The Magicians

гарі потер для дорослих, з преферансом і поетесами. добре.

I hearby dub Grossman: "King of Crappy Endings". Codex was worse, but seriously man! What was otherwise a pretty good book had to drop off and crash at the end. Being that the story isn't actually over, I guess he had a chance to redeem himself.

I kept getting bored with this. Especially towards the end. It's really obvious what's going to happen from a long way away.

Some of the scenes are pretty well done. Like there's a few magic related bits that come across as exciting and engaging. The rest of it, not so much though.

The main character is mopey. Always believing that X just round the corner thing will improve everything, and kinda aloof, talking like he's better than his peers. It makes him very unlikeable.

The story telling style reminds me of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, or maybe the Night Circus. Both of those were better done though, where those slowly built a world that was rich and mysterious and deep, this simply felt slow paced.

Not one I'll be following up the series of.

TL;DR: Main character kinda dick, story slow, read Night Circus/Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell instead.

Bitch; virago; she-devil; hellcat; sex-kitten; nymphomaniac; vamp (Malicious, quarrelsome, and temperamental).

There were parts of this book that I truly enjoyed, the setting, supporting characters, and overall plot were great; however the main character was not hard to overcome. I was very unhappy with him as a character and his growth (often lack there of) throughout the novel.

The Magicians by Lev Grossman, would love to like it, but couldn't digest the talking animals - one Narnia is enough!