lev grossman

Just finished this - I know some chronners have read it but doesn't seem to have a thread so interested to hear more about what others thought of it. I really didn't know what to make of it for a long while. It's starts off as a portal novel with the lead character, Quentin, travelling from...

The Magicians Lev Grossman Viking, Aug 11 2009, $26.95 ISBN: 9780670020553 In Brooklyn, high school senior Quentin Coldwater conceals his only love in life, children fantasies from everyone else as he knows the ridicule would be unbearable. So Quentin is bored and miserable except when he hides...

The brilliant but unambitious Quentin Coldwater is uncertain what to do with his life when he is offered a highly unusual opportunity: to study real, honest-to-gosh magic at Brakebills, a college devoted to the magical arts. He seizes the opportunity with both hands, and finds himself thrust...