by Lev Grossman
First sentence: “Quentin did a magic trick.”
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Content: There’s a bunch of f-bombs, some references to drugs and sex (off screen). It’s in the science fiction/fantasy section of the bookstore.
I’ve been told for years that I would like The Magicians. It’s been billed as Harry Potter for adults, and I’ve been curious about it. So, I finally got the time/nerve/inclination to pick it up, just to see what all the fuss is about.
And it’s everything I hate about adult fiction: pretentious kids, a complete lack of plot, inadequate world building, covered in “good” writing.
Ugh.
I admit: I bailed less than halfway through. I just didn’t care enough to keep going. It was, quite frankly, Boring.
I’ll stick to Harry Potter, thanks.
The Book Nut 
I still haven’t read this but we watched the first couple episodes of the show and it wasn’t so bad. I found it was a lot of different fantasy novels all together.
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Amen..Harry Potter, except without the uplifting world view and heroism. Harry Potter, except with a depressing and nihilistic worldview.
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I had the exact same reaction, except I only made it a couple of chapters in. Also it felt like it was adding “adult” content just to be edgy and offensive. Oooh!
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I haven’t read this but I’m disappointed that you didn’t like it because I’ve heard nothing but wonderful things. Bummer 😦
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