The Magician's Land: The Magicians, Book 3
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (806 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00K8EXJEM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 183 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A GREAT ENDING OF A SUPERB FANTASY TRILOGY (WHICH IS ABOUT GROWING UP, REALLY)" according to David Keymer. The Magician’s Land is the third and final installment of Grossman’s superb fantasy tale of magician-with-angst Quentin Coldwater and his friends, most but not al l of whom attended or graduated from the magically camouflaged Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. Quentin has been the lead character in all three novels, a man growing up but always faintly out of his proper place. That indeed has been the dominant theme of these wondrous novels: Quentin’s exceptionally slow growth to maturity. And part of the reason that these books resonate so strongly with readers is th. Haunting and highly recommended I read the first book in this series and didn't love it.At least not at first.But I kept thinking about it. And I read it again when the second book was released, and then I read the second book. I warmed up to the characters and the plot. I came to grips with the fact it wasn't Harry Potter Redux, or Narnia Part VI. The wrong people were going to die. The main characters were human (mostly, anyway). Being a magician creates as many problems as it solves. Some mythological creatures are jerks.I didn't even expect a third book, but was delighted when it crossed my radar. And you know what? I. "So glad I stuck with it to the third book!" according to P. Walker. Most of the reviews I've read rate "The Magician's Land" as the best of Grossman's trilogy, and they'd be right. My complaint about the first book had to do with overly-cynical characters I didn't care enough about, and it plodded SO slowly. The second book was even darker, and felt like it didn't go anywhere either. It ALMOST did: cool glimpses of the mechanics of the gods -- which was enough to give me one last push to the end of the trilogy.Finally! Quentin grew up a little and stopped being so insufferable. The overall pace picked up in this book as well. I still felt the book meandered
Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. But he can't hide from his past, and it's not long before it comes looking for him. It's the story of a boy becoming a man, an apprentice becoming a master, and a broken land finally becoming whole.. To save them he will have to risk sacrificing everything. The Magician's Land is an intricate thriller, a fantastical epic and an epic of love and redemption that brings the Magicians trilogy to a magnificent climax, confirming it as one of the great achievements in modern fantasy. With nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic. He uncovers the key to a sorcerous masterwork, a spell that could create magical utopia, a new Fillory - but casting it will set in motion a chain of events that will bring Earth and Fillory crashing together