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I'm so over HP. It was a popular book decades ago. I'm 41 (5 years older than the first HP actor) and I remember the "controversy" over the fourth book being so much longer than the others. I've read many other books since then that were better.
If you want grown up magic school stories check out The Magicians. One of the rare cases where the show is better than the books.
If you're looking for an adult novel about English magicians (and you looove lore dumping), read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell you're gonna thank me on that one.
The TV show was quite good as well.
I’m a massive fan of the audiobook versions of the Magicians series, which I consider to be among the best narration performances from the hundreds of audiobooks I’ve listened to. I gave up on the tv series halfway through episode 1. Should I give it another shot?
It's different, it's more of an ensemble show whereas the books are more Quentins story. It got a bit silly towards the end but it was still a fun watch. I suggested it to my BF (huge Buffy fan, mild HP fan) he binged the whole thing in a week.
Sometimes you bounce off shows the first time. It isn't a faithful retelling of the books but it's got most of the major notes.
Thanks!
The Magicians is a book series!?
Yep. Three books by Lev Grossman. They focus more on Quentin, the show features the other characters more.
Kingkiller Chronicles is a good one. Though who knows if he'll ever finish it.
No this series deserves to be boycotted simply because he refuses to finish it. Authors should never ever start a series that requires an ending if they haven't already sketched out that ending.
I mean, in this case there’s quite a few reasons to avoid it. The charity scam for one, and the second book being almost total dog shit that basically rehashes the first book.
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Hope you like cringey self insert fantasy erotica where a virgin fucks a fae sex goddess so well he fully comprehends her entire existence then metaphysically dominates her.If you want good fantasy read the First Law series or hell even The Wandering Inn. I don’t even like Sanderson but whatever he’s shoveling out has got to be better than Kingkiller.