A review by wordsailor
The Magicians by Lev Grossman

3.0

I feel as though the writer was in such a rush to tell the story that he forgot to put in much environmental detail or character development. The writing feels clinical and detached at some points and then just ridiculously crude (and not to mention sexist and ableist) in others. It lacks flow, timing, and tension. If I hadn’t watched the show first I probably wouldn’t have liked this book at all or bothered continuing to read the next two.