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This is not a Harry Potter rip-off.
Lev Grossman is channeling Bret Easton Ellis, not J.K. Rowling. His characters swear, drink, do drugs, and have sex. Adults resemble the neglectful parents in a Peanuts special. The school years take up just one half of the first book.
There is, it seems, little actual *point* to learning magic. Painful moments of growth are shown in full. I think kids need to see that.
— Dec 28, 2016 06:24AM
Lev Grossman is channeling Bret Easton Ellis, not J.K. Rowling. His characters swear, drink, do drugs, and have sex. Adults resemble the neglectful parents in a Peanuts special. The school years take up just one half of the first book.
There is, it seems, little actual *point* to learning magic. Painful moments of growth are shown in full. I think kids need to see that.
