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Summary: Magician:Apprentice is a book all fantasy lovers should read
Review: Magician:Apprentice is the best fantasy book I have read to date. It incorporates great storytelling with a world fresh and alive with characters. Feist goes into great detail about the history of the land without bogging down the story. His characters come alive to the reader. You would almost believe that they are real people. The focus of the story is on a young boy named Pug. However, Feist does not focus on him so much that the other characters fall by the wayside. On the contrary, they play an integral part in all that happens. This is the truly the mark by which all other fantasy books should be judged
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Summary: An action packed joyride
Review: I like to read fantasy books, especially those that have a series. But nothing could prepare me for Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga. The first book, Magician: Apprentice, is a non-stop action ride from beginning to finish. He pulls you in with characters you quickly learn to love, and lets them pull you through their many adventures. There is action, suspense, and magic, all in a world that becomes very real. After reading this book, you will be pulled to finish the series. It is that good. Magician: Apprentice is story telling at its best. It makes you want to read more
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Summary: The start of something beautiful ...
Review: This book is the start of the Midkemia series which has branched beyond all bounds of at least my imagination when I first picked up the original version of this book some ten years ago. Feist is a master at the magic of storytelling, and in the author's preferred edition of this novel he includes bits he cut out for length issues. The added bits add to an already wonderful story. I would recommend this ENTIRE series to any serious or not fantasy reader out there, or to anyone who just loves a good adventure
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Summary: If you liked Tolkien you'll love this!
Review: This book is one of the best books I personally have read,
Feist's ability to keep you on the edge of your seat is amazing. Before this book I had
never read a book twice, and was amazed that even when I knew
what was coming I still loved it! If you plan on going on in the series you must pay attention
to every detail if you don't you'll be lost later.
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Summary: all i can say is W O W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I have read other fantasy books but i have to say without a doubt that this was the best i have read. It keeps the reader's
attention from start to finish and you can't put it down or
at lease i couldn't. I would like to recommend this to any person out there who reads fantasy. This is a sure buy.
read by David Moro
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Summary: Excellent. Highly recommended.
Review: This is an excellent fantasy story about a young orphan boy named Pug. Pug is taken in by an old Magician and sets about to learn the ways of Magic. But somehow, he never progresses very far.
Then it is learned that Pug has an incredible power within himself, as yet untouched, unknown. It is a mystery for the
old magician. I haven't read a whole lot of Fantasy, but this is the best yet. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Superb fantasy! Tolkien is easier to put down!
Review: Magician: Apprentice is the first book in the captivating Riftwar Saga. For anyone who is even slightly interested in getting into fantasy books, this is where to start! Give it a few hours and you will positively fall in love with the land of Midkemia and all its wonderful characters: Pug, Tomas, Arutha, et al. Magician and the rest of the Riftwar Saga are about men
and women, both noble and common, who rise to greatness and to heights previously undreamed of in a world of many perils and evils. Before you know it, you will have read the entire saga, and by the end will feel like picking up a sword and saving the world. DON'T LET THIS ONE PASS YOU BY!
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Summary: Fun, Pure Quest Fantasy - Finally, Tolkien's True Successor
Review: Magician is one of the finest quest fantasy novels to come
down the pike in quite a while, with compelling characters you
have to sympathize and agonize with, a willingness to let go of important characters if the story demands, and a backdrop of
one of the most broad and deep worlds I've yet seen. Sometimes,
I think it's more real than Earth itself! -=- The BilFish
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Summary: An epic adventure you'll always remember
Review: This world captivated me in the very first moment I opened the book. For anyone who grew up reading fairy tales "Magician" will show a world hauntingly familiar yet full of the excitement of discovery, and a bunch of characters we get to know as if we met them in real life. Good heroes are not perfect and bad ones are not evil: all of them are so human (or elf, or dwarf...) that it makes us feel what they feel, neither of them is flat and they improve a lot, like real life people. Feist uses all the elements of classic fantasy yet his work is original and a masterpiece of imagination. The story of two empires in war is almost like real history, not the over-used "good guy" - "bad guy" conflict but a clash of two different civilizations.Warning: Don't begin to read it 'till you've bought the next book of the series, "Magician: Master", or you won't be able to think of anything but getting it after you've finished the first.
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Summary: It doesn't get any better
Review: This is hands down my favorite book of all time. I have read the book and its companion, Magician: Master, at least ten times. I still laugh and cry every time I read it and my love of the story has not dimmed. The characters are wonderful, from Pug the unassuming orphan of the keep and Tomas the son of a cook to the brooding Prince Aruthra. The story keeps you on the edge of your seat and never bogs down and the ending will have you cheering. Feist is a master at making the reader feel like you are there in the story. You see friendships develop and dreams come true as fate takes a hand in the land of Midkemia. You cannot go wrong with this book!
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