The magicians the book6/3/2023 ![]() ![]() With the end of the year upon us, I felt the urgency even more so I just went ahead and read it. We were supposed to write a joint review and I keep sending weekly emails to Thea asking “so, when can we read The Magicians” – but other reading commitments kept us from finally getting to it. Review: I have wanted to read this book for months now. ![]() ![]() Then, after graduation, he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real. Magic doesn’t bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he thought it would. He also discovers all the other things people learn in college: friendship, love, sex, booze, and boredom. Compared to that, anything in his real life just seems gray and colorless.Įverything changes when Quentin finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the practice of modern sorcery. He’s a senior in high school, and a certifiable genius, but he’s still secretly obsessed with a series of fantasy novels he read as a kid, about the adventures of five children in a magical land called Fillory. Summary: Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. ![]() A lot of reviewers mention this as one of the best of the year. Why did I read the book: I have wanted to read the book since it first came out and after so many positive reviews. Stand Alone or series: Stand alone with rumours of a sequel Publisher:William Heinemann Ltd (UK) / Viking (US) ![]()
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