Post by shishkarobb on Oct 2, 2015 10:15:37 GMT -5
After spending the better part of a year rereading the entire Harry Potter series, I decided to look for something similar. Doing a quick Google search, I found several contenders to keep my reading list full for a while.
I recently finished reading the Magician Series by Lev Grossman. It consists of three books- The Magicians, The Magician King, and the Magician's Land.
Many have described these books as an adult version of the Harry Potter series mixed with the Narnia books. This isn't an entirely accurate comparison. While the main character, Quentin Coldwater, does learn that magic is real and then attends a college with teaches it, it's handled very differently than in the HP books. Here, magic is very tedious and boring to learn. And despite magic being a secret from most people, there isn't a hidden magical world of witches and wizards. The young adults here live in the real world, have cellphones, watch TV, and spout pop culture references. Oh, and there's drinking. And drug use. And sex.
This series isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. The writing style takes a bit to get used to, shifting from reality to fantasy. And the characters aren't particularly likable. Quentin himself is an arrogant whiner for most of the series. But the plots of the three books are pretty engaging, and the characters do grow, especially in the last book.
The first book, The Magicians, was my least favorite of the series. Just as you start to get into the story, it turns into a totally different book. But there was enough promise to make me want to read the second.
The second, The Magician King, is probably my favorite. It shifts in genre like the first one, but here it's not as jarring as the first one.
I liked the third, The Magician's Land, quite a bit, and thought it tied up the series quite well.
Definitely think the series is worth a read.
I recently finished reading the Magician Series by Lev Grossman. It consists of three books- The Magicians, The Magician King, and the Magician's Land.
Many have described these books as an adult version of the Harry Potter series mixed with the Narnia books. This isn't an entirely accurate comparison. While the main character, Quentin Coldwater, does learn that magic is real and then attends a college with teaches it, it's handled very differently than in the HP books. Here, magic is very tedious and boring to learn. And despite magic being a secret from most people, there isn't a hidden magical world of witches and wizards. The young adults here live in the real world, have cellphones, watch TV, and spout pop culture references. Oh, and there's drinking. And drug use. And sex.
This series isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. The writing style takes a bit to get used to, shifting from reality to fantasy. And the characters aren't particularly likable. Quentin himself is an arrogant whiner for most of the series. But the plots of the three books are pretty engaging, and the characters do grow, especially in the last book.
The first book, The Magicians, was my least favorite of the series. Just as you start to get into the story, it turns into a totally different book. But there was enough promise to make me want to read the second.
The second, The Magician King, is probably my favorite. It shifts in genre like the first one, but here it's not as jarring as the first one.
I liked the third, The Magician's Land, quite a bit, and thought it tied up the series quite well.
Definitely think the series is worth a read.
