Customer Reviews

Daja's Book (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Circle of Magic)

5 star:		(29)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This is just a re-titled copy of Daja's Book in the Circle of Magic quartet - don't get confused by the title!

I noticed that several other reviews on this page were asking whether this book was the same as Daja's book and it is. Fire in the Forging is the UK title for Daja's book like Healing in the Vines is the same as Briar's Book.

I really enjoyed this book although I liked the Tortal books a little better I think that the Circle of magic books are a great read. Of all of the circle of magic books Daja's Book is my favorite.

Part of the reason I enjoyed it was it really went into the details on the traders and enjoyed hearing about another of the cultures that Ms. Pierce has created. As usual for Ms. Pierce the characters were well and colorfully written so by the end of the book you felt lie you knew them.

It was a fun story and if you choose to read it I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

As an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed DAJA'S BOOK. I've been reading Tamora Pierce since ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTURE in the early 1980s, and it's been great to see her grow as a writer. I'd highly recommend this book to both teenagers and adults, especially those who've outgrown DRAGONLANCE and other by-the-numbers sword-slingers.

The CIRCLE OF MAGIC series overall has been a treat--seeing her create a fantasy universe where the protagonists aren't, for a change, knights or warrior mages. (Not that I don't enjoy combat scenes--in fact, the highlight of TRIS'S BOOK is seeing her call down the thunder on the pirates!) But DAJA'S BOOK, like SANDRY'S BOOK, deals with natural disasters instead of human villains, and how Sandry, Tris, Briar and Daja use their magic to cope with more realistic problems like forest fires (this book) or earthquakes (SANDRY'S BOOK).

Pierce, as always, creates appealing characters and a well-thought out universe. I can't wait to see what happens with BRIAR'S BOOK.

I have to say I didn't enjoy this book as much as I did the other ones in The Circle of Magic. I was rather let down.
I do recomend other Tamora Pierce books though, the Tortall books in particular.
Just in case anyone was wondering, The Fire in the Forging IS the retitled name of Daja's book. Happy reading.

Although I did not consider Daja's book the best of the Circle of Magic series, nor Daja my favorite of the four charachters; I think Tamora Pierce made a masterpiece when she wrote this book. She creates a whole new world and culture with its own beliefs and way of living, not to mention a whole new language. A culture that has been stereotyped and abused but ignores the outside torment and stick to there beliefs, because the opinion of a kaq means nothing. It also shows you Daja's life before coming to Winding Circle. In Sandry's Book you have a clear picture of both Sandry's and Briar's backround but neither Tris nor Daja (until now) have shown their earlier life. In a way this book, of all four in the series lives up to its title. This book is almost completely about Daja.

We got to know Daja outside of her Trader or Circle identities. She emerged as very powerful, smart and capable. This book and Tris's book were the best of this series.

Daja's Book is about a girl, named Daja, who goes with her three mage friends and her teacher, Rosethorn, to try and help stop fires from spreading throughout the cities. This is the first time Daja ever comes to dislike fires, for she works with it (Daja is a metal-worker). While she is working with fire and trying to stop fire at the same time, Daja discovers a living metal vine. Then, some Traders come through the cities, and they bring back memories, for she used to be one herself. She is stuck deciding if she should continue on with her mage friends, or go with the Traders.

I would rate this book with four stars out of five, because I think that Tamora Pierce's other series are better than the Circle of Magic Series (including Daja's Book). Some of the events that happen in this book are a bit disappointing once you get to the end, and, unlike her other series, I don't think there is not as much adventure. Like her other books, though, there are good details, but perhaps a little too much, which makes it a tad more dull than the others. For example, on page 52, it says, "The lady wore a cloth-of-gold overrobe and a brown silk undergown with gold embroideries, both of which complimented her dark brown skin perfectly. The gold band on her brown, frizzy hair tilted up a little like a tiara and sparkled with emeralds; black pearls hung around her neck in three strand..." And so it continues. This is very good describing, but I think it is just a little too much than you need.

Other than that, if you have read all of Tamora Pierce's books, except for the Circle of Magic books, I'm not trying to stop you from reading any four of them, they are all good, otherwise I wouldn't have given Daja's Book four stars. Tamora Pierce is a great writer, and you should definitely consider reading one of her books, for she has several series out with four books in each series.

(I had to do this for an 11th grade school project, that's why I wrote so much!)

Wonderful book by Pierce. It is about my favorite preson. I love how the Traders finnaly forgive Daja and make her one of them again. I also love how she made Daja carring enough to give Polyam her most want possetion. Write more like it Pierce:)

I didn't begin this book expecting much because Daja wasn't a really interesting character, nor very memorable out of her friends. I really liked the fighting scenes, but wished there was more emphasis on friendship and relationships. This book seemed more juvenile than usual, there was no consistancy through out this book, and the writing was kind of choppy. Read it anyways if you like Tamora Pierce. You will be kind of dissapointed, but you can't let your favorite author down.

I have read all of the Circle of Magic books, but Briar's. Daja wasn't my favorite character in the Circle of Magic books. It's exciting to try to find out what happens to their magic after Sandry weaved Tris, Briar, Daja, and her's together in Sandry's Book. When the fire is out of hand and Daja is with the Traders, Daja doesn't know if she should save them after they kicked her out and marked her a trangshi when she was found after a ship wreaked with her family on it. I liked the end when some kind of metal was melted on her hand and was almost like her skin. I also like when Daja made a living metal plant that contains everyone's magic because Daja and her friends magic are combind together and they just found out how and why their magic are changing.