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The Magicians (The Magicians, #1)

Lev Grossman

Start date: January 1, 2016

Finish date: January 2, 2016

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Nov 24, 2012 Lisa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, audio

December 2012- first reading.May 2015-listening to audio in preparation of finishing the series. I have yet to read the Harry Potter series but from what I have heard it starts out fun and magical and gets darker as the series progresses. This series seems to barely graze the fun and magical before it gets menacing and dark…and I loved it as much listening to it this time as I did when I read it in 2012.
(Thoughts on reading the book Dec 2012)
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Mar 17, 2023 Lucy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: library, 2023

I will not be continuing this series. I really enjoyed the TV show, and wanted to give the book a shot. The book was enjoyable in some parts and I like a good audiobook to listen to while I accomplish some mindless tasks. This is really a case of male writers not writing female characters well, the way that Quentin describes the female characters constantly gave me the ick. I know part of my problem with the book is that I went into it with expectations on certain characters, because of the TV s ...more

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