Thief's magic - The Library of the Uncommons

553 pages

English language

Published Dec. 15, 2014

ISBN:: 978-0-316-20927-4
OCLC Number:: 857879417

(1 review)

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 a land ruled by the priests, Rielle the dyer's daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels. Yet she knows she has a talent for it, and that there is a corrupter in the city willing to teach her how to use it, should she dare to risk the Angels' wrath. But not everything is as Tyen and Rielle have been raised to believe. Not the nature of magic, nor the laws of their lands. Not even the people they trust.

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TheKnightGarden reviewed Thief's magic by Trudi Canavan

Review of "Thief's magic" on 'Storygraph'

2 stars

this is a book that I just couldn't finish. I wasn't interested and the plot didn't make it any better. usually if the plot is boring as fuck, then I resort to the characters. unfortunately, even the characters were a reason why I didn't want to finish it.

I felt like tyen and rielle were too busy analyzing everything to a capital T that I just got so frustrated with them. they want to follow the rules and try to make everything neutral. however, I felt like whatever they were doing was more of a hassle than it needed to be.

I liked the world building of the book, but i felt like these were to separate books placed into one. I wanted to read more to see if there was a reason for these two to even have separate stories, but i got so bored and reading it got …

this is a book that I just couldn't finish. I wasn't interested and the plot didn't make it any better. usually if the plot is boring as fuck, then I resort to the characters. unfortunately, even the characters were a reason why I didn't want to finish it.

I felt like tyen and rielle were too busy analyzing everything to a capital T that I just got so frustrated with them. they want to follow the rules and try to make everything neutral. however, I felt like whatever they were doing was more of a hassle than it needed to be.

I liked the world building of the book, but i felt like these were to separate books placed into one. I wanted to read more to see if there was a reason for these two to even have separate stories, but i got so bored and reading it got tedious.

all in all, it was a full and boring book that I just couldn't finish at all.

Subjects

Magicians
Magic
Fiction