go on to read/listen to the following six novels about Septimus Heap? Hmmm. If I find them on sale and myself with plenty of time I might, but I am in no hurry right now, because this first novel is a little longer than necessary and ends with satisfying closure.
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Oct 28, 2012 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

This book again proves that I'm a sucker for a discount.

It was one of those, "hey look it's 2.99" and I thought...oh what the heck.

I started reading it and given that I'm massively stuck in my book about Suleyman and Charles V, it was a really nice escape from "oh look the pope is in trouble again."

What makes this slightly different than some other YA scifant I've read is that the adults are still major characters and aren't just backdrop as they are in other series. The world created is fun and...more

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Oct 20, 2012 Jen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-ya, fantasy-magic-fairy-tales

I got this book for free on my Nook a long, long time ago, and I put off reading it because I thought it was going to be a kind of Harry Potter copycat. While it does revolve around magic and kids about the same age, and one of the kids is set up to be some sort of very powerful hero-like wizard, the rest of the story is pretty different.

The first book follows the adventures of the Heap family. Silas Heap, the father, finds a baby freezing in the cold on his way home to his family, and being a g...more I got this book for free on my Nook a long, long time ago, and I put off reading it because I thought it was going to be a kind of Harry Potter copycat. While it does revolve around magic and kids about the same age, and one of the kids is set up to be some sort of very powerful hero-like wizard, the rest of the story is pretty different.

The first book follows the adventures of the Heap family. Silas Heap, the father, finds a baby freezing in the cold on his way home to his family, and being a good guy who can't imagine leaving the poor thing alone to freeze to death, he brings her home with him. Just as he gets home, the midwife who was helping his wife care for their newborn infant son (their 7th son - and the magically significant 7th son of a 7th son), runs from the house with the baby, saying he's dead. Political upheaval is afoot in their town, so the Heaps just button up and pretend that the baby girl is theirs and raise her as their own. The Heaps live pretty happily, if poorly, as an ordinary wizard family until one day, the Extra-Ordinary Wizard (the highest wizard in the land) comes to tell them that she has to take the now 10-year-old little girl away in order to protect her because she is, in fact, the long-lost Princess (which the Heap adults had figured out, but the 6 boys and the little girl had no idea). (view spoiler)

I enjoyed reading this story. Obviously, as I finished it in 2 days. It was entertaining and fun to read. Sure, sure, it's got a lot of magic and fantasy tropes and is probably derivative of some other fantasy stories and/or myths out there, but that didn't take away from my enjoyment of the story. The writing is pretty sharp, the characters are well-developed, and I imagine I will seek out the rest of the books at some point. My niece is currently loving the Harry Potter series, so I might see if she likes these books next, after she finishes those.(less)

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Angie Sage (born 1952) is the author of the Septimus Heap series which includes Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke and Fyre, the final book which is scheduled to come out later in 2013. Also, she wrote The Magykal Papers, an additional book with extra information about Septimus' world. She is also the illustrator and/or writer of many children's books, and is the new writer of the Araminta...more

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“Things have a habit of working out, you know. Eventually.” — 29 people liked it

“Why?” breathed Boy 412. “Why me?”

“You have astonishing Magykal power. I told you before. Maybe now you’ll believe me.” She smiled.

“I—I thought the power came from the ring.”

“No. It comes from you. Don’t forget, the Dragon Boat recognized you even without the ring. She knew. Remember, it was last worn by Hotep-Ra, the first ExtraOrdinary Wizard. It’s been waiting a long time to find someone like him.”

“But that’s because it’s been stuck in a secret tunnel for hundreds of years.”

“Not necessarily,” said Marcia mysteriously. “Things have a habit of working out, you know. Eventually.” — 21 people liked it

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