A review by dodominique
The Magicians by Lev Grossman

2.0

I hardly ever write reviews but this book thoroughly confused me. People keep comparing it with Harry Potter/Hogwarts but it couldn't be further from the truth. The school system is lackluster. It seems more like the backdrop for a hastily thrown together story that needed some coloring. The characters are flat and unrelatable. But what bothered me the most is the randomness of the story. Things seem to happen for seelingly no reason at all. I've not read a book in a long time where I had so many "what the fuck, why?" moments. My high hopes for the school chapters were never met and after that part had ended, the story turned into a weird D&D-like dungeon crawler that seems to have been generated by a random encounter builder.
Well, I don't think I'll be keeping up with this series. Maybe I'll watch the show adaptation and see if they did it any differently.