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3.35 AVERAGE
3.35 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funnily enough i liked the first half when theyre in school way better than when theyre out in fillory. the show was surprisingly faithful to the book
Kind of interesting concept, but it felt like they never really ended up doing much with it, and I never really got a feeling of where the book was going. It just felt like a series of things happening without much driving events forward. I made it around half way through.
Truly wild to have surprise furry sex while some of the characters are shifted into fox form though.
Quentin is the stupidest fucking character ever. Doesn’t know where Illinois is at 23y/o. Can’t stop ogling breasts. The women lack substance in this book and for that matter so do the men. Quentin’s girlfriend’s dad just did a fucking Nazi salute??? No. DNF for sure
I finished this book and found a lot of it interesting but I have never had to deal with a more depressed bunch of annoying, self-absorbed losers. I would like to read Part 2 and find out more about Fillory but not if they are my traveling companions
A coming of age story that includes magic. Quentin is unhappy and is always looking for the "thing" that will make him happy. When he discovers Brakebills, a magic school, he is running from unhappiness in his real life. At Brakebills he learns all the basics and more in magic. From there he goes out into the world always looking for the elusive happiness and his real life. The book is broken up into four sections. The first is about magic school. I thought the author told a good story about Quentin and his journey to become happy. However, there were some side stories that I felt left unanswered questions. Overall, I really enjoyed the book. I liked Quentin and wanted him to figure out who he was a whole lot quicker than he did. I enjoyed reading about the Fillory books and the Chatwin siblings. Fillory is kind of like Narnia and Quentin read the Fillory books much longer and believed in them more than the average kid. I thought his hope that Fillory was out there was an interesting one.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not my favourite read — sigh. I was really hoping to like this one. But it just felt like I was forcing myself to keep reading. By the last couple of chapters, I was clearly skimming the text just so I could finish. Very disappointing — will not be continuing with the series.