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The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Maybe I've just got rose colored glasses on, but this book wraps up the story so well that I almost want to go increase my ratings on the first 2 books. Like, the story had to start as it was to get to this point so now I get why things had to be a certain way. The character definition and development is incredibly amazing. Grossman's character definition has always been pretty good, but now at the end of it all, I feel like I can really appreciate it better. The book was still a bit too violent at some points for my taste. But I think I don't care for really any violence, so that's not saying much. I just really liked it! I don't know what else to say, I think the pacing was great, the characters were great, it was all great.

This book splits the storyline between Fillory and Earth a bit, and I think Grossman wove them together brilliantly. I would be getting to the end of a chapter and thinking "please God let the next chapter follow this plot line, I really don't want a cliffhanger right now" and the book seemed to always follow what I was hoping for, so I think the arrangement was handled perfectly.
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