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Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga, #1)

Raymond E. Feist

Start date: May 1, 2020

Finish date: May 31, 2020

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MA: has it aged well?
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May 25, 2020 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, sword-and-laser

This book was a bit of a nostalgia trip -- it came out in the 1980's, so it's around the Sword of Shannara time. It hits a lot of tropes that are a bit hackneyed today but weren't so well-worn back then -- there's an orphan boy with unusual magic, there are girls without much personality beyond flirting with boys who suddenly astonish everyone by wanting to learn swordplay (not that she's any good at it), there's even a short cut through a mountain led by a dwarf who warns them of dangerous thin ...more

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Nov 11, 2019 travelgirlut rated it liked it

2.5 stars rounding up.

I'm not sure what I think about this book. The good guys have uncommonly good luck. The minor characters drop like red shirts in a Star Trek episode. Young teenage boys act nothing like young teenage boys. Wise adults make silly decisions like letting the untrained young teenage boys go on dangerous expeditions. There's huge jumps in time yet nothing really moves forward in the story during that time. The only thing that might possibly get me to read more is the background ...more

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