The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) in Around the World in 80 Books

Mar 22, 2013 Andrea rated it it was ok

In the end I'm wavering between two and three stars for this. I really, really did not like it, but some of my friends loved it, so I'm kind of confused. To me, the narrator was childish and arrogant and he does not grow mentally or emotionally over the long, long course of the novel. He's insufferable from page one until the end. The author does a decent job of creating an alternative world, in which magic exists, but he peoples it with the kind of humans I generally avoid in real life and ther ...more

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Oct 01, 2019 Farhana Faruq rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

I'm not quite sure how to rate this. Grossman is a very good writer and the entire book was interesting in different ways. It's a 400 page book. The first half is similar (but not quite) to an adult version of Harry Potter. At exactly page 201 the 'story' finally starts, but by then every character is drunk and annoying. Second half of the book is like an adult version of a very weird Narnia. And by the end of the book I still dislike the main character.

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Sep 21, 2011 Efe rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2011-challenge

I really enjoyed this book. It was quite different from what I had anticipated and I found the pacing to be somewhat unconvetional but overall I really enjoyed it. I'm not sure I would have been satisfied if it was intended to be a standalone story. Knowing there was a sequel made reading it a different experience than it would have been otherwise. ...more

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