Trudi Canavan - What do you think of her books?

[bookaholic]

I love The Black Magician series. I just happened apon them in a bookshop, thought they looked good and brought them!

 

[Lenny]

I thought that the Age of Five series would have five books, for some reason.

I've read the first two, and I really enjoyed them. And I've seen Voice of the Gods around, but haven't bought it.

 

[Simple Simon]

I've read the Dark Magician trilogy and have just finished reading the Age of the Five trilogy.

I read her Dark Magician books about a year and a half ago and found them to be quite enjoyable. They were easy reading and were quite enjoyable. I also found the characters were pretty well fleshed out and likeable. Also the plot was quite simple but it wasn't predictable and threw up surprises every now and again.

I finished the last book in the Age of Five trilogy a few days ago and wasn't quite as impressed with it as her previous Trilogy. The revelation at the end of the trilogy I had already guessed at at the end of the second book, so I was left quite disappointed with such a predictable ending.
The people and the history in the Age of Five were interesting but by the second book I had developed a kind of "I don't really care about you." attitude towards them.

I've been buying her books so far but I think any future pulications of hers will be relegated to being borrowed from the library.

 

[Medea]

I've read The Black Magician Trilogy and really enjoyed it. It was an easy read but was plotted well enough and had decent character development.