The Magician King (The Magicians #2) Lev Grossman, 2011 Disclaimer: This is the sequel to The Magicians. It is necessary to read the first book in order to understand what is happening in this book. Some spoilers for The Magicians may appear in this review. Following their graduation from Brak...
I’ve had a tempestuous relationship with this series by Lev Grossman. The first book I started out liking--I loved the idea of a secret college for magicians in upstate New York--but in the end I rated The Magicians only 2 out of 5 stars, a bit harsh in retrospect because I read it straight through ...
As I wrote in my review of "The Magicians," this series is probably much better if you're a former fan of the Harry Potter/Narnia/etc books than if you're a current fan or indifferent to that genre. Being pretty indifferent to the whole "Young Adult" fantasy superbestsellers thing, I regard this as ...
Finally finished. This book was such a struggle for me. I feel like I really only enjoyed the last hundred pages or so. I started reading this coming off the The Magicians. Which didn't exactly blow me away either. Boom these books reminded me a great deal of the secret history. Even with the fantas...
The Magician King in Lev Grossman's novel of the same name, his follow up to 2009's The Magicians, is Quentin Coldwater. Quentin, along with Eliot and Janet, fellow alumni of Brakesbill College for Magical Pedagogy, as well as hedge-witch and old crush Julia, are now kings and queens of Fillory. ...
This book is for fans of fantasy. I won't make any suggestions to the contrary. If you're the kind of person who's read all of the Harry Potter, The Chronicles of Narnia, and you liked this book's predecessor, The Magicians, then you'll like this book. Compared to The Magicians, The Magician King is...
This, the second book in 'The Magicians' series tells of Quentin and his friends in the imaginal world of Fillory. Some of the characters have come about their magical skills and knowledge via the channels of academia (as told in the first book), while others have come about theirs in a more illicit...
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