A review by bookwormenthusiast
The Magicians by Lev Grossman

5.0

When I saw all of the bad reviews for this book, I was really hesitant to read it. And when I did start, I wasn't too thrilled about it and thought about adding it to my DNF pile. However, I am so glad I actually took the time to read this book because it has easily become one of my favorites. Not only does this feel like a mature version of stories I loved when I was a kid, but the writing style also pulled me in for all of the plot points. I do agree with many other reviews though that the sexual comments got a bit annoying and uncomfortable at points, but they do lessen as the story goes on. The tv show does not live up to this book in the slightest though, so much so that I'd find it very hard to compare them considering the book is more drawn out and takes everything at a slower, more detailed pace.