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The Magician King by Lev Grossman
In my review of The Magicians I offered this opinion as to what its author was up to: What Lev Grossman attempts to do in The Magicians is both bring this shared love of childhood fantasy adventures into a more … Continue reading
Lev Grossman explains bad reviews
Tongue planted firmly in cheek, Lev Grossman offers this enlightening explanation for bad reviews of The Magicians: Sometimes people point out to me that although The Magicians gets some good reviews, it also gets its share of hate as well, … Continue reading
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Like so many, a big part of my becoming a devoted reader at a young age was the magical books of fantasy writers like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. I jumped from these “classics” to many others (magical worlds like … Continue reading
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In the Mail: troubled youth fiction edition
–> The Magicians by Lev Grossman Kirkus Reviews Grossman (Codex, 2004, etc.) imagines a sorcery school whose primary lesson seems to be that bending the world to your will isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. When Quentin manages to … Continue reading