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The Magician's Land Book Review: The Ending This Trilogy Deserved
"The Magician's Land" Book Review: I don't know how to talk about this book without getting emotional, so I'm not going to try to be cool about it. The Magician's Land is the ending the Magicians trilogy deserved, and it's the ending Quentin Coldwater deserved, and I did not expect it to make me feel the way it did.

Luke Stoffel
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The Magician King Book Review: Julia's Story Changed Everything I Thought This Series Was
The Magician King is a better book than The Magicians, and I say that as someone who already gave The Magicians five stars. What Grossman does here — structurally, emotionally, thematically — is one of the bravest things I've seen a fantasy writer attempt.

Luke Stoffel
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The Magicians Book Review: The Fantasy Novel That Told Me Magic Wouldn't Fix My Life
"The Magicians" Book Review: I need to tell you something about this book before you read it: The Magicians is not the book you think it is. If you pick it up expecting Harry Potter for adults, you will get something far more dangerous and far more honest. Lev Grossman wrote a fantasy novel about a depressed kid who gets everything he ever wanted and discovers that getting everything you ever wanted doesn't actually fix anything.

Luke Stoffel
3 min read
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