# trudi Canavan's new Fantasy series: Age of the Five

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**Created:** [March 12, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trudi-canavans-new-fantasy-series-age-of-the-five/348015 "2006-03-12T04:05:24Z")
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#### Post date: [March 12, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trudi-canavans-new-fantasy-series-age-of-the-five/348015/1 "2006-03-12T04:05:24Z")

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Anybody out there a fan of [Trudi Canavan](http://www.trudicanavan.com/index.php)? Because I’m not. I started out reading the _Black Magician_ series, and found it slow and plodding, and didn’t even bother reading the last one, _High Lord_.

And now she’s got a new series coming out, _Age of the Five_, and I thought I’d give the first a try, _Priestess of the White_, and I couldn’t even get past chapter one before giving up in despair at how clumsy the writing was.

Now, this wouldn’t be so bad, except here’s the dilemma: Trudi is a friend of mine. I’ve known her for 15 years. Indeed, we were going to write a book together, but being typical teenagers we were overly ambitious with the concept and only got about 10% into it before giving up. I proofread one of the _Black Magician_ books, and have my name in the acknowledgements of two of them. She is a very nice, pleasant, and creative person who I admire very much.

But I think her writing is awful.

Well, to be honest, it’s just not to my taste, which isn’t the same thing as being awful, but still. I really don’t like it at all.

☹

What do other people think of her stuff?