The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) in TBR

Aug 29, 2015 Carrie rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, magicians, magic, wizards, urban-fantasy, witches, library, magic-school

I strongly hoped I would fall in love with this book, as I had heard it was like Harry Potter only more adult. I will give it a hat tilt, it did have some comparisons. We have a magical school, a school sport (no flying brooms mind you.) It even had different "houses", so to speak. These being the groups you wind up in after your discipline is figured out.

What I hadn't heard about The Magicians was the Narnia aspect of it. Because Fillroy = Narnia.

So like I was saying, my hopes were high. But s I strongly hoped I would fall in love with this book, as I had heard it was like Harry Potter only more adult. I will give it a hat tilt, it did have some comparisons. We have a magical school, a school sport (no flying brooms mind you.) It even had different "houses", so to speak. These being the groups you wind up in after your discipline is figured out.

What I hadn't heard about The Magicians was the Narnia aspect of it. Because Fillroy = Narnia.

So like I was saying, my hopes were high. But sadly love did not come to me. That feeling of warmth and tingles failed to make an appearance. I did however like and enjoy aspects of the book.

I was turned off at times, one of these times was all the swearing. I can't say all but some of it. Don't get me wrong I've read many a tale with cursing, heck I can swear like a sailor myself at times. My point is that it didn't feel right. The flow, it felt fake at times.

Another turn off was Quinton, our main dude. He at first I found likable but then as the story continued on he just got on my nerves. I kept on thinking okay he'll redeem himself now....pages after pages later, I was still holding on to that hope. There's always book 2? Right??

While I'm on a roll, let's continue. For sure I thought there was going to be storyline and characters just forgotten about, and to some degree they were. They were bloody well just left simmering in the back, meanwhile I was thinking, gah did the author forget? Apparently he never, but I'm still in the dark. Book 2 will light my way? Right??

Now don't get me wrong I did say I liked and enjoyed aspects. I'm a sucker for magic schools, I love the magical world, I'm drawn to the mage class. So of course I would at least like the book. The storyline was able to hold my attention disbite any of the negatives I have pointed out. So for the better part of it I was happy. I will read book 2, I have to, unanswered questions and the what not.

3 star rating:
-.5 stars for the fake feel of the swearing.
-1 star for the my unhappiness with Q
-.5 for almost letting things simmer away to nothing. ...more

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Jun 24, 2021 Nikki rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: book-blog

Magic, something about magic draws people in. This book is the first in a trilogy about magic of course.

The first book, as shown here follows the story of Quentin, a teenager living in Brooklyn. He loves the stories of "Fillory" that he read as a child and has always been intrigued by them. During his senior year of high school, he finds himself somehow teleported to a location where he is instructed to take a test, he has no idea of where he is or what the test entails. What it ends up being i ...more

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Oct 15, 2018 Silver rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

I did not like this book as much as I really wanted to. I tried but somehow it just fell a little flat. It did have its moments and I thought on the whole it was well written and there was good character development. I found most the characters to be interesting if not particularly likable. At the same time there was just a little more I wanted from the story.

For a book about magic I felt through much of it there was, well not enough flare. There were some issues the author dealt with which do ...more

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Jul 07, 2012 Kelly rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-series, referred-by, got-it-for-vox

3.5 stars

This books has a great concept...magic discovered in the real world and a fantasy world come to life. The descriptions were fantastic and conjured up great ideas of magic, secrecy and things hidden right in front of us. It varies from the usual tempo in that the book runs through the school years quickly but slows right down afterwards. The characters are interesting and pull you in, but there are holes where further development is needed. It had some great moments but just couldn't kee ...more

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