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I didn't really need to read this, as it turns out.
I'd already read the second volume, and there was basically nothing in this that wasn't described adequately there. I was surprised at how much of the book passed before the magicians found Sonea and took her to the school. Pretty slow, really, with more background than necessary. I liked Sonea and Cery and Rothen as characters but was kind of bored. The High Lord, who is central to the plot of book two, hardly appears in this. ...more
I'd already read the second volume, and there was basically nothing in this that wasn't described adequately there. I was surprised at how much of the book passed before the magicians found Sonea and took her to the school. Pretty slow, really, with more background than necessary. I liked Sonea and Cery and Rothen as characters but was kind of bored. The High Lord, who is central to the plot of book two, hardly appears in this. ...more
Very, very slow to start. So slow in fact, that I considered giving up on it, until I read another review saying that it would pick up after about the first 100 pages. So I stuck it out, and the reviewer was absolutely right. It picked up and became great. I loved the rest of the book, and will definitely try to get my hands on the rest of the series.
Trudi Canavan gets major bonus points for understanding how to write a good first book in a series. The plot is nicely closed off, while still lea ...more
Trudi Canavan gets major bonus points for understanding how to write a good first book in a series. The plot is nicely closed off, while still lea ...more
This book falls into the category of sci-fi/fantasy books I probably would have enjoyed more had I read them as a teenager. I found the pacing in this one to be particularly slow...it picks up a bit in the following two books in the series. There's nothing particularly original here, though, for anyone very familiar with the genre. The Harry Potter series covers a lot of the same ground, but much better and with far greater detail.
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Jul 16, 2007
Kerry (The Roaming Librarian) O'Donnell
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
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fantasy
Oct 06, 2010
Bryan457
rated it
it was ok
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Shelves:
fantasy,
wizards-n-magicians
Dec 31, 2012
Morgan
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Jun 14, 2014
Jennifer
marked it as dnf
Aug 27, 2017
Laurie
marked it as to-read
Oct 16, 2021
Beth
marked it as to-read
Jan 14, 2025
ScottK
marked it as to-read
