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jscarpa14's review
3.0
This was a short, sweet and cute story from the point of view of an as of yet unknown character. Verent reminds me a lot of Keeston when we first met him in The Magic Thief, a complete jerk that you kind of enjoy the idea of bad things happening to him. He's snobby and judgemental and well he's got no reason to be so. The story serves to give an outside perspective of what Conn is like and surprisingly I ended up liking Verent by the end of the exceptionally short story. I wouldn't say he's my favorite character ever, but I stopped completely loathing him.
I haven't read Home yet, but as far as I can see this short story isn't really needed to understand the series but it does offer an entertaining fifteen or twenty minutes of an outsider's perspective of Conn and Wellmet.
I haven't read Home yet, but as far as I can see this short story isn't really needed to understand the series but it does offer an entertaining fifteen or twenty minutes of an outsider's perspective of Conn and Wellmet.
ljg765's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
mackle13's review
4.0
3.5
Short story in the world of Magic Thief, a wizard comes from another city to ask the great wizard Connwaer for help with a magical problem they're having. He's rather surprised to come across Conn - not at all the proper wizard he was expecting.
I really enjoyed this story. Lots of wry humor, which made me wish there was more of this humor/style in book 4 (which I read before this). It was fun to watch Verent come to see that a proper wizard isn't about the beard or the robes, but the magic and learning and trying new things.
It was cool to see that other magicians have read Conn's treatise on the connection of magic and dragons and find it worthwhile and true, and aren't as short-sighted and doltish as the Wellmet magisters.
Short story in the world of Magic Thief, a wizard comes from another city to ask the great wizard Connwaer for help with a magical problem they're having. He's rather surprised to come across Conn - not at all the proper wizard he was expecting.
I really enjoyed this story. Lots of wry humor, which made me wish there was more of this humor/style in book 4 (which I read before this). It was fun to watch Verent come to see that a proper wizard isn't about the beard or the robes, but the magic and learning and trying new things.
It was cool to see that other magicians have read Conn's treatise on the connection of magic and dragons and find it worthwhile and true, and aren't as short-sighted and doltish as the Wellmet magisters.
aarain's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
fanime's review
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
katayoun's review
not rating as it was a short, short ebook, though there was chapter one of The Magic Thief:Home at the end and can't wait!!
thomasray's review
5.0
This was cool because we got to see Conn from a different perspective, and it hinted at new problems.
leannj's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
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