Has anyone read THE MAGICIANS or its sequel THE MAGICIAN KING by Lev Grossman? I haven't related this much with a book in so long. Not so much the second one, but I still loved it. If anyone's interested here the description and a link to Lev Grossman's official page for his book:
"Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. He's a senior in high school, and a certifiable genius, but he's still secretly obsessed with a series of fantasy novels he read as a kid, about the adventures of five children in a magical land called Fillory. Compared to that, anything in his real life just seems gray and colorless.
Everything changes when Quentin finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the practice of modern sorcery. He also discovers all the other things people learn in college: friendship, love, sex, booze, and boredom. But something is still missing. Magic doesn't bring Quentin the happiness and adventure he thought it would.
Then, after graduation, he and his friends make a stunning discovery: Fillory is real."
http://levgrossman.com/magicians.html
Kind of curious as to what other people thought about it, and what your favorite part was in either book, if you had one.
Thank you very much! I was looking for a good new book to start reading, as I have already read all of the ones I own (and a good amount of the ones at the library). I was quite enthralled by the description until the "friendship, love, sex, booze" part (I hate all of those things very much), but still, I think I shall give these books a try.
Are they well written? Aimed at intelligent adults and not silly teenagers?
It's very well written, definitely aimed at adults and not so much teenagers, though I think most people who have obsessed over something in their life can appreciate it. I would highly recommend it!
