Trudi Canavan

I read Magician's Apprentice a few years ago. It was an entertaining read and I always meant to follow up with the rest of the series, but there are just too many other really good fantasy novels to get through first. Eventually I will go back to Trudi Canavan.
 
I think Khale might be referring to Raymond E. Feist's Magician: Apprentice, which was the first half of Magician, which was split in two for the paperback editions. Although The Magician's Apprentice is not the same title, one can easily see how confusion could exist, particularly with a real fantasy classic like Feists' Magician: Apprentice. Not the best choice for a title for Ms. Caravan, imo.

Were I her publisher, I would seriously consider re-titling the book to avoid confusion, like, for instance The Wizard's Apprentice, or The Sorcerer's Apprentice, or Apprentice of Magic. Yes, those are pretty dreary and boring, and are obviously off the top of my head, but they are remarkably similar to her first choice, which shows the level of imagination that went into the title.:rolleyes: Better still, a complete rethink on the title with something a little more imaginative, not to mention less similar to a well-established modern fantasy classic, might be in order.
 
Clansman said:
I think Khale might be referring to Raymond E. Feist's Magician: Apprentice, which was the first half of Magician, which was split in two for the paperback editions. Although The Magician's Apprentice is not the same title, one can easily see how confusion could exist, particularly with a real fantasy classic like Feists' Magician: Apprentice. Not the best choice for a title for Ms. Caravan, imo.
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Ah. I've never heard of that one before, but that could explain it, yes. Thanks for clearing that up.
 
My mistake. I was actually talking about Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan, which was average as I implied. But I did get the name confused with Feist's Magician: Apprentice which I thought was very good. Sorry about that.
 
The Magicians Apprentice is an ok read but I don't think it quite lived up to what I was expecting after The Black Magician Trilogy.

By the way Khale, the other books in the trilogy get much better and I would definately recommend reading them.
 
I actually think she has improved her writing in this book, although I would have liked to see it as the first part of a trilogy than as a stand alone to be honest. I got to the end and wanted more.
 
I much prefered her Age Of The Five series. For me the storyline is more interesting.
 
Rosemary said:
I much prefered her Age Of The Five series. For me the storyline is more interesting.
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The Age of Five series has completely put me off reading anything new she brings out.

I enjoyed the Black Magician trilogy, nothing great but certainly worth reading and then went on to read The Age of Five. This series was just painful, there was nothing wrong per say at how she writes or anything like that, it was just the whole story felt 'made up'. I know that sounds a bit of a ridiculous term to be throwing at fantasy but I mean it more in terms of you could feel the author moving everyting around while you were reading it and even up to the point that I was pretty much sure of the ending half way through the second book. It was also very flaccid, at no point did the characters or story manage to connect with me on any level which is something I find essential in reading.
 
I am trying to read The Magician's Apprentice - I'm 100 pages in ,or so - but it is not really captivating. The writing seems a bit too simplistic, and all the italicised thoughts roaming around those folk's heads is annoying, distracting, and off-putting. I'll try some more this eve and see if i can get into it without being distracted by poor prose since the story is so intriguing.
 
Well I bought her White Magicians (all three) series since I had enjoyed the Black Magicians so much.

Possibly the least enjoyable read I've had in years (IMO). I only just managed to "force" myself to finish it and have no intention of reading the other two.
 
I've read The black magician trilogy and really enjoyed it, now I'm reading The age of the five which so far isn't quite as good as BM but I'm only on book one so hopefully it will turn out to be just as good.
 
i'm not sure if i have the right author, but if the first book is about a young girl from the streets, who throws a stone through a magical barier and knocks out a magician and eventualy goes to magic college then I thought it was OK but nothing special hence i only read the first one.
 
So how are the later books in comparrision, I've noticed that Trudi gets alot of shelf space in local bookstores which suggest that the series is quite popular
 
They are not bad, good for a read when you aren't looking for something complex. The ending of that series was not what I expected and she had a few loose ends that could have been tidied up but in general a nice light read.
 
I didn't like this latest one that much - I felt she crammed it with a lot of emotional "scribblings". As usual, her writing was excellent, and her dialogue believable, but it wasn't direct enough, and the story itself simply didn't grip me like the others did. Fantasy buff that I am, I'll buy more of her stuff, but I'm giving this one a "could do better"
 
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