Magicians Trilogy The Magician King, Book 2, (Paperback)

from TheAmpersand

I really, really enjoyed Lev Grossman's "The Magicians," and it seems that I wasn't the only one. Since I've never really been drawn to the whole swords-and-sorcery thing, it feels a bit odd to admit that I saw a lot of myself in that book's characters, but -- the whole slightly knowing Harry Pot...

from humouress

This is the sequel to "The Magicians", which I actually thought was a one-off; but I spotted this in the library, so I picked it up. If "The Magicians" was the equivalent of the Narnia book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", then this would correspond to "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", in ...

from randalrh

The Magician King picks up a bit after The Magicians leaves off, but also runs in parallel with it (which can't be explained further without spoilers). The second novel of a fantasy series doesn't usually have to set the foundations of a magical universe the way a first novel does, but the Magici...

from alchemie

I enjoyed this much more than the first book in the series. Julia's back story, while not particularly surprising or unexpected, was engaging and interesting. Quentin becomes less unbearable, especially towards the conclusion of the volume. The new characters who were introduced felt more like re...

from gmehn

I really really want to like Grossman. I love his reviews. He seems intelligent. He is filled with excellent ideas. But the writing, at the sentence level, falls flat. It kind of worked in The Magicians, but in the sequel it's really doing my head in. Slips from formal to informal. Characters tha...