A review by evelyn87
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
3.0
I wanted to give this a 3.5 but wasn’t sure how! I did really enjoy this but the reviews gave me a false idea of what this book was actually about.
The first 40% of the book covers four whole years of magic school and the whole plot is mostly focused on the Narnia-Esqe world of Fillory.
I love the characters, in particular Alice, Quentin and Eliot but I found that overall all the characters are quite damaged and depressed, all having their own demons. Fillory appears to be an escape from the real world, expecting a fantasy and exciting world and finding quite the opposite.
I think this book is about what it is to be human, and the lifelong obsession to find peace and happiness and a strong feeling of existential crisis throughout!
The first 40% of the book covers four whole years of magic school and the whole plot is mostly focused on the Narnia-Esqe world of Fillory.
I love the characters, in particular Alice, Quentin and Eliot but I found that overall all the characters are quite damaged and depressed, all having their own demons. Fillory appears to be an escape from the real world, expecting a fantasy and exciting world and finding quite the opposite.
I think this book is about what it is to be human, and the lifelong obsession to find peace and happiness and a strong feeling of existential crisis throughout!