The way the lore of the series is explored is through a crazy info dump look at chapter 22, just to give a taste.
Time skips happened non-stop practically every chapter took 30-50 minutes (felt like 2 hours sometimes) to read. I’ve mentioned in my review of Magician: Apprentice that the chapters in these books felt like a bunch of connecting short stories combined. Nothing about their voices or character resembled what I enjoyed in Magician: Apprentice anymore. To make things even worse, the changes to Pug and Tomas transform them into a completely different character than what we’ve read in Magician: Apprentice. Before this chapter occurred, he was still an apprentice at magic, but after this chapter, he immediately became a master. Do you know how long it takes for Pug to become a master? One chapter. However, what I didn’t expect or know was how disjointed the developments leading to this were. Here’s the thing the title says it already, and I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that Magician: Master means we will see Pug becoming a master magician. So intriguing character’s development and world-building accompanied with a memorable scene, what could go wrong? Well, the outdated executions. Plus, there’s also the memorable scene of Pug’s wrath. I also enjoyed that the majority of the story takes place in the Asian-inspired setting of Telewan. The character’s development of Pug and Tomas-for better or worse-were totally intriguing to me. And to be fair, before I get to the things that didn’t click with me, there were indeed several things that intrigued me so much. Despite the issues I had with Magician: Apprentice, I thought that book did have plenty of redeeming factors that I thought could be explored further in the second half. Magician: Master is the second half of Magician-the first book in the Riftwar Saga series-by Raymond E. I gave this an honest attempt, but I won’t be continuing with the Riftwar Saga. I feel like nostalgia goggles are needed to enjoy this to the fullest now. And to be fair, before I get to the things that didn’t 2.5/5 stars 2.5/5 stars I feel like nostalgia goggles are needed to enjoy this to the fullest now.
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