Trudi Canavan

[GOLLUM]

I'd say her second sons trilogy, which is independent from her Demon Childs trilogy that you are currently reading is better.

I'm not saying she's brilliant but she's certainly not the worst I've ever read.

All the best.

P.S. Ian Irvine is my favourite Aussie author although his gadgets/ideas can get a bit complicated.

 

[mzarynn]

I finished the second one but have yet to get the third. I've just loaned them out to a new friend who is also a reader (yay! finally someone to swap books with!). Once she gives them back I may end up donating them to the library, or not depending on my mood at the time .

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I quite liked Dannyl's journey - I liked how the two characters were separate but still connected. I'm intrigued by his character, especially now that he's discovered more about himself and magic. What is annoying me is the ambiguity of whassname, the bad guy who may be a good guy in disguise. That shouldn't bother me but I think it is so blatant that it is annoying. More subtleties are called for. The one bit I really didn't like is that even though the ancient text Dannyl read wasn't important to the story he was looking for, we still have no clue what it was about. I'm too curious for that kind of thing. I want to know why something can be so sacred that no others can read it. And I want to know now! *in my best Violet whine*

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My impression was that the sacred text disproved some of the more divine aspects of the religion. If ordinary people were to read it, they may not want to follow the Gods of that religion. I don't remember why I thought it. But everyone who read it seemed to be amused by what it said, and immediately understood why it had to remain secret.

I read the last two books of the series in a weekend and practically lived in Sonea's world for two days. I agree with Master, the end was predictable and of course not how I wanted it to turn out. Definitely addicting, I didn't want to return to the real world after I had finished. There will be a Prequel and a Sequel, unfortunately I think she's working on the Prequel first. I want to read the sequel, sigh... Oh well, it's not about what I want.

 

[kaneda]

I finally found the highlord on monday (every book shop i was going to had the 1st two but not the third ) and finished reading it yesterday.

I thought it was a good series, not the best i've read, but definatly not the worst. Trudi has the ability to suck you into her world, however I do think her books lack detail and visual description (e.g. all i know about dannyl is that he's tall!).

I wasn't too keen on the beginning of the series (i.e. part one of the magicians guild) and i was disappointed by the ending of the high lord (the final fight and the cliched ending).

But, saying all that, i did enjoy the books. They're a nice read, and the first two books did make me want to go out and buy the next one straight away.

O and i LOVE the cover pics as well hehe.