Robbie A reviewed The Magicians (The Magicians #1) by Lev Grossman
Review of 'The Magicians (The Magicians #1)' on 'Storygraph'
2 stars
Ok so I liked the concepts in this story. I liked how the world worked and how they approach magic and some of the magic stuff that happens. But I hated the (main) characters and all the stupid stuff they did, which is kind of a problem because they're kind of the focus of the story. They're kind of funny, but they're all hateable (except maybe Alice). I don't know. I was super torn the whole time. I was enjoying it at some moments and wishing it would just be over at others, and the whole book was kind of just a roller coaster repeatedly moving between those two extremes.
Even the ending wasn't satisfying. Maybe that was the point since one of the themes was not being happy even though you have everything? But I don't know, nor do I really care.
I liked some parts of this book, …
Ok so I liked the concepts in this story. I liked how the world worked and how they approach magic and some of the magic stuff that happens. But I hated the (main) characters and all the stupid stuff they did, which is kind of a problem because they're kind of the focus of the story. They're kind of funny, but they're all hateable (except maybe Alice). I don't know. I was super torn the whole time. I was enjoying it at some moments and wishing it would just be over at others, and the whole book was kind of just a roller coaster repeatedly moving between those two extremes.
Even the ending wasn't satisfying. Maybe that was the point since one of the themes was not being happy even though you have everything? But I don't know, nor do I really care.
I liked some parts of this book, but I think I disliked a lot more.
