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linzthebookworm's review
4.0
I was really hesitant to read The Glass Magician. I previously read The Paper Magician, and didn't care for it enough to continue with the series. I had been thinking about the magic in Paper Magician a lot lately, which prompted me to give this series another shot. I'm really glad that I was able to get over my qualms with Paper Magician because The Glass Magician is really delightful. I really love the imagination that goes into all of the spells for this series. I think that is probably my favorite part of these books. The plot made sense to me, and it was a nice light read. I find the story to be very whimsical, and I look forward to see what else is in store for Ceony and Emery.
krhodes's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
renpuspita's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Gue selama baca buku ini pas adegan Ceony grudak gruduk konfrontasi musuh SENDIRIAN be like...
CEONY, KAMU ITU....BEGO
Seriusan gue bener - bener ga paham sama bagian pas Ceony ngadepin Grath Cobalts sendirian, kayak Ceony nih jumawa karena di buku pertama di ngalahin Lira?
Eniwei, The Glass Magician adalah lanjutan buku The Paper Magician. Ceritanya mulai 3 bulan dari kejadian di Paper Magician, jadi wajib baca buku pertama ya karena ceritanya semua berkesinambungan. Kalau di buku pertama sihirnya lebih fokus sama pengendalian kertas, di buku ini sesuai dengan judulnya, juga berfokus sama pengendalian kaca. Tapi, pengendalian kaca ini walau hebat juga bikin ngilu. Karena kaca kalau pecah kan bahaya ya, pecahannya itu lho nusuk sana sini. Jadi jangan heran kalau di buku ini Ceony bakal lebih banyak terluka apalagi musuhnya, Grath Cobalts yang juga pengendali kaca itu ga segan - segan buat nyiksa Ceony sama pecahan kaca.
Di awal gue bilang kalau gue kesel sama tindakan Ceony dan emang Ceony bener - bener ngeselin di buku ini. Di buku pertama gue bisa nerima tindakan Ceony yang langsung ngejar Lira buat nyelametin Emery yang jantungnya diambil Lira. Gue menganggap Ceony saat itu desperate karena ini nyawa gurunya. Di buku ini, Ceony malah bersikap sok pahlawan. Kesel karena ga dilibatkan buat melawan Grath, akhirnya Ceony taking matters in her own hand. Masalahnya, dia juga ngajak temennya yg siswa magang Penyihir Aviosky dan seorang pengendali kaca yaitu Delilah. Gue beneran kasihan sama Delilah karena kecerobohan Ceony dalam menghadapi Grath. Si Emery bahkan sampai bilang kalau Ceony ga mikir panjang soalnya dah ngalahin Lira di buku pertama, padahal Lira kalau dibandingkan Grath dan salah satu penyihir pembelot yaitu Saraj, Lira tuh cuma pemula. Jadi emang ada kayak luck factor pas Ceony ngalahin Lira. Walau disisi lain gue applause sama authornya karena sukses bikin Grath jadi villain yang lebih membahayakan daripada Lira.
Bicara romansa, gue ngerasa si Holmberg mungkin pengen nulis kisah cinta tiba - tiba aka insta-love, cuma cara dia nulisnya di buku pertama itu terkesan maksa. Ga ada chemistrynya! Kalau di buku ini, jadi kelihatan kalau Ceony ya bertepuk sebelah tangan karena Emery ga terang - terangan ngebalas perasaan Ceony. Walau gitu, akhirnya sedikiiit ada perkembangan untuk kisah cinta Ceony dan Emery. Ya gue bilang sih sedikit yang bener - bener hanya sedikit tapi minimal ada kans buat cinta bersemi lah, hahaha. Menurut gue, karena ini novel kedua Holmberg ya mungkin beliau belum mahir nulis adegan romansa yang alami. Yang selama ini ngejek genre romance catet ya, ga SEMUA author bisa nulis adegan romansa yang bisa dirasakan sama pembacanya tanpa terasa terburu - buru :P.
Magic systemnya masih unik dan selain pengendalian kertas dan kaca, kita diperlihatkan pengendalian material karet dan juga besi. Untuk pengendali besi, mau ga mau ya gue inget allomancy yang ada di Mistborn (dan ya, Sanderson kan mentornya Holmberg), bikin gue jadi mikir untuk pengendalian logam apa hanya terbatas besi saja. Mantra - mantra pengendalian kaca dan kertas juga unik. Holmberg sendiri juga menjabarkan gimana cara penyihir material jadi penyihir pembelot tapi ini malah jadi pertanyaan lagi karena gimana caranya Lira yang awalnya asisten perawat itu jadi penyihir pembelot ya? Meski gue kesel sama tingkah laku Ceony yang sok pahlawan, bab-bab terakhir tentang kebenaran di balik penyihir pembelot dan apa yang dilakukan Ceony untuk mengalahkan Grath cukup bagus ditulisnya. Terjemahannya rapi tapi typonya BUANYAK. Banyak banget sampe gue ga yakin buku ini ada pemeriksaan akhir sama proof reader ga sih? :/
Sayangnya, Elex cuma nerbitin Paper Magician dan Glass Magician aja. Padahal masih ada buku 3, The Master Magician dan buku 4, The Plastic Magician yang ceritanya terpisah. Kesel juga kenapa buku 3 ga sekalian diterbitkan padahal buku 3 itu jadi konklusi cerita Ceony. Pun gue mayan penasaran bagian Ceony dan Emery apa bakal jadian. Ya pasti jadian sih, cuma kan gue pengen tahu proses kesananya gimana :'). Gue benernya bisa aja baca dalam bahasa aslinya, tapi ya moga - moga aja Elex nanti beneran nerbitin buku 3 karena nanggung banget cuma buku 1 sama 2!!
Oh ya, gue kira di cover edisi terjemahan Indo itu gambar Ceony sama Emery. Gue jujur agak syok masa Emery kelihatannya kayak Tom Selleck padahal di buku ga dibilang kalau dia kumisan dan benernya Emery itu berantakan. Tapi setelah baca buku ini, gue baru ngeh kalau itu Grath Cobalts karena dia pegang kaca dan Grath kan pengendali kaca XD.
CEONY, KAMU ITU....BEGO
Seriusan gue bener - bener ga paham sama bagian pas Ceony ngadepin Grath Cobalts sendirian, kayak Ceony nih jumawa karena di buku pertama di ngalahin Lira?
Eniwei, The Glass Magician adalah lanjutan buku The Paper Magician. Ceritanya mulai 3 bulan dari kejadian di Paper Magician, jadi wajib baca buku pertama ya karena ceritanya semua berkesinambungan. Kalau di buku pertama sihirnya lebih fokus sama pengendalian kertas, di buku ini sesuai dengan judulnya, juga berfokus sama pengendalian kaca. Tapi, pengendalian kaca ini walau hebat juga bikin ngilu. Karena kaca kalau pecah kan bahaya ya, pecahannya itu lho nusuk sana sini. Jadi jangan heran kalau di buku ini Ceony bakal lebih banyak terluka apalagi musuhnya, Grath Cobalts yang juga pengendali kaca itu ga segan - segan buat nyiksa Ceony sama pecahan kaca.
Di awal gue bilang kalau gue kesel sama tindakan Ceony dan emang Ceony bener - bener ngeselin di buku ini. Di buku pertama gue bisa nerima tindakan Ceony yang langsung ngejar Lira buat nyelametin Emery yang jantungnya diambil Lira. Gue menganggap Ceony saat itu desperate karena ini nyawa gurunya. Di buku ini, Ceony malah bersikap sok pahlawan. Kesel karena ga dilibatkan buat melawan Grath, akhirnya Ceony taking matters in her own hand. Masalahnya, dia juga ngajak temennya yg siswa magang Penyihir Aviosky dan seorang pengendali kaca yaitu Delilah. Gue beneran kasihan sama Delilah karena kecerobohan Ceony dalam menghadapi Grath. Si Emery bahkan sampai bilang kalau Ceony ga mikir panjang soalnya dah ngalahin Lira di buku pertama, padahal Lira kalau dibandingkan Grath dan salah satu penyihir pembelot yaitu Saraj, Lira tuh cuma pemula. Jadi emang ada kayak luck factor pas Ceony ngalahin Lira. Walau disisi lain gue applause sama authornya karena sukses bikin Grath jadi villain yang lebih membahayakan daripada Lira.
Bicara romansa, gue ngerasa si Holmberg mungkin pengen nulis kisah cinta tiba - tiba aka insta-love, cuma cara dia nulisnya di buku pertama itu terkesan maksa. Ga ada chemistrynya! Kalau di buku ini, jadi kelihatan kalau Ceony ya bertepuk sebelah tangan karena Emery ga terang - terangan ngebalas perasaan Ceony. Walau gitu, akhirnya sedikiiit ada perkembangan untuk kisah cinta Ceony dan Emery. Ya gue bilang sih sedikit yang bener - bener hanya sedikit tapi minimal ada kans buat cinta bersemi lah, hahaha. Menurut gue, karena ini novel kedua Holmberg ya mungkin beliau belum mahir nulis adegan romansa yang alami. Yang selama ini ngejek genre romance catet ya, ga SEMUA author bisa nulis adegan romansa yang bisa dirasakan sama pembacanya tanpa terasa terburu - buru :P.
Magic systemnya masih unik dan selain pengendalian kertas dan kaca, kita diperlihatkan pengendalian material karet dan juga besi. Untuk pengendali besi, mau ga mau ya gue inget allomancy yang ada di Mistborn (dan ya, Sanderson kan mentornya Holmberg), bikin gue jadi mikir untuk pengendalian logam apa hanya terbatas besi saja. Mantra - mantra pengendalian kaca dan kertas juga unik. Holmberg sendiri juga menjabarkan gimana cara penyihir material jadi penyihir pembelot tapi ini malah jadi pertanyaan lagi karena gimana caranya Lira yang awalnya asisten perawat itu jadi penyihir pembelot ya? Meski gue kesel sama tingkah laku Ceony yang sok pahlawan, bab-bab terakhir tentang kebenaran di balik penyihir pembelot dan apa yang dilakukan Ceony untuk mengalahkan Grath cukup bagus ditulisnya. Terjemahannya rapi tapi typonya BUANYAK. Banyak banget sampe gue ga yakin buku ini ada pemeriksaan akhir sama proof reader ga sih? :/
Sayangnya, Elex cuma nerbitin Paper Magician dan Glass Magician aja. Padahal masih ada buku 3, The Master Magician dan buku 4, The Plastic Magician yang ceritanya terpisah. Kesel juga kenapa buku 3 ga sekalian diterbitkan padahal buku 3 itu jadi konklusi cerita Ceony. Pun gue mayan penasaran bagian Ceony dan Emery apa bakal jadian. Ya pasti jadian sih, cuma kan gue pengen tahu proses kesananya gimana :'). Gue benernya bisa aja baca dalam bahasa aslinya, tapi ya moga - moga aja Elex nanti beneran nerbitin buku 3 karena nanggung banget cuma buku 1 sama 2!!
Oh ya, gue kira di cover edisi terjemahan Indo itu gambar Ceony sama Emery. Gue jujur agak syok masa Emery kelihatannya kayak Tom Selleck padahal di buku ga dibilang kalau dia kumisan dan benernya Emery itu berantakan. Tapi setelah baca buku ini, gue baru ngeh kalau itu Grath Cobalts karena dia pegang kaca dan Grath kan pengendali kaca XD.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Medical content, Death, Car accident, and Gun violence
a_reader_obsessed's review
3.0
3.5 Stars
I quite enjoyed this sequel to [b:The Paper Magician|20727654|The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1)|Charlie N. Holmberg|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405618531l/20727654._SY75_.jpg|40051132] as Ceony continues her apprenticeship to Emery Thane. Things are on course until Thane’s foe returns, wanting answers from Ceony as to how she defeated his partner in crime. What ensues is some cat and mouse and plenty of displays of magic that held me rapt.
Again, I appreciated the world building in this. I liked seeing Ceony learn new things about her craft and Holmberg showing how the other magical systems work. Less enjoyable was Ceony going off on her own and thinking she must do anything and everything to save the situation. However, one can’t totally place all the blame on her as this historical setting prides itself on propriety and rules that encompass a tiny bit of misogyny as well, forcing Ceony to take action.
Peppered with a dash of romance, Thane is a compelling hero (though distant), and it will be interesting to see how Ceony evolves further in her abilities. This was good enough storytelling that will take me to the end of this trilogy!
I quite enjoyed this sequel to [b:The Paper Magician|20727654|The Paper Magician (The Paper Magician, #1)|Charlie N. Holmberg|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405618531l/20727654._SY75_.jpg|40051132] as Ceony continues her apprenticeship to Emery Thane. Things are on course until Thane’s foe returns, wanting answers from Ceony as to how she defeated his partner in crime. What ensues is some cat and mouse and plenty of displays of magic that held me rapt.
Again, I appreciated the world building in this. I liked seeing Ceony learn new things about her craft and Holmberg showing how the other magical systems work. Less enjoyable was Ceony going off on her own and thinking she must do anything and everything to save the situation. However, one can’t totally place all the blame on her as this historical setting prides itself on propriety and rules that encompass a tiny bit of misogyny as well, forcing Ceony to take action.
Peppered with a dash of romance, Thane is a compelling hero (though distant), and it will be interesting to see how Ceony evolves further in her abilities. This was good enough storytelling that will take me to the end of this trilogy!
pborrelli4214's review
3.0
Loved the first one, DNF this one
As an avid lover of the Whimbrel house series, I was expecting great things. And I loved the first one of this series! I think much of the issue I'm finding with this one is Ceony's immature attitude towards being "left out" of big decisions and her decision to act alone with no plan, rather childishly. I may finish in the future because I do rather like the world the author has built, but can't relate to the FeMC and her whining.
As an avid lover of the Whimbrel house series, I was expecting great things. And I loved the first one of this series! I think much of the issue I'm finding with this one is Ceony's immature attitude towards being "left out" of big decisions and her decision to act alone with no plan, rather childishly. I may finish in the future because I do rather like the world the author has built, but can't relate to the FeMC and her whining.
lazy_raven's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it! Full of action and unique magic. The last chapter though not a twist was unexpected! It's a true YA book and I can't wait to get the next one in the series started
b0hemian_graham's review
4.0
Advanced copy from NetGalley. I liked this one slightly better than the first, and I'm interested to see what happens in the final novel. I did feel like the action went by too quickly, and I want to know why Lira, Grath, and Saraj are "evil," and more of the back story. This novel, and the previous ones didn't really give much information. A simple, light read, but again, I think if the novels were longer, and everything more fleshed out, the novels could be much more enjoyable.