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madmadmaddymad's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Excellent and well worth the read. I’m a big fan of the Syfy show, and I was expecting some of the beats in this book, but it still had enough twists to surprise me.
We kind of don’t get to hang out at Brakebills as much, but I kind of like that. This book lets its magical boy grow up. This book lets college be just a small part of life’s adventure. This book really encompasses the whole life of a magician, and made me feel like I was along for the journey.
I especially liked this book’s treatment of Quentin’s minor mending speciality - and how it turned out to be more essential and meaningful to him than the way the show treated it. Both are emotional moments, but the book really had me on my toes!
Killing a god has no consequences in the novel. In fact, killing god is the right thing to do - and I wonder, did Asmodeus go on to inherit divine powers? Did she join Julia on the other side of the world? I like that it was left a little up in the air. Hell yes.
Oh, and Julia? You’re still my favorite.
We kind of don’t get to hang out at Brakebills as much, but I kind of like that. This book lets its magical boy grow up. This book lets college be just a small part of life’s adventure. This book really encompasses the whole life of a magician, and made me feel like I was along for the journey.
I especially liked this book’s treatment of Quentin’s minor mending speciality - and how it turned out to be more essential and meaningful to him than the way the show treated it. Both are emotional moments, but the book really had me on my toes!
Killing a god has no consequences in the novel. In fact, killing god is the right thing to do - and I wonder, did Asmodeus go on to inherit divine powers? Did she join Julia on the other side of the world? I like that it was left a little up in the air. Hell yes.
Oh, and Julia? You’re still my favorite.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Death
Moderate: Violence
Minor: War
_nem_'s review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Animal death, and Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy
starsnotshadows's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Maybe I've just got rose colored glasses on, but this book wraps up the story so well that I almost want to go increase my ratings on the first 2 books. Like, the story had to start as it was to get to this point so now I get why things had to be a certain way. The character definition and development is incredibly amazing. Grossman's character definition has always been pretty good, but now at the end of it all, I feel like I can really appreciate it better. The book was still a bit too violent at some points for my taste. But I think I don't care for really any violence, so that's not saying much. I just really liked it! I don't know what else to say, I think the pacing was great, the characters were great, it was all great.
This book splits the storyline between Fillory and Earth a bit, and I think Grossman wove them together brilliantly. I would be getting to the end of a chapter and thinking "please God let the next chapter follow this plot line, I really don't want a cliffhanger right now" and the book seemed to always follow what I was hoping for, so I think the arrangement was handled perfectly.
This book splits the storyline between Fillory and Earth a bit, and I think Grossman wove them together brilliantly. I would be getting to the end of a chapter and thinking "please God let the next chapter follow this plot line, I really don't want a cliffhanger right now" and the book seemed to always follow what I was hoping for, so I think the arrangement was handled perfectly.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief
Minor: Fatphobia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Animal death
on the fat phobia, there's just a lot of jokes in an internal monologue at the expense of a fat character. and one comment made out loud
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