The Magicians: A Novel
by:
Lev Grossman (author)
Unabridged CDs ? 10 CDs, 12 hours A thrilling and original coming-of-age novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world.
Unabridged CDs ? 10 CDs, 12 hours A thrilling and original coming-of-age novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780143144397 (0143144391)
ASIN: 0143144391
Publish date: 2009-08-11
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Finally finished! This felt like the longest audio book I've read. I didn't think it would ever end.So, this was a bit of a cross between Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia. Sounds awesome, right? Too bad it wasn't. In fact, it felt more like a kick in the face of each. They were so similar t...
Well, just when I was getting back into the swing of reviewing things on Goodreads, with a book I enjoyed, they go and sell out to Amazon, where I don't want my data going. Right now this is review is the venue available to me, so I will petulantly withhold my review. Boy, don't you regret it now, G...
Did you ever read a book, and enjoy it, where you weren't even sure you really liked the main characters at all? They are people that you wouldn't want to be around for more than five minutes in real life. Well that is this book.Having said that, this was a really good book. I found it fascinatin...
One of those stories where the premise is much better than the execution. Far too long with characters who just seemed to drift along. Listened to the audio read by Mark Bramhall who did an acceptable job.
This is a classic example of a literary author tackling a genre for which he has no real love. The Magicians is an adult version of Harry Potter meets Narnia. Unfortunately, "adult" in this case just means "remove all the joy, wonder, and heroism, and add sex, drugs, and swearing."If this were a gri...
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