
The Magician's Apprentice
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast
$0.99/mes por los primeros 3 meses

Compra ahora por $19.49
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrado por:
-
Richard Aspel
-
De:
-
Trudi Canavan
Acerca de esta escucha
In the remote village of Mandryn, Tessia serves as assistant to her father, the village Healer - much to the frustration of her mother, who would rather she found a husband. Despite knowing that women aren't readily accepted by the Guild of Healers, Tessia is determined to follow in her father’s footsteps. But her life is about to take a very unexpected turn. When treating a patient at the residence of the local magician, Lord Dakon, Tessia is forced to fight off the advances of a visiting Sachakan mage - and instinctively uses magic. She now finds herself facing an entirely different future as Lord Dakon's apprentice.
Although there are long hours of study and self-discipline, Tessia's new life also offers more opportunities than she had ever hoped for, and an exciting new world opens up to her. There are fine clothes and servants - and, she is delighted to learn - regular trips to the great city of Imardin. However, Tessia is about to discover that her magical gifts bring with them a great deal of responsibility. For a storm is approaching that threatens to tear her world apart.
©2009 Trudi Canavan. (P)2011 Bolinda PublishingLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
The Magician's Guild
- The Black Magician Trilogy: Book One
- De: Trudi Canavan
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Sonea is caught up in a confrontation between the hated Guild magicians and the angry youth of the slums. To her dismay, she discovers that she possesses the same powers as the reviled magicians. To avoid capture, she must seek protection from the city's feared underworld, The Thieves. In return, she must use her powers for them, but her magic never seems to do quite what she intends it to.
-
-
The book is like a wooden roller coaster...
- De Just Some Fool en 03-01-10
De: Trudi Canavan
-
The Ambassador's Mission
- Traitor Spy Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Trudi Canavan
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 17 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Sonea, former street urchin, now a Black Magician, is horrified when her son, Lorkin, volunteers to assist Dannyl in his new role as Guild Ambassador to Sachaka, a land still ruled by cruel black magicians. When word comes that Lorkin has gone missing Sonea is desperate to find him, but if she leaves the city she will be exiled forever, and besides, her old friend Cery needs her help.
-
-
Gay and Lesbian politics
- De Gunnermike53 en 05-30-12
De: Trudi Canavan
-
Thief's Magic
- De: Trudi Canavan
- Narrado por: Grant Cartwright, Hannah Norris
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen’s world faces.Elsewhere, in an land ruled by priests, Rielle the dyer’s daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels.
-
-
Great!
- De MissRed en 06-14-14
De: Trudi Canavan
-
New Spring
- The Wheel of Time Prequel
- De: Robert Jordan
- Narrado por: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, a child is born, an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before he can be killed by the forces of the Shadow.
-
-
Read it after reading others in the series
- De Stacy Fair en 12-13-07
De: Robert Jordan
-
The Shadow of What Was Lost
- Licanius, Book 1
- De: James Islington
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 25 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs, once thought of almost as gods, were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets.
-
-
Atrocious. Almost abusive.
- De Captain Spanky Of Nazareth en 06-10-20
De: James Islington
-
Restless
- De: William Boyd
- Narrado por: Rosamund Pike
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
"I am Eva Delectorskaya," Sally Gilmartin announces, and so on a warm summer afternoon in 1976 her daughter, Ruth, learns that everything she ever knew about her mother was a carefully constructed lie. Sally Gilmartin is a respectable English widow living in picturesque Cotswold village; Eva Delectorskaya was a rigorously trained World War II spy, a woman who carried fake passports and retreated to secret safe houses, a woman taught to lie and deceive, and above all, to never trust anyone. Three decades later the secrets of Sally's past still haunt her.
-
-
Favorite Book of 2007
- De Susianna en 12-27-07
De: William Boyd
-
The Magician's Guild
- The Black Magician Trilogy: Book One
- De: Trudi Canavan
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Sonea is caught up in a confrontation between the hated Guild magicians and the angry youth of the slums. To her dismay, she discovers that she possesses the same powers as the reviled magicians. To avoid capture, she must seek protection from the city's feared underworld, The Thieves. In return, she must use her powers for them, but her magic never seems to do quite what she intends it to.
-
-
The book is like a wooden roller coaster...
- De Just Some Fool en 03-01-10
De: Trudi Canavan
-
The Ambassador's Mission
- Traitor Spy Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Trudi Canavan
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 17 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Sonea, former street urchin, now a Black Magician, is horrified when her son, Lorkin, volunteers to assist Dannyl in his new role as Guild Ambassador to Sachaka, a land still ruled by cruel black magicians. When word comes that Lorkin has gone missing Sonea is desperate to find him, but if she leaves the city she will be exiled forever, and besides, her old friend Cery needs her help.
-
-
Gay and Lesbian politics
- De Gunnermike53 en 05-30-12
De: Trudi Canavan
-
Thief's Magic
- De: Trudi Canavan
- Narrado por: Grant Cartwright, Hannah Norris
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen’s world faces.Elsewhere, in an land ruled by priests, Rielle the dyer’s daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels.
-
-
Great!
- De MissRed en 06-14-14
De: Trudi Canavan
-
New Spring
- The Wheel of Time Prequel
- De: Robert Jordan
- Narrado por: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Duración: 12 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, a child is born, an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before he can be killed by the forces of the Shadow.
-
-
Read it after reading others in the series
- De Stacy Fair en 12-13-07
De: Robert Jordan
-
The Shadow of What Was Lost
- Licanius, Book 1
- De: James Islington
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 25 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs, once thought of almost as gods, were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets.
-
-
Atrocious. Almost abusive.
- De Captain Spanky Of Nazareth en 06-10-20
De: James Islington
-
Restless
- De: William Boyd
- Narrado por: Rosamund Pike
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
"I am Eva Delectorskaya," Sally Gilmartin announces, and so on a warm summer afternoon in 1976 her daughter, Ruth, learns that everything she ever knew about her mother was a carefully constructed lie. Sally Gilmartin is a respectable English widow living in picturesque Cotswold village; Eva Delectorskaya was a rigorously trained World War II spy, a woman who carried fake passports and retreated to secret safe houses, a woman taught to lie and deceive, and above all, to never trust anyone. Three decades later the secrets of Sally's past still haunt her.
-
-
Favorite Book of 2007
- De Susianna en 12-27-07
De: William Boyd
-
Nice Dragons Finish Last
- Heartstrikers, Book 1
- De: Rachel Aaron
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 13 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Audie Award, Fantasy, 2016. As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don't cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn't fly in a family of ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has finally reached the end of her patience.
-
-
A Solid 4 ½ Stars
- De Marcela G en 01-06-15
De: Rachel Aaron
-
By a Silver Thread
- DFZ Changeling, Book 1
- De: Rachel Aaron
- Narrado por: Naomi Rose-Mock
- Duración: 11 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In the world’s most magical metropolis where spirits run noodle shops and cash-strapped dragons stage photo-ops for tourists, people still think fairies are nothing but stories, and that’s exactly how the fairies like it. It’s a lot easier to feast on humanity’s dreams when no one believes you exist. But while this arrangement works splendidly for most fair folk, Lola isn’t one of the lucky ones.
-
-
Good, not great
- De Tango en 05-05-23
De: Rachel Aaron
-
Dragonflight
- Dragonriders of Pern, Book 1
- De: Anne McCaffrey
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 9 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
On the beautiful planet Pern, colonized for centuries, Land Holders and Craftsmen have traditionally tithed food and supplies to the dragonweyrs to which they are bound. In times past, the mighty telepathic dragons and their riders were the only protection from the dreaded, life-threatening Thread. Now those times may be returning....
-
-
Poor reading
- De Miles Gloriosus en 09-08-08
De: Anne McCaffrey
-
Wizard in Exile
- Wrath of the Stormking, Book 1
- De: Michael G. Manning
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 23 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Kelvin Wiltshire lives the life of a simple cook in a remote village on the far side of Trendham. The townsfolk think little of the man and his son and believe him to be just another refugee from the Terabinian war. On cold winter nights, they share rumors of the bloody conflict and the mysterious death of Will Cartwright, the mighty mage who had the power to command storms. They like the new cook. They fear the fallen king. But the two men are one and the same.
-
-
Did not finish
- De Martin en 08-29-23
-
The Blacksmith's Son
- Mageborn, Book 1
- De: Michael G. Manning
- Narrado por: Alex Wyndham
- Duración: 7 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Mordecai’s simple life as the son of a blacksmith is transformed by the discovery of his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the power within him he is drawn into a dangerous plot to destroy the Duke of Lancaster and undermine the Kingdom of Lothion. Love and treachery combine to embroil him in events he was never prepared to face. What he uncovers will change his understanding of the past, and alter the future of those around him.
-
-
Good story
- De Anonymous User en 09-20-22
-
Rhapsody
- Child of Blood
- De: Elizabeth Haydon
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 30 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Rhapsody is a woman, a singer of some talent who is swept up into events of world-shattering import. On the run from an old romantic interest who won't take no for an answer, Rhapsody literally bumps into a couple of shady characters: half breeds who come to her rescue in the nick of time. Only the rescue turns into an abduction, and Rhapsody soon finds herself dragged along on an epic voyage--one that spans centuries and ranges across a wonder-filled fantasy world.
-
-
Good story! Terrible narration.
- De CharmY2K en 04-30-15
De: Elizabeth Haydon
-
The Book of Levi
- The Demon Accords, Book 0.5
- De: John Conroe
- Narrado por: James Patrick Cronin
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
How do you raise a boy who can bend reality with his mind? How do you keep him levelheaded, sane, and good? Raising any child is a tremendous undertaking, let alone one blessed by the goddess herself. Levi Guildersleeve, retired soldier and successful collector of rare books, finds himself as the only male role model of the most powerful witch ever born.
-
-
This could have been amazing, went on too long.
- De Justin en 11-22-22
De: John Conroe
-
Dungeon Tour Guide: A LitRPG Adventure
- Dungeon Tour Guide, Book 1
- De: Aaron Shih
- Narrado por: Travis Baldree
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
After Lucas dies during a freak explosion, divine intervention sees him brought back to life with the power to control a new dungeon. There are just a couple of issues: his old body is bound to his dungeon, and the craziness of what he thought was his final act is only getting weirder. When he sees newbie adventurers entering his dungeon, though, he decides to help them survive and complete their quests. After all, adventuring is a process, and someone needs to guide the rookies.
-
-
Great dungeon LitRPG
- De Josh en 05-26-23
De: Aaron Shih
-
The Warded Man
- De: Peter V. Brett
- Narrado por: Pete Bradbury
- Duración: 18 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Peter V. Brett has won accolades from critics, fans and fellow authors alike for this riveting debut novel. The Warded Man features a world where demons stalk the night, hunting humans who have long forgotten the magic of their ancestors. But all is not lost, as some hold out hope that a savior will release humanity from the demons' terrifying reign.
-
-
Brilliant
- De Meloney | Newlywed en 12-18-09
De: Peter V. Brett
-
Semper Fi
- The Corps, Book 1
- De: W. E. B. Griffin
- Narrado por: Dick Hill
- Duración: 13 h y 16 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America’s first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This is the story of the men of the Marine Corps, their loves and loyalties, an elite fraternity united by courage and honor, as they steel themselves for battle, prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice....
-
-
I Cannot Believe I Passed Up Griffin For Years!
- De Chip Atkinson en 04-02-12
De: W. E. B. Griffin
-
Natural Magic
- The Last Magus, Book 1
- De: DB King
- Narrado por: Alex Knox
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Alec began his 18th birthday with the temple monks. By day's end, he discovers he possesses magical abilities. Except his magic is unique. He doesn't require grimoires and incantations to cast spells. Alec's magic is entirely natural. He can, somehow, absorb the elements from objects and manipulate them according to his will. This power is incredible, but difficult to master. If he's going to learn how to use his natural magic, it'll take the tutelage of Archmage Diamondspear, one of the most adept magic users in the kingdom.
-
-
Kinda Cringey
- De Billy en 03-14-22
De: DB King
-
Pirate of the Prophecy
- Empress of the Endless Sea, Book 1
- De: Jack Campbell
- Narrado por: Caitlin Davies
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
- Grabación Original
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
On the world of Dematr, the Emperor and his legions rule over the lands on the eastern side of the Sea of Bakre, and the Great Guilds rule over the Emperor and his subjects. The Mechanics Guild, whose members claim they came from the stars, controls technology far beyond that of the swords and sailing ships of the common people, while the Mage Guild wields strange powers. Jules, an orphan, has fought her way up to become an officer in training with the Emperor’s fleet. But her life is shattered when a Mage prophesizes that her bloodline will one day overthrow the Great Guilds.
-
-
I had to stop listening
- De Budgiegrower en 03-31-20
De: Jack Campbell
Reseñas de la Crítica
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Magician's Apprentice
Con calificación alta para:
Reseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Helen
- 09-29-16
This one drew me in slowly
Having read the trilogy many years ago, I expected this one to be impossible to set aside. While initially disappointed due to the slow start, but it drew me in bit by bit. By the end, I didn't want it to finish.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Marc
- 08-07-15
Not a Lot of Magic, BUT A Lot of Pauses!
I was really disappointed with the performance on this one. While many audiobook performances tend to run sentences, thoughts, paragraphs, and such together, the length of pauses, in addition to the placement of the pauses actually made this a struggle to get through. RARELY do I struggle so much to get through a story that I am interested in.
The book itself has a decent story-line, however it seems like there's more healing than magic discovery in this one.
I'd recommend it to anyone that likes a quick fantasy read... IF you can handle the performance.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Billy Carelock
- 08-13-15
Unless...
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Reading was choppy, and storyline random as it jumped from character to character
Would you recommend The Magician's Apprentice to your friends? Why or why not?
no, storyline only loosely meshed, only real connection is that they share a common time line and "settings"
How did the narrator detract from the book?
choppy, sometimes had long pauses in reading some passages
Could you see The Magician's Apprentice being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
nope.
Any additional comments?
Found out during the reading that this may have been an attempt at giving historical background info/attempt to tie several of the authors other series together. As this was my first experience with this authors work I was disappointed and would be reluctant to check her other series.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- map maker
- 12-13-20
True Trudi Canavan from start to finish!
I loved this book and one of my favorite parts of this book was when the wives headed out to create their own sanctuary.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Ethan
- 04-10-23
One of My Favorites
I love this book and it's story so much. I've ready it over about 3 times with my physical copy and listened to it twice over now and I just can't get enough!! I feel like I learn a little more each time I'm listening and even though I know what's happening, I still feel the rush of emotions almost as strong as the characters do!
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Paul
- 12-16-13
The Healer's Apprentice
I really didn't like this book. It started out really slowly, and stayed that way through most of the book. There were three different points-of-view in this story, and none of them really appealed to me. Tessia was the main POV, and she started off as a really likable character who was helping her father the local healer, until she comes to realize she's a naturally gifted magician through an assault from our main villain. Ok that's pretty neat, but as the story goes on and the war escalates between Corallia and Sachika, she begins to whine about how much she'd rather be a healer. We get it after it's beaten into our skulls more times than I can count. The relationship between her and Jayan wasn't really well developed and not at all surprising, so it fit the bill, but it wasn't anything special. I don't really understand how she went from a healers apprentice and a magician's apprentices to this all powerful magical healer with only knowing the basics, as that's what we were led to believe.
The second POV character is Hanara the evil Takado's slave. This character served as our view into what the villains were doing. I thought this could have been a really interesting character after how the first part when he gained freedom, but then his character just fell apart as he groveled through the last 2/3 of the story.
The final POV character is Stara a woman who gets sent back to her Sachakan father to be married and start a family. She started off boring and actually became the most interesting character towards the end, even though she was pretty selfish in her goal to become a magician and not be married/have children.
The story mostly follows the war between Sachaka and Corallia. It spends a lot of time following the magicians movements and there's three battles that feel more like skirmishes, because they don't capture the battle very well. I don't know if Ms. Canavan has a lot of experience writing battle scenes, but these were not as exciting and they didn't capture the war very well.
**Spoilers Below**
I don't know if this is because this is a prequel and I should have read the Magician's trilogy first, but I was unimpressed with most parts of the book. I thought it was too long and it didn't cover much. I was tired of Tessia wanting to just heal everyone. I get that she didn't want to kill, but she was a magician and the country was at war with the guy who wiped her village out and killed her parents and she didn't seem to care much, but HEAL everyone!!! I thought that her romance was rushed even though it was expected. we're both hurt, but I LOVE You and I love you too!! She's the main character, but we couldn't focus on her for the conclusion of the book other than to say she's about ready to give birth? The same goes with Dakon, we just get a passive sentence that oh, he was assassinated, but that didn't really matter.
Hanara was a pitiful character. He started off as a slave who was beaten nearly to death by his master, and then he was told he was free and he was enjoying working in the stables, but then the war comes and he crawls back to Takado. He grovels at his feet even though he gets no respect other than his master can draw power from him.
Stara thinks she's going back to Sachaka to help her father's trade, but he wants nothing to do with her and doesn't respect her. He wants her to marry and breed, but he reads her mind and finds out she's a magician and not a virgin, so he passes her off to a husband, who happens to be gay. She realizes this late in the story, but once war hits home, she gathers up her friends, some slaves and other "traitors" and they high tail it out to form a Sanctuary for Women. It's pretty interesting, but the don't want men, and if the women want to have kids, they should go to a local village and shack up with someone and then return to this Sanctuary.
I was initially interested in this world, but this story really turned me off to her Magician's trilogy and the follow-up traitor spy. I don't think I'll check out any more of Ms. Canavan's stories.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 7 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Birgitte
- 05-29-15
good intensions... painful execution
It could have been a good story. I certainly kept waiting for it to get better. It didn't.
Unfortunately, this book reads as if it was written by someone working in a large corporation specializing in product development. Everything is clinical, planned, and sterile. As an example, Henara, the slave, appears to have been placed with only one purpose in mind: to provide insight into the foreign magicians' thinking. The store stone and the map are so obviously placed to become important later. All characters are nearly completely dimensionless, and the storytelling is marred by long, excruciating, passages where the characters apparently feel the need to think they way through long explanations for why something is happening... even when it is completely obvious. All decisions must be debated in committee - just like at my job. Through the poor choice of narrator (poorly matched to the book - not a criticism of the actual reading), the magicians come off as doddering old fools, and the "love story" is just plain pathetic. I will be looking elsewhere for my next read.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Cheri
- 10-07-16
less than hoped for...
although having listened to The Black Magician Trilogy, and realize the author's writing style seems to be aimed at younger people, this particular book is written in a particularly immature way.
even those who are supposed to be adults, talk, think, and act in a very immature way. it makes the book hard to listen to as i find myself rolling my eyes at what i hear. this is one for the return pile.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 2 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Michael
- 03-21-13
Not Awesome
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Different narrator, the narrator made it sound like everyone was whining.
Would you be willing to try another one of Richard Aspel’s performances?
NO
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
I think there are good bones to the story
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Natalie Fayman
- 08-08-13
Total disappointment
What disappointed you about The Magician's Apprentice?
The characters were flat and 2-dimensional. The story was just not that interesting. The ending left me frustrated and feeling cheated out of the time I invested in plowing through this book
Any additional comments?
One of the things that annoyed me the most is that, despite the fact that the entire book is told from the perspective of Tessia-a 14 year old girl-, the narrator is a crochety-sounding old man. It just really didn't seem like the right choice of narrator for this story. Half of the book is the story of Tessia and her companions while the other half is the story of Starra and her personal struggles with her father, new lifestyle, new country, etc. I was waiting the entire book to find out what one had to do with the other. The answer... NOTHING. The 2 characters only cross paths for about 3 seconds at the near-end of the book. What is the purpose of the Starra storyline? Maybe to set up the sequels of this book. I don't know. But I'm sure not interested enough to find out.
And it isn't until the epilogue that the author mentions that a major character who we've been following throughout the whole story was assassinated. But it's merely mentioned briefly and then the story moves on as if it is just a minor trivial detail. I was yelling "What????" Nothing like dropping a huge bomb and walking away with absolutely no explanation.
I was completely disappointed by the character development, the plot, and the narration of this story. I don't think I'll be trying any more by this author.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 4 personas