Literary Musings
  • Tours, Reviews and Other Stuff
  • Reviews
    • Review Policy
    • Reviews A-G
    • Reviews H-L
    • Reviews M-P
    • Reviews: Q-T
    • Reviews: U-Z
  • Book Awards
  • About
  • Links
  • My Books

Review: Novice by Trudi Canavan

6/11/2015

 
Picture
Novice is the 2nd book in the Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan. After the events of book 1, Sonea is ensconced within the Magicians Guild and waiting to properly start her training. 

Novice is a decent follow up to Magicians Guild, but it does have it's flaws. Most notably in the bullying that Sonea experiences from the entire class. This particular plot has been used and reused in so many 'school of magic' plots that it's almost a cliche and while the plot makes sense in this case, a ludicrous amount of time is spent on it. In a book that deals with trying to figure out the bad guy's secrets and a serial killer, an inordinate amount of page time is devoted to Sonea getting her books stolen, notes destroyed, teachers being willingly blind etc. Unfortunately this constant focus on this plot kinda hurts the narrative. There's a feeling that much more is going on, but we're stuck watching Sonea be all hurt and bullied. Imagine Harry Potter 1 without the search for the philosopher's stone and more bullying and you have this book.

The other major plot is the revelations about Dannyl's sexuality which is unnecessarily dragged out and rendered completely boring by the end of it.

Despite what appears to be a bunch of negatives, I did enjoy enough of this book to continue with the series. The narratives between, Akkarin, Lorlen and Rothen are a joy to read and the hints of a larger world saves the book in my eyes. 

***

Comments are closed.

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    ****
    Author Spotlight
    Blitz
    Blog Tour
    Book Of The Month
    Cover Reveal
    Excerpt
    Giveaway
    Gone-but-not-forgotten
    Guest-post
    Haunted Halloween
    Interview
    New Release
    Opinion
    Prerelease
    Promo
    Puzzle
    Review
    Top-ten
    Trailer

    Recommended Reads:

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture

    Book of the Month:

    Picture
    Follow @ClaireWarner5
    Follow this blog
    Goodreads: Book reviews, recommendations, and discussion
    Literary Musings - Reviews

    2017 Reading Challenge

    Claire has read 2 books toward her goal of 120 books.
    hide
    2 of 120 (1%)
    view books
    BannerFans.com
    Get the Button:
    <a href="http://literarymusing.weebly.com/"><img src="http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img540/9935/CBboHb.jpg" border="0" width="180" height="150" alt="BannerFans.com" /></a>

    Challenge Participant
    10 Book Reviews
    Professional Reader
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.