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joshbrown 's review for:
The Magician King
by Lev Grossman
Another 3.5 in reality. Such a perplexing series. Our "hero" Quentin pretty much loses all of his perspective and immense power that he had at the end of the first book when we catch up with him here, but throughout this book makes some observations about life and death and all that that is actually incredibly gripping. And the series continues to pull the rug out from under you whenever you think you've got a hold on what type of adventure this story is going to be.
The real change from the first book is the story of Julia, which we get in parallel to what is going on with Quentin. A new world of magic is created once again by Grossman, and though the geniuses in this part seem to get a little too successful by "crunching numbers" or whatever, it was still just as interesting, if not more, than the Fillory side of things. However, things are revealed at the end of the book that are best problematic, if not entirely unforgivable. I'll be reading the third and final part of this series, but I won't be surprised if the ending is purposely unsatisfying.
The real change from the first book is the story of Julia, which we get in parallel to what is going on with Quentin. A new world of magic is created once again by Grossman, and though the geniuses in this part seem to get a little too successful by "crunching numbers" or whatever, it was still just as interesting, if not more, than the Fillory side of things. However, things are revealed at the end of the book that are best problematic, if not entirely unforgivable. I'll be reading the third and final part of this series, but I won't be surprised if the ending is purposely unsatisfying.