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 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...