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Loading... The Magician King (The Magicians, #2) (original 2011; edition 2011)by Lev Grossman
Work detailsThe Magician King by Lev Grossman (2011)
  
Top Five Books of 2013 (340) Books Read in 2019 (353) Books Read in 2016 (973) » 6 more No current Talk conversations about this book. (  ) Ralphd00d | May 4, 2021 |  Okay, this was pure awesomeness. I've been feeling such a deep connection with these stories. this was such a level up from [i]The Magicians[/i] and I was enthralled the whole time. I enjoy all the world travelling and the look into Julia's past. Fillroy was just perfect (  ) afrozenbookparadise | Apr 22, 2021 | Really remarkable - I thought there was way too much going on here, but Grossman brings everything together in the end as if it were, you know, magic. ( ) skolastic | Feb 2, 2021 | A fabulous follow-up to The Magicians. Like its predecessor, the plot wasn't perfect but I cared about the characters, couldn't put it down, and felt a crazy number of emotions. While loose threads were being wrapped up in the end and some of my predictions panned out (and some didn't), it was the emotional roller coaster that made me fall in love with this book. Julia's story in particular ripped my heart out and shredded it. Oh my, it was difficult and powerful and great simultaneously. Quentin does actually grow and mature by the end, though he's still l just as frustrating and sightly unlikable for most of it. The magic and descriptions of the setting are fabulous; Grossman really brings Fillory, the magical underworld of Earth, and the Neitherlands to life. Not perfect by any means, but reading it is a perfect emotional experience. ( ) JustZelma | Dec 20, 2020 | Much better than #1! ( ) Chica3000 | Dec 11, 2020 |
 “Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story,” Quentin declares, framing the novel’s theme in neat miniature. But by the end of “The Magician King,” he comes to realize that he just might not be. It’s a harsh lesson, and one that, in keeping with the preoccupations and innovations of this serious, heartfelt novel, turns the machinery of fantasy inside out.  ...a spellbinding stereograph, a literary adventure novel that is also about privilege, power and the limits of being human. The Magician King is a triumphant sequel, surpassing, I think, the original. I can't wait for the next one. Echoes from The Chronicles of Narnia [...] continue to reverberate, but Grossman’s psychologically complex characters and grim reckoning with tragic sacrifice far surpass anything in C.S. Lewis’ pat Christian allegory. Belongs to SeriesThe Magicians (2) Is contained inHas the adaptation
Quentin and his friends are now the kings and queens of Fillory, but the days and nights of royal luxury are starting to pall. After a morning hunt takes a sinister turn, Quentin and his old friend Julia charter a magical sailing ship and set out on an errand to the wild outer reaches of their kingdom. Their pleasure cruise becomes an adventure when the two are unceremoniously dumped back into the last place Quentin ever wants to see: his parent's house in Chesterton, Massachusetts. And only the black, twisted magic that Julia learned on the streets can save them. No library descriptions found. |
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