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A review by adelle_bookworm
I'm a Gay Wizard by V.S. Santoni
3.0
Tak jo. Nakonec to zas tak špatný nebylo.
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To be perfectly honest; I am very, very skeptical when it comes to Wattpad. I believe that we can find truly great stories in there, but... you know, 90 % is a trash. I wanted to read an LGBT novel, that's why I gave Gay Wizard a chance. And, as I said, as it's from Wattpad, I didn't have high hopes. But? In the end, it was better than I thought.
The main protagonist is Johnny, whose friend Alison is crazy about magic stuff. Once they both try a spell which somehow works, and because of that, they are brought to Institute, a place collecting wizards. Johnny and Alison aren't planning to stay in there, and soon they understand that there is even a bigger problem at the Institute than they would imagine.
The idea's good. But, there are many books talking about magic. And I don't mean Harry Potter or Carry On, which were both mentioned in some review I've read before. Johnny and Alison are thrown into an unknown world for magicians, and I really felt the lack of explanations. A huge lack of explanations.
For example, how the whole Institute is working. Firstly I thought that it's some kind of a magic school, and it seemed so, but then I realized that the kids aren't allowed to produce magic. Johnny was all learning himself - and those times I was wondering how the magic is working in there. Like, Johnny mentioned several times that it's hard to cast a spell, how you have to imagine it in your mind etc., but then it's pretty easy for him to build a wall in his mind so people can't read his thought. Excuse me? Feyre Archeron from A Court of Thorns and Roses took several months to learn how to protect her thoughts. I don't think it's that easy. Most of the spells I would find pretty difficul were very easy in there.
But I have to say, as I was reading further, the Institute started to make sense. So, if you're also skeptical about the world Institute represents, just keep reading. It takes some time, but it's worth it. When it came to it, I was like "Wow!"
As I said, the main character is Johnny. It wasn't hard to get used to him and I don't have anything against him, he was a nice character. Actually I'm glad it was him who was chosen to tell the story, because, apart from Blake, he's definitely my favourite.
But I couldn't stand Alison. I don't know why, I was always mad at her from how stupid she was. The friendship between her and Johnny was also a bit weird, like they were best friends, then they didn't see each other for weeks and it was fine, but then suddenly they couldn't live without themselves? I don't know.
My most favourite character is definitely Blake who made jokes about everything and I laughed the most at his scenes. But, if Gay Wizard has a Gary Sue character, it's him. Sometimes I felt like he's capable of everything, that when Johnny didn't know something, Blake always did. It was unrealistic for me.
Important in this story is also a romance between Johnny and Hunter. Personally I think that the romantic line was described well, although I think that they've fallen for each other very, very quick. But it was beautiful in the end.
There are many plot-twist which are predictable but also unpredictable. Sometimes I was a bit bored, then I wasn't, especially at the end I wanted to know what happens next. So yes, during reading I was curious, so that's the reason I'm rating this book a better 3 stars. It was better than I expected.
Huge thanks to NetGalley and Wattpad Books for providing me an ebook for an honest review.
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To be perfectly honest; I am very, very skeptical when it comes to Wattpad. I believe that we can find truly great stories in there, but... you know, 90 % is a trash. I wanted to read an LGBT novel, that's why I gave Gay Wizard a chance. And, as I said, as it's from Wattpad, I didn't have high hopes. But? In the end, it was better than I thought.
The main protagonist is Johnny, whose friend Alison is crazy about magic stuff. Once they both try a spell which somehow works, and because of that, they are brought to Institute, a place collecting wizards. Johnny and Alison aren't planning to stay in there, and soon they understand that there is even a bigger problem at the Institute than they would imagine.
The idea's good. But, there are many books talking about magic. And I don't mean Harry Potter or Carry On, which were both mentioned in some review I've read before. Johnny and Alison are thrown into an unknown world for magicians, and I really felt the lack of explanations. A huge lack of explanations.
For example, how the whole Institute is working. Firstly I thought that it's some kind of a magic school, and it seemed so, but then I realized that the kids aren't allowed to produce magic. Johnny was all learning himself - and those times I was wondering how the magic is working in there. Like, Johnny mentioned several times that it's hard to cast a spell, how you have to imagine it in your mind etc., but then it's pretty easy for him to build a wall in his mind so people can't read his thought. Excuse me? Feyre Archeron from A Court of Thorns and Roses took several months to learn how to protect her thoughts. I don't think it's that easy. Most of the spells I would find pretty difficul were very easy in there.
But I have to say, as I was reading further, the Institute started to make sense. So, if you're also skeptical about the world Institute represents, just keep reading. It takes some time, but it's worth it. When it came to it, I was like "Wow!"
As I said, the main character is Johnny. It wasn't hard to get used to him and I don't have anything against him, he was a nice character. Actually I'm glad it was him who was chosen to tell the story, because, apart from Blake, he's definitely my favourite.
But I couldn't stand Alison. I don't know why, I was always mad at her from how stupid she was. The friendship between her and Johnny was also a bit weird, like they were best friends, then they didn't see each other for weeks and it was fine, but then suddenly they couldn't live without themselves? I don't know.
My most favourite character is definitely Blake who made jokes about everything and I laughed the most at his scenes. But, if Gay Wizard has a Gary Sue character, it's him. Sometimes I felt like he's capable of everything, that when Johnny didn't know something, Blake always did. It was unrealistic for me.
Important in this story is also a romance between Johnny and Hunter. Personally I think that the romantic line was described well, although I think that they've fallen for each other very, very quick. But it was beautiful in the end.
There are many plot-twist which are predictable but also unpredictable. Sometimes I was a bit bored, then I wasn't, especially at the end I wanted to know what happens next. So yes, during reading I was curious, so that's the reason I'm rating this book a better 3 stars. It was better than I expected.
Huge thanks to NetGalley and Wattpad Books for providing me an ebook for an honest review.