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A review by fantasyfunk
Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan
3.0
Man at times I couldn't put this book down, but other times, I almost put it down to never pick it back up.
I had a really big problem with the huge jump between characters. I was just getting interested in Tyen's story when suddenly we switched to a completely different character. I did get into Rielle's arc faster but then it jumps back to Tyen. This continues back and forth every so many chapters, and while the switch got easier, it never seemed smooth and always happened at the biggest cliffhangers. Which is fine, but when we got back to that character, it would be after the action. I just thought it odd to cut us off and then tell about the big drama moments after the fact.
The characters also killed me. They were so naive and passive at times that I didn't care about them but I also wanted to shake them so I guess that means I did care. Tyen grew on me more as the book went on. Rielle started off more interesting to me but there was a definite lull before the bang at the end.
I love the two different worlds built here. Rielle's world was particularly interesting to me. While there's no real connection yet between the two characters (beyond young and naive), there is a slim connection between the worlds that I think will have interesting implications in the next books.
I'll move onto the next book because I'm interested in what happens next but I do hope the characters get a little bit more agency of their own.
I had a really big problem with the huge jump between characters. I was just getting interested in Tyen's story when suddenly we switched to a completely different character. I did get into Rielle's arc faster but then it jumps back to Tyen. This continues back and forth every so many chapters, and while the switch got easier, it never seemed smooth and always happened at the biggest cliffhangers. Which is fine, but when we got back to that character, it would be after the action. I just thought it odd to cut us off and then tell about the big drama moments after the fact.
The characters also killed me. They were so naive and passive at times that I didn't care about them but I also wanted to shake them so I guess that means I did care. Tyen grew on me more as the book went on. Rielle started off more interesting to me but there was a definite lull before the bang at the end.
I love the two different worlds built here. Rielle's world was particularly interesting to me. While there's no real connection yet between the two characters (beyond young and naive), there is a slim connection between the worlds that I think will have interesting implications in the next books.
I'll move onto the next book because I'm interested in what happens next but I do hope the characters get a little bit more agency of their own.