The Magicians
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm (Books)
I went into this book knowing that others had said it was a somewhat dark combination of Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia. I had no idea what I was in for.
When I finished the book last night, I set it down, walked out to my husband and said that I hated it. I then went on to explain that I didn’t really mean that, that it was an excellent book, and that I loved it, but that it was also very dark and sometimes difficult.
If you’re looking for typical heroic fantasy, where the protagonist rises above his faults to win the day and save the world… this is not that book. Yes, there are elements of that, and if I felt like playing devil’s advocate, I could probably make a convincing argument for it based on some few bits, but that isn’t what the book is about.
(Minor spoilers below.)
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