The Magician's Guild: The Black Magician Trilogy: Book One Audiobook (Unabridged)

" If the plot had been less menial, or the writing more than just "above average", or one of other small things, this might have been a 4-star book. Definitely has a lot of promise, and looking forward to the rest of the series, though. "

" I loved this book. The whole series is brilliant, but I love the excitement and fear of the discovery of using magic for the first time "

" I found the whole book very boring and slow. I didnt care about any of the characters and the entire 'climax' at the end was just silly. There was very little build up and it didnt seem particularly dramatic. And I assume the revelations in the last chapter were meant to build some sort of suspense for the ensuing books, but frankly, it was too little too late, and i just dont care about it enough to find out what happens. The whole ending seemed like it was just a late addition that had nothing to do with the overall story and didnt really get explained well enough to make it fit in. Not going to read the next book to find out how it was resolved. "

" I didn't like this series at first. I was reading a lot of high fantasy at the time and I think I was expecting too much from this. It is what it is. It's not Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, but it isn't supposed to be. It is good. I'd like to read some more of Canavan's work. "

" i thought that at the beginning it was a bit boring ... but by the middle i was hooked :P definitely recommend ... the next in the series are even better "

" So this isn't my usual read at all but it is a book that sets the scene for the books to follow. I think it will grow. "

" Me ha gustado bastante, tengo que ahorrar para la segunda y la tercera parte. "

" I bought this book in search of a fantasy novel to read. I must say that the impulse buy turned out much better than I expected. It's a fantastic read. While not as well crafted as some books within The Belgariad series (Eddings), the plot and character development is amazingly good. "

" Not an astounding piece of literature but thoroughly enjoyable for lite fantasy enthusiasts. I just like magical worlds, really, so that does the trick perfectly as a Christmas read. "

" addicted from the start - easy to read, a day a book till trilogy finished "

" This book was okay- kind of predictable and the whole chase part lasted way tooo long. I had a hard time relating to Sonea's not wanting to join the guild, and also not understanding how she didn't get how he loved her. But I guess it leaves it open to future relationships. "

" picked this up on high school to read on holiday. my first foray into Trudi Canavan's work. didn't remember much except i was very captivated with the relationship of Sonea and the guy in the black robe, and devoured the whole series within a week. "

" Excellent read, looking forward to remainder of the adventures of the lot! "

" Really good book,nlove the characters couldn't put it down, then when I did had to pick up the next! "

" A bit slow, but got up to a better pace for the climax. Overall I enjoyed it and it made me want to read the rest of the series. "

" I intend to finish this book, it wasn't too bad but I just didn't fully understand it however I think that on a second read this will be possible to understand and hopefully enjoy reading it. "

" After George RR Martin this was a bit Mills and Boon (but without the sauce!). I liked the story, although I found it irritating that Sonea didn't reach the Guild of the title until part two- what a waste of pages! I will definitely read the rest of the series- when I've finished with George! "

" I thought that the book was very interesting, though it was a bit slow in the beginning. It took a while to actually get into the magician's guild. "

" Loved this book, especially the second part. The first was amazing, but it was all about Sonea running away, the second part, was like a seperate story altogether. Cery gets captured, Sonea gets blackmailed, up to the last page I was addicted. Absolutely brilliant! "

" plotnya sama sekali ga terduga, ceritanya pada awalnya tidak terlalu menarik, bahkan aga membingungkan, tapi setelah pertengahan buku, aku mulai bisa menikmati ceritanya dan mulai lebih menerima alur ceritanya dengan lebih baik. GENIUS!! "

" It wasn't so good as I'd thought. But after a mounth I read it. "

" I enjoyed reading the first book of the triology. At every, chapter there was a new surprise and twist to the plot. I hope the rest of the triology continue this way. "

" love this book..sonea and her world...its full of coincidence and unpredictable.. "

" awesome series. I never got into fantasy until I read trudi's books "

" one of my all time favourite books, my copy is read and reread so many times the pages are falling out :D "

" A fun read. I will definitely be reading the sequels. "

" So far, so great. :) "

" SUPPER...!!! ich bin voll gespannt auf die zwei nächsten bücher..!! "

" This was a great book about magic and super powers. Other then the great things that they learn how to do the story is really interesting. This is the first book of the series "

" Pleasantly surprised by this. Didn't expect to be as good as it was, and the tension and anticipation it can create in parts of the story is wonderful! All in all, I am desperate to read the sequels to this. "

" I am pleased to say I got on much better with this one than the last I read by the author. It keeps up a really good pace! "

" Absolutely brilliant!! I love Sonea and Akkarin and Rothen!! "

" This was a pretty interesting story with some pretty interesting characters and premises that did a good job of setting up later books in the series. I wasn't particularly engrossed in the characters or the plot, but I did enjoy the book. "

" No es un libro del otro mundo. Si queréis leerlo bien. Aunque insisto, no fue la gran cosa... el final, bah, está claro que hay que seguir leyendo para averiguar como termina. "

" i thought that at the beginning it was a bit boring ... but by the middle i was hooked :P definitely recommend ... the next in the series are even better "

" The whole book felt like setup for what was to come, but created enough interest in that coming that I want to read the rest of the series. "