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The Novice (The Black Magician Trilogy #2)

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Alone among all the novices in the Magician's Guild, only Sonea comes from lowly beginnings. Yet she has won powerful allies--including Lord Dannyl, newly promoted to Guild Ambassador. But Dannyl must now depart for the Elyne court, leaving Sonea at the mercy of the lies and malicious rumors her enemies are busy spreading...until the High Lord Akkarin steps in. The price o...more

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Published April 27th 2004 by Harper Voyager (first published 2002)

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Feb 10, 2010 DahliaNagaDanBukanDahliaPinky rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, fantasy

Jelas sekali buku ke dua ini lebih baik dari buku pertama.
Jadi kuganjar bintang 3.5.

Walaupun tergolong tebal, The Novice tidak membosankan. Mungkin karena kisahnya sedikit familiar dengan kehidupan sehari-hari yaitu tentang kehidupan universitas Sonia.Hmmm...g sedikit teringat Harpot&Monster Academy.

Selain kisah utama,yang menarik adalah kisah tentang disorientasi tokoh pembantu. Di sini benar2 menggelitik. Tidak menjijikkan malah g dukung aja, tapinya sempet membuat g berfikir kalau nanti...more

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Jan 03, 2009 David rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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 one usually sees in this genre of stories.

Mature plot, snappy writing, interesting characters. What more could one ask for?

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Dec 12, 2012 Svenja rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Die Trilogie rund um die Gilde der Schwarzen Magier geht weiter und glücklicherweise bleibt die Geschichte auf dem höchstem Level ;)

Diesmal gibt es drei Haupstränge: Einmal geht es um Sonea, die einen sehr harten Schulalltag erlebt, an dem kein Tag ohne Hänselein und Streiche vergeht.
Dann ist da noch Lorlen, der ja am Ende des ersten Teils erfahren hat, dass sein bester Freund Akkarin mit schwarzer Magier hantiert und nun weiß er nicht mehr wie er sich gegenüber Akkarin verhalten soll.
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Jun 18, 2012 Alice Bridgwater rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

I am moderately satisfied with the series, though not with the first book. What I think about each of the three books: 1) "The Guild": almost half of the book is spent relating the tentatives of Sonea, supported by a friend and the Thieves, to conceal herself from the Guild magicians: I think it is a waste of time and energy, because every reader undestands since a few pages that she's going to be captured and instructed from the Guild (it is impossible not to undestand it: the story is related...more

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May 13, 2013 Arminion rated it 2 of 5 stars

At first I liked this book. Things were...moving forward. Very soon, however I became bored and frustrated. Why? Because of the whole bully business that goes for the ENTIRE book. It never stops. It just goes on and on and on. I really didn't know what I hated more, the fact that Sonea was acting like a punching bag that entire time, or the fact that Canavan devoted so much time to this trivial subplot. By the time Sonea finally shows some teeth, it's already too late and the feeling of victory...more

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Feb 21, 2013 Nanie Dias rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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ATENÇÃO: Essa é a resenha do segundo livro da série. Se você ainda não leu o primeiro e não gosta de SPOILER, talvez não seja uma boa ideia ler essa resenha. A Nanie evita spoilers, mas como é uma série, não tem como não falar nada do que aconteceu anteriormente.

Sinopse:
Sonea, enfim, teve que se juntar ao clã - não havia outras formas de conter o seu poder. Mas ela teve a sorte de ver que nem todos os magos são ruins e seu guardião em seu primeiro ano na Universidade será R...more

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Feb 19, 2013 Ésa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

How PATHETIC did Sonea turn out to be in this book?
Again, the author drags part of the story, aka where Sonea gets bullied by some of the rich, spoilt novices, out for pretty much 2/3 of the book, needlessly I may add.

I only gave this two stars because throughout the whole book, whilst the style of writing is still appreciable, I found myself completely aghast at the pathetic, lacking in backbone and self-doubting creature that she turned Sonea into!
We are talking about a young, determined indiv...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Luni rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: coming-of-age, magic, trilogies

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I love the characters, especially the main one, but it really bothers me how focused the author is of the different "races". Each character is described primarily with ethnicity and usually follow a given pattern of behaviour. I would accept it if they were different species, like dwarves, humans and elves, but I don't buy it that people just over the mountain are so vastly different in skin color or mentality. And that they haven't mixed more.
I hope this will have some kind of sign...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Martin Yankov rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-sci-fi

The second installment in the Black Magician trilogy is a big improvement, actually.

While Canavan’s writing style is still not the best, this time around the characters seems a lot more inspiring and the overall themes are darker and more serious. We have some pretty disturbing portraits of school bullying, teacher negligence, classism, homophobia and general bigotry. And there’s this beautiful theme of self-acceptance in a world of hatred. Despite the darker tone the book never stops being… en...more

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Jan 05, 2013 Mike rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction-fantasy

This is a review of the overall series, and I'm struggling a bit with what to write without making this a spoiler review, but here are a few thoughts:

- I enjoyed the series, but I'm putting it firmly in the "good not great" category (hence the 3 star rating). As so often happens with YA fiction, it just doesn't have the full depth or the originality that would move it up a notch or two, which is unfortunate since there are definitely books out there which prove YA fiction need not be shallow or...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Kaarina Nieminen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

Definitely enjoyed the 2nd book in the installment much more than the first. The plot and the mystery around high magic really pulled me in and wouldn't let me put the book down.

/SPOILERS/
Watching Sonea deal with the discrimination from the students and teachers at the guild was heart-wrenching. And Regin REALLY got under my skin (man, I wanted him in the teeth!), which made me respect Sonea's character a lot more because I would have retaliated the moment he made that snide comment about her m...more

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Dec 08, 2012 Bücherplanet rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Magie - in vielen Fantasy Büchern ist Magie ein wichtiger Bestandteil. In der Serie "Die Gilde der schwarzen Magier" liegt das Hauptaugenmerk eben auf der Darstellung, dem Erlernen und dem Umgang mit Magie. Eine Gilde von Magiern bildet den Mittelpunkt des Geschehen. Wir begleiten Sonea, unsere "arme" aber äußerst einfallsreiche Magie Novizin in den Unwirren des Lebens. Leicht hat es unsere Protagonistin nicht, zum einem ist sie eine Aussätzige aufgrund ihres niederen Standes, zum anderen werden...more

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Oct 19, 2012 Chris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, kyralia

The novice of the title is the young Sonea whom we met in the first volume of this trilogy, The Magicians’ Guild. She has overcome her anxiety about joining the Guild following an exhausting search for her when her burgeoning powers threatened to endanger both herself and the inhabitants of Kyralia’s capital Imardin. Having been reluctantly accepted into the Guild by the magicians she is then subjected to concerted bullying by a cohort of students led by Regin who are persuaded that, as a former...more The novice of the title is the young Sonea whom we met in the first volume of this trilogy, The Magicians’ Guild. She has overcome her anxiety about joining the Guild following an exhausting search for her when her burgeoning powers threatened to endanger both herself and the inhabitants of Kyralia’s capital Imardin. Having been reluctantly accepted into the Guild by the magicians she is then subjected to concerted bullying by a cohort of students led by Regin who are persuaded that, as a former inhabitant of the city’s slums, she is fair game for victimisation. But as her magical potential continues to grow a close interest is taken in her by Akkarin, the enigmatic High Lord of the Guild, with consequences that nobody in the Guild could have foreseen, and as the story unfolds the High Lord’s dark secret becomes increasingly obvious to the attentive reader.

A trilogy’s middle novel is potentially difficult in terms of lack of resolution and loose ends. Canavan largely gets round this by having a central theme, namely bullying. Knowing a little about the psychology of bullying (from my partner who is a psychologist) I was distressed on behalf of the fictional heroine. If anything, what happens to Sonea illustrates the weakness of the advice usually given to victims by those in authority. Ignore it? Certainly in this case it doesn’t go away. Tell an adult? The Guild magicians in the University where Sonea is enrolled are mostly dismissive of her accounts, believing she is lying or exaggerating or that it’s just a bit of fun. Fight back? That is almost certainly likely to get a social outcast like Sonea into more trouble. Of course, a fictional educational institution is not going to have the anti-bullying policies in place that a modern school might have, let alone have an idea of suitable strategies for an individual to employ, so it’s clear that she has to get on with it, on the basis that enduring the treatment meted out to her must only make her stronger. In actual fact, her growing natural ability, combined with her determination to succeed by practising her skills and studying assiduously, is what finally allows her to get the best of her tormentors. It’s not the best of messages to give to readers who might be similarly suffering from bullying, but it makes for a good plot driver, even if it’s one told at length.

We had this neighbour, Audrey, who would try to regale us with details of her day. She would waylay us as we rushed in or out of our house to tell us her news, which almost invariably began with the beginning of her day: “George woke up at 5.30 this morning, no I tell a lie, it was a quarter to six because that was when he heard next door’s alarm going, and he…” And so it would go on until we got to the nub of her complaint or gossip or until we conjured up an urgent appointment with the dentist, an imminent meeting or a train to catch.

At times The Novice is like this. We get to hear what happens in real time to Sonea, or Rothen her Guardian, or Second Ambassador Dannyl, from the moment they wake up, or leave a classroom, or walk into a building, along with their constant inner chatterbox: what if this, or what happens when, or why must someone do such-and-such, and then what do I do after, and what do I think about that? It would certainly be pandering to stereotypes to suggest that the habit of constantly describing and analysing and judging others peoples’ actions and motives could be a gender-related habit, and as a male I wouldn’t dare suggest it; but though continuous internal dialogue is one that any reflective person would engage in, in The Novice it can and does get a little wearing at times.

Equally wearing are the little verbal tics that the author indulges in: when a character dismisses a private thought they shrug; when the High Lord is faintly amused a corner of his mouth turns up; when anybody is appraising anybody else their eyes narrow. There is consequently a lot of eye-narrowing throughout the trilogy.

I don’t want to give the impression that I disliked this novel; far from it. I enjoyed it for a variety of reasons, not least because the storyline drew me along. Told from a limited number of points of view the character-building encourages you to care about these protagonists. Add to that an increasing sense of sexual tension between two of the characters, a clear concept of how magic works in this fantasy world, and a strong sense of geographical place (I’ve noted before that Kyralia bears a superficial resemblance to the Australian state of Victoria, with Canavan’s Magicians’ Guild occupying a site corresponding to Canavan’s own place of residence in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully) and you get a well rounded world in which to enjoyably immerse yourself for prolonged periods of time, as I certainly did.(less)

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Jul 22, 2012 Matthew rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: epic-fantasy

It still had the same plot problems as the first book and the world lost some of its interest, possibly just by not being as new and possibly because it was no longer a description of poverty in the slums.

However, there were some very strong, well done, if often predictable points. I think what bothers me about the plot is less the simplicity than the unevenness. Sometimes the plot drags for chapters with no advance and sometimes climaxes are skipped.

For example, after building up the importance...more It still had the same plot problems as the first book and the world lost some of its interest, possibly just by not being as new and possibly because it was no longer a description of poverty in the slums.

However, there were some very strong, well done, if often predictable points. I think what bothers me about the plot is less the simplicity than the unevenness. Sometimes the plot drags for chapters with no advance and sometimes climaxes are skipped.

For example, after building up the importance and difficulty of the various novice tests, the tests are never described and pretty much skipped casually. We see Sonea studying for the tests and losing notes for the tests, but we never see her taking the tests.

I really enjoyed the relationship between Dannyl and Tayend and thought it was well told and they were relatively well developed characters. Sonea also started to show more personality in this book, especially in her interactions with Yikmo.

I didn't think the reaction of the adults' to Regin were realistic or appropriate and that bothered me, although I could see Akkarin's position. I also, as a left over criticism from last book, thought that too many unnecessary terms were coined, such as replacing spider with faren.

The introduction of Dorrien seemed a little awkward to me - he seemed like a replacement love interest for Sonea after Dannyl went away. The first book read like Dannyl and Sonea were going to be together, or possibly Ceryni, but her previous love interests were abandoned for Dorrien.

In a similar manner, Poril is introduced, becomes her friend, and then is abruptly abandoned and forgotten.

It seems like the author writes in a stream of conscious - when she has an idea, she hammers away, excessively foreshadowing it, because otherwise she forgets where she was going and moves on to a different plot point without wrapping it up.

However, the world remained quite enjoyable and I find myself caring more for the characters as I proceed. I want to find out how the trilogy ends.(less)

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Jul 07, 2012 Marty82 rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Tre stelline e mezzo abbondanti.
La seconda avventura delle novizia Sonea nel magico mondo di Kyralia apre nuove prospettive al lettore e la narrazione è decisamente più avvincente rispetto al primo capitolo della trilogia.
L'intreccio è più corposo e la vicenda si arricchisce di nuovi personaggi, mentre cominciano a delinearsi chiaramente i punti essenziali della storia e il ruolo svolto dai singoli protagonisti.
Mi è piaciuto l'alternarsi tra il racconto delle peripezie di Sonea all'interno de...more

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Jun 03, 2012 Kuno rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: die-gilde-der-schwarzen-magier

Meine Meinung:

Kaufgrund:
Zweiter Teil einer Trilogie bei der mir der erste Teil super gefallen hat – was will ich da noch mehr?!

Sprache, Ausdruck:
Auch in diesem Teil ist alles schön erklärt – man taucht in eine total neue Welt ein, die so beschrieben wird, als würde man dort leben.
Mir gefielt besonders der Sichtwechsel zwischen Sonea, dem Administrator, Rothen und Dannyl. So hat man von allem etwas mitbekommen und liest immer weiter – da man wissen will, wie es weiter geht. Die Reise von Dannyl i...more Meine Meinung:

Kaufgrund:
Zweiter Teil einer Trilogie bei der mir der erste Teil super gefallen hat – was will ich da noch mehr?!

Sprache, Ausdruck:
Auch in diesem Teil ist alles schön erklärt – man taucht in eine total neue Welt ein, die so beschrieben wird, als würde man dort leben.
Mir gefielt besonders der Sichtwechsel zwischen Sonea, dem Administrator, Rothen und Dannyl. So hat man von allem etwas mitbekommen und liest immer weiter – da man wissen will, wie es weiter geht. Die Reise von Dannyl ist super beschrieben und ich musste öfters lachen.
Wie schon gesagt, wechselt die Sicht. Geschrieben wird aus der dritten Person mit Leseeinblick auf die jeweilige erzählende Person.

Figuren:
Wichtigste Figuren: Sonea, Lord Rothen, Hoher Lord Akkarin, Administrator Lorlen, Cery.
Die Figuren werden nicht besonders äußerlich beschrieben mit Ausnahme von Akkarin, den Sonea immer wieder grausig beschreibt – sie hat Angst vor ihm.
Die Beziehung untereinander ist komplex – gerade weil aus verschiedenen Sichten geschrieben wird.

Aufmachung (Cover + Titel):
Das cover ist schön. Es ist wieder in weiß gehalten, mit einer Frau – Sonea? – in den Roben der Novizen und einem Stab.
Der Titel ist auch an den ersten gehalten. „Die Novizin“. Man fragt sich, wer das ist. Und es passt, denn Sonea ist DIE Novizin. Sie ist die erste Novizin aus den Hüttenvierteln, die erste Novizin seit langem mit wilder Magie.
Was mir bei der Aufmachung nicht so gut gefallen hat ist der Klappentext. Der Kampf mit Regin findet auf den letzten Seiten statt. Ich finde es immer total schade, wenn so viel verraten wird. Deswegen ist meine Inhaltsangabe auch nicht so ausführlich.

Fazit:
Super schöne Fortsetzung mit Suchtfaktor! Es wird alles am Anfang nochmal erklärt, sodass man auch ohne Vorkenntnisse einsteigen kann – ich würde aber empfehlen, das erste Buch „Die Rebellin“ vorher zu lesen.
Es ist eine andere Art von Fantasy – Magie, Magier und eine Hierarchie, die gestürzt werden will.
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Mar 13, 2012 Magiczna rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jan 01, 2012 Bissfan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Bissfan by: Feder

Nach den ersten Schrecken, die Sonea, ein verarmtes Mädchen aus den Hüttenvierteln, in die angesehene Gilde der Magier von Imardin trieben, blickt sie hoffnungsvoll auf ihre Zukunft als Novizin. Doch Regin – ein anderer Novize in ihrer Klasse – macht ihr einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Er empfindet es als Schmach, dass ausgerechnet ein Mädchen aus dem Hüttenviertel in die elitären Kreise der Magiergilde aufgenommen wurde und nutzt jede Gelegenheit, Sonea das Leben zur Hölle zu machen. Er bringt...more Nach den ersten Schrecken, die Sonea, ein verarmtes Mädchen aus den Hüttenvierteln, in die angesehene Gilde der Magier von Imardin trieben, blickt sie hoffnungsvoll auf ihre Zukunft als Novizin. Doch Regin – ein anderer Novize in ihrer Klasse – macht ihr einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Er empfindet es als Schmach, dass ausgerechnet ein Mädchen aus dem Hüttenviertel in die elitären Kreise der Magiergilde aufgenommen wurde und nutzt jede Gelegenheit, Sonea das Leben zur Hölle zu machen. Er bringt die anderen Kommilitonen gegen sie auf, sabotiert ihre Versuche, stielt ihre Unterlagen und schwärzt sie bei den älteren Magiern an, indem er sie und ihren Mentor Rothen diffamiert. Doch Sonea wäre nicht das taffe Mädchen, das sie nun mal ist, wenn sie keinen Plan hätte, wie sie den Schikanen ihrer Klassenkameraden entkommen kann. Allerdings soll dies nicht ihr einziges Problem bleiben, denn nach wie vor schwebt das Geheimnis des dunklen Lords wie ein Damoklesschwert über ihrem Leben und nur ein falscher Gedanke in seiner Gegenwart könnte ausreichen, nicht nur ihr Schicksal oder das der Gilde, sondern vielleicht das von ganz Imardin zu besiegeln.
Indes geschehen auch außerhalb der Gilde seltsame Dinge. Menschen sterben, ihre Körper sind blutleer und außer einem kleinen Schnitt an ihrem Handgelenk oder ihrem Hals gibt es keinerlei Wunden, was bei einigen einen schrecklichen Verdacht heraufbeschwört. Werden die Opfer etwa durch schwarze Magie getötet? Und wenn dem wirklich so ist, wer ist der schwarze Magier, der sich nachts durch die Straßen schleicht und unschuldige Menschen meuchelt? Kommt die Gefahr aus dem entlegenen Sachaka, jenem Land, das die Gilde abgrundtief hasst, oder lauert das Böse sogar in den eigenen Reihen …?

Während der erste Band der Trilogie „Die Gilde der schwarzen Magier“ von Trudi Canavan streckenweise etwas zäh zu lesen war, überzeugt die Fortsetzung „Die Novizin“ mit einem rasanten, abwechslungsreichen Erzählstil, der das Geschehen dieses Mal nicht nur auf die Gilde von Imardin beschränkt, sondern weit über die Grenzen Kyralias hinausträgt. Es ist lebendiger, rasanter und dadurch eine deutliche Steigerung zum ersten Band. Sprachlich ist das Buch wieder wunderbar gelungen. Die Worte und Wendungen weben einen Zauber, der den Leser ins Geschehen zieht und dort festhält.

Und obwohl die Autorin – wenn auch anfangs noch etwas verwirrend – die Handlung weit über die Grenzen der Gilde hinaus ausdehnt und so den Leser auf die Spuren Akkarins schickt und ihn mit Geheimnissen und Intrigen konfrontiert, die der erste Teil kaum erahnen ließ, so bleibt der Schwerpunkt doch ganz klar auf Sonea und ihrem Leben in der Gilde liegen. Dieses war zumindest für mich erfreulicherweise alles andere als rosig, denn Sonea stand wirklich bei kaum jemandem in der Gunst. Das macht die ganze Handlung realistisch. Denn nach all den Vorurteilen, die Sonea gegenüber der Arroganz der Bewohner der Häuser hatte, wäre es doch wirklich enttäuschend gewesen, wenn sich diese Vorurteile nicht teilweise bestätigt hätten und man sie ohne Probleme in der Gilde aufgenommen hätte. Nein, dank Regin – welcher ein gelungener, überzeugender Gegenspieler ist, der an Gemeinheit seinesgleichen sucht – muss sie sich von ganz unten mühsam nach oben kämpfen und sich die Anerkennung ihrer Mitschüler und Lehrer durch harte Arbeit und Mühe verdienen.
Natürlich erscheinen die Schikanen manchmal grausam. An einigen Stellen fand ich sie sogar etwas zu überzogen, aber genau das und ihr unerbittlicher Wille, sich nicht unterkriegen zu lassen, haben mir Sonea ans Herz wachsen lassen. Das ist eine enorme Steigerung zum ersten Band, in dem ich durch die zähe Handlung und ihre permanente Weigerung gegenüber der Gilde wenig Sympathie für sie aufbringen konnte.
Aber wie schon erwähnt, ist nicht nur Sonea ein Charakter geworden, der mir in Erinnerung geblieben ist. Nein, ohne die hassenswerte, niederträchtige Art von Regin würde Sonea nicht so sympathisch rüberkommen, wie sie es tut. Seine scheinbar durch und durch boshafte Art betont ihre guten Eigenschaften und hebt sie hervor.
Aber mein liebster Charakter ist ganz klar ein anderer: Akkarin. Er ist dunkel. Unnahbar und obwohl er wenig sagt und auch noch nicht so viele Auftritte in Band zwei hat, ist es der Autorin doch gelungen, allein durch seine bloße Anwesenheit im Buch eine düstere, spannungsgeladene Atmosphäre aufzubauen, die Regins kleine Witze harmlos erscheinen lässt. Regin mag zwar der Auslöser für Soneas Streben, eine mächtige Magierin zu werden, gewesen sein. Aber zu wahrhaft großen Dingen beflügelt sie meiner Meinung nach allein Akkarin.

Auch die Reise, auf die Dannyl einen mitnimmt, soll nicht unerwähnt bleiben. Zwar lag mein Interesse während des Lesens klar auf den Geschehnissen in der Gilde, die gelegentlichen Ausflüge, die man mit Botschafter Dannyl in die angrenzenden Länder unternehmen durfte, haben die ganze Atmosphäre aufgelockert. Sie haben wichtige Hintergrundinformationen geliefert un etwas von dem Druck und der Beklemmung aus der Handlung genommen, die Soneas schlechtes Verhältnis zu ihren Mitschülern teilweise heraufbeschworen hat. Gleichzeitig haben sie aber langsam genau die richtige Stimmung geschaffen, damit sich der Leser wieder gierig auf einen weiteren Abschnitt von Soneas Schulalltag stürzen konnte.

„Die Novizin“ von Trudi Canavan, führt die Geschichte von Sonea interessant und spannungsgeladen weiter. Ein solides Fantasybuch, das zwar nicht zu meinen absoluten Lieblingen zählt, das ich aber in Aussicht auf ein grandioses Finale der Reihe ohne schlechtes Gewissen weiterempfehlen kann.(less)

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Jul 27, 2011 Peter rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Following on from the closing stages and the Epliogue of The Magicians Guild, The Novice heavily concentrates on Sonea's new life as a Novice in the Guild - her lessons, her guardianship, first love and coping with the bullying from her contemporaries due to her heritige, especially Regin who you can't help but think is really Draco Mallfoy. This is lightly interspersed with the backgrounds of the other main characters introduced in The Magicians Guild as well as the investigations regarding uns...more

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May 16, 2011 Jen3n rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

It's entirely possible that I was just in the wrong mood to read this book. The first one in the series was ... okay, I guess. I thought of it as brain-dead yahoo-fair. Bathtub reading, if you know what I mean. Simplistic and derivitive but harmless. I thought I saw where the author was going and was willing to follow her to the next book, should the opertunity land in my path. Well, it did and I did and here we are. Unimpressed.

The simplicity continues (all poor people noble and good! all wealt...more

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Apr 07, 2011 Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Novice, the second installment of The Black Magician Trilogy, continues the story of Sonea, a young girl who, after discovering she possesses strong magical powers, is accepted into the Guild of Magicians in order to learn how to properly control her magic and study its various uses.

By the end of The Magician's Guild, the first novel, Sonea has agreed to join the Guild and is already learning how to use her powers more effectively. The Novice begins a short while after this, where our young...more

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Feb 22, 2011 Selene rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. *Major Spoilers!*

Alright, so I wasn't dissapointed at all by this book. More and more, I grew to like Sonea, and was hoping to see more of her during the book. Dannyl's "lad"-ness was a surprise, but I think it was handled pretty well. And Sonea's and Dorrien's relationship was interesting as well.

I guess my one star deduction was brought on from the things I did want to see. We never get a clear explanation of Alchemy, and it is the class of which we know less about. We see a lot of Dannyl's j...more *Major Spoilers!*

Alright, so I wasn't dissapointed at all by this book. More and more, I grew to like Sonea, and was hoping to see more of her during the book. Dannyl's "lad"-ness was a surprise, but I think it was handled pretty well. And Sonea's and Dorrien's relationship was interesting as well.

I guess my one star deduction was brought on from the things I did want to see. We never get a clear explanation of Alchemy, and it is the class of which we know less about. We see a lot of Dannyl's journey... which was very interesting, but sometimes it stopped passages right at the most intense part... only to have those passages resume as kind of a flashback a few days or weeks later. Rothen's part of the story was sort of a dissapointment. He is one of my favorite characters, and his true concern and benevolence made him interesting as the only one who seemed to understand Sonea more than the well-meaning (but often ignorant) magicians.

What do people in the slums think of Sonea now? Where is Ceryn? I'm so interested in this world that Trudi Canavan has built (the Thieves, the Guild, the Slums, the Houses), and she just showed me enough to want more.

There are many little teases here and there in her story. Like the ring that Dannyl found, as I had found myself wishing that the characters could communicate mentally without being overheard. It would certainly solve all of their problems. But the story didn't use it, and I can only hope that it'll be revisited in the future. Still, I'm placing all my trust in Trudi Canavan's hands.

The tale really well weaved together, and the characters each seem to me to have a distinct personality (something which I both appreciate and admire greatly, as that is one of the most difficult tasks of any writer). The ending was not as satisfying as the first, which is to be expected since the evil that Sonea faces is greater in many ways. And despite the few problems which I've described already, I found the book to be very enthralling. I can't wait to read the last book and see the culmination of Sonea's journey. In fact, I might even start right now. (less)

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Apr 13, 2009 Elketw rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Author: Trudi Cavanan

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 merupakan seorang gadis dari pemukiman kumuh ke dalam lingkup persekutuan tidak terima dengan baik.

Bukan persahabatan yang menyenangkan yg diterimanya melainkan cemo'ohan dan penghinaan yang diterimanya. Baik dari orang tua m...more

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Nov 23, 2009 Elizabeth Fitzgerald rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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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 Ambassador and sent on a secret mission to trace a journey the High Lord made years ago. It is hoped Lord Dannyl might uncover the origins of some of the High Lord’s dubious activities.

Thankfully, this...more

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Mar 28, 2013 Tristan Eben rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was definitely more exciting than the first, as predicted. It was much more exciting and a lot more seemed to happen. It still could have easily knocked off 20-30 pages or even more, but it didn't seem to suffer from the tedium that the first book often displayed in the first half.

This book also deals with some fairly controversial issues. Bullying, for one. There were many times that I cringed and fumed at how much bullying went on. And as frustrating as it was to read, especially whe...more

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Jan 12, 2013 Tedric added it · review of another edition

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"Even if a magician's powers surface of their own accord, he will soon be dead if he does not gain the knowledge of how to control them." Alone among all the novices in the Magicians' Guild, only Sonea comes from lowly beginnings. Yet she has won powerful allies—including Lord Dannyl, newly promoted to Guild Ambassador. But Dannyl must now depart for the Elyne court, leaving Sonea at the mercy of the lies and malicious rumors her enemies are busy spreading . . . until the High Lord Akkar

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Feb 16, 2012 Angela~twistedmind~ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Canavan has delivered again in this, the second installment of The Magicians' Guild trilogy. As usual, the book is a well written adventure that should entertain readers from pre-teens to adults who enjoy YA fiction. There is just enough mention of magicians and their magical abilities to keep it a main focus of the story without overtaking it. This book introduces a new 'side' story, centered on Dannyl, as well as continuing Sonea's story. The further along I get into this story, the harder I'm...more Canavan has delivered again in this, the second installment of The Magicians' Guild trilogy. As usual, the book is a well written adventure that should entertain readers from pre-teens to adults who enjoy YA fiction. There is just enough mention of magicians and their magical abilities to keep it a main focus of the story without overtaking it. This book introduces a new 'side' story, centered on Dannyl, as well as continuing Sonea's story. The further along I get into this story, the harder I'm finding it to be to put it down and go to sleep. Each chapter leaves you with questions that you have to have answered by reading 'just one more chapter'. As with the first book in this trilogy, I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about adventures, specifically supernatural adventures. There is no shock value here, so if that is what you are craving you may want to save this one for another day. As I mentioned, it is easily entertaining for adults, but written 'clean' enough for pre-teens, albeit pre-teens whose regular reading fare is of a relatively mature nature.

Sonea knew the other novices in the Magicians' Guild all came from noble families and that, as a former slum-dweller, she could expect to be treated as an outsider, but she little realised the level of animosity she would face from her fellow students.
The sons and daughters of the most powerful families in the realm, her classmates seem determined to see her fail-even if they have to engineer her failure themselves. Dannyl and Rothen offer Sonea what help they can, but when someone starts spreading malicious rumours about her, Akkarin, The High Lord, steps in to put a stop to it.
But Sonea may soon wish she was still enduring the taunts of her peers, for in accepting the protection of the guild's high lord she may have embraced a far bleaker fate. It seems that Akkarin harbours a secret that is far darker than his magician's robes. Taken into his confidence, Sonea must keep the truth hidden. But by doing so, is she showing loyalty to the head of her guild, or making the worst mistake of her life?(less)

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May 19, 2013 Michael Schmid rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Es sind jetzt zwar schon einige Wochen vergangen, seit ich „Die Rebellin“ gelesen habe, doch Trudi Canavan hat es geschafft, mich rasend schnell und ohne Probleme wieder in ihre Geschichte und Welt zu teleportieren, dass es mir nach einem Kapitel so vor kam, als wäre ich nie fortgewesen.

Alles beginnt damit, dass Sonea nun ihre Laufbahn als Novizin der Gilde antritt und wie man es sich bereits nach dem Ende des ersten Teils denken konnte, wird ihr das Leben in dieser neuen Gemeinschaft der Magier...more

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Nov 13, 2012 Michael Tildsley rated it 4 of 5 stars

Okay, so Canavan does a great deal better in this book than the first installment of the trilogy. While I have a few minor gripes, I was impressed with how much more quickly this story was able to take off running. Sonea's character is pushed and prodded and evolved in this work to a degree that she hasn't been previously.

It was very refreshing to have as a focus a main character with great power, but without the "Superman" complex of just trouncing everything with brute force. She has successe...more

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May 15, 2010 Claire rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I felt that this book was much better than the first in the series. The storyline is still very pacey and full of excitement (sometimes I find the middle of a trilogy a little slow), I kept wanting to know what would happen next to all of the characters.

I really felt for Sonea as she was bullied by her classmates, and was intrigued at Dannyl's findings. I also really liked the character development of both characters - Sonea becoming stronger and more able to stand up for herself, Dannyl learni...more

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Trudi Canavan was born in Kew, Melbourne and grew up in Ferntree Gully, a suburb at the foothills of the Dandenongs.

In 1999 she won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story with “Whispers of the Mist Children”. In the same year she was granted a writers residency at Varuna Writers’ Centre in Katoomba, New South Wales.

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