Magician - Raymond E. Feist Reviews

Magician is a tremendous example of the fine writing that can be found in the fantasy genre, and should be read by all those who profess to enjoy high fantasy. The book starts out a little bit slowly, setting up the story for the rest of the book and mainly introduces the idea of The Kingdom of the Isles and how it is ruled (classically ...  Read the complete review

I picked this up after reading Talon of the Silver Hawk and King of Foxes, both fairly good books and enjoyable reads. I had heard of Feist and Magician and thought this will do when i seen it in the newsagent (i was going on a 6 hour train journey at the time). I can safely say this is one of the top novels I have ever read. This ...  Read the complete review

This is my favourite book of all time. I have read it at least ten times and each time I find something new and exciting in the story. The story revolves around two boys, Pug and Tomas, who grow up in a frontier outpost on the world of Midkemia. Alien invaders throw the world into turmoil and a war begins which changes both their lives. ...  Read the complete review

OK, I just finished this book about twenty minutes ago, so I thought that I should write an op on it, while still fresh in my head. So, welcome to my review on "Magician" by Raymond E.Feist. Possibly the finest fantasy novel since "Lord of the Rings", well.........you can make your own mind up. The story ...  Read the complete review

My only experience of Feist's work prior to reading "Magician" was "Faerie tale" and I don't read a great deal of high fantasy, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I had some initial reservations, but soon found I couldn't put the book down. Pug and Tomas are boys who work for the Duke of Crydee. Tomas ...  Read the complete review

I read a lot, always have and probably always will. Ever since I can remember I've been captured by the writing of Authors such as Dean Koontz and Richard Laymon. Fantasy for some reason had just never appealed to me. Maybe for the simple fact that I want to be able to relate to the characters and I suppose I thought that would be pretty ...  Read the complete review

Having attempted one book review and received some good feedback I shall now try another. Hopefully this will be even better. This book is probably my favourite book of this genre but has been out now for quite some time. First published way back in 1983 in UK it was the first successful attempt by Raymond Feist at Fantasy ...  Read the complete review

(Firstly it should be noted that you can't buy this book in one volume very easily any more, it has been split into three! However, even if you get the three books they are still a thrilling read - I have written this opinion assuming that you can buy the one volume Magician) Magician is the first book in a trilogy based ...  Read the complete review

If you're new to fantasy novels, or haven't tried on before and want to, then Magician may just be what you're looking for. The book covers the events that occur on a planet called Midkemia and the war that occurs when a magical rift opens up to another planet. It's a perfect introduction to elves, dwarves, warriors, ...  Read the complete review

The Magician is the first book is Feist's Fantasy Riftwar saga. There are now 11 books in this series and 2 computer games. I think the popularity of the series can be traced back to this first book. It is definitely Feist's best book and if you have enjoyed any other books then he has written then you should buy this. ...  Read the complete review

The first book of the Riftwar saga and probably Feist's best book. Despite being a first novel it doesn't read as such and the plot develops with an unexpected maturity. Pug a young orphan from a castle in a medieval fantasy world, Midkemia, becomes a magicians apprentice and then gets pulled into a war between his world and another when a ...  Read the complete review

The book that started a set of novels that shaped fantasy writing to the same effect that Tolkien had done 30 years before- 'Magician'. When I first began reading fantasy I spied this book in my dads collection and began to read it feeling nothing could shape up to the world of Middle-earth that Tolkein had so vividly potrayed. I was in to ...  Read the complete review

Until I found this book, well it was actually recommended to me, I had only read science fiction and had never realised that there was so much more to the authors of this world. Magician is set on two planets at war with one another and chronicles the life and times of two characters. The star of the book, Pug, starts off as what is described as ...  Read the complete review

It's been over ten years since I first read Magician, and I've re-read it every year since, it is seriously that good. The charcters are well rounded and so richly described that you actually care about what happens to them. The story mainly revolves around a keep boy called Pug, who discovers he can use magic, and it charts his ...  Read the complete review

Magician is all about Pug and his route from boyhood to manhood on the world of Midkemia. He becomes an apprentice magician at an early age and....well, I could go on. Raymond E. Feist is one of the greatest masters of the Fantasy genre I have ever had the pleasure to read. This, his first book, available in the Author's ...  Read the complete review