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The Magicians
- The Magicians, Book 1
- Lu par : Mark Bramhall
- Durée : 17 h et 24 min
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In a secret world of forbidden knowledge, power comes at a terrible price....
Quentin Coldwater's life is changed forever by an apparently chance encounter: when he turns up for his entrance interview to Princeton, he finds his interviewer dead - but a strange envelope bearing Quentin's name leads him down a path very different from any he'd ever imagined.
The envelope, and the mysterious manuscript it contains, leads to a secret world of obsession and privilege, a world of freedom and power; and, for a while, it's a world that seems to answer all Quentin's desires. But the idyll cannot last - and when it's finally shattered, Quentin is drawn into something darker and far more dangerous than anything he could ever have expected....
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 28/05/2019
A r'wholesome story of depression
Loved every second of it. Thanks for curing my grief from the TV series. Can't help but shiver at the narrator's pronounciation of words in W, like R'white haha
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Global5 out of 5 stars
- Utilisateur anonyme
- 02/04/2019
My Favourite Universe
I love how this book does not hide from reality's imperfection. This book isn't trying to wow everyone, it just tells the story of reality managed to get in a fantasy world. I'm attached to that lesson.
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- Friot Clara
- 05/07/2018
Fantastic and depressing
A must read/listem. But don't listen to it while drinking. The book itself is already Narnia on Prozac, don't make it any more powerfull or it will swallow you hole.
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- Asaf
- 19/03/2018
Don't Understand the Appeal
Is there anything you would change about this book?
So many people have recommended this book to me, more often than not with the line "it's like a grown-up version of Harry Potter". It's not. It lacks the sense of wonder I've come to expect from fantasy novels, and all characters are irredeemable sociopaths who meander around being mopey despite the fact they command limitless magical powers. If that sounds fun to you, this is the book for you.
What could Lev Grossman have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
The story takes forever to get going, to the point I was over three-quarters in and was still unsure what, if anything, is the overarching plot. Then someone comes in, gives our "heroes" some magical thingy, and kickstarts something resembling a plot. THIS IS NOT GOOD WRITING.
The book is in dire need of an editor's touch. An editor would have convinced Grosman to hurry up with the plot and not spend chapter after chapter on meaningless events that don't come to any fruition. The same editor might have also convinced Grosman not to put a Scarface impression in the middle of what is supposed to be a tense action scene, or to use weird, illogical wording such as "a silent gust of roaring wind." Unfortunately, since all of the above happen in the book, it seems that Grosman's only editor was his left hand inside a sock puppet.
Any additional comments?
The biggest shame is that it's clear that Grosman can write, and there are areas of the book that are compelling enough that you want to go on just to see where this is going. Spoiler alert: it goes nowhere. The book is less Harry Potter for adults, and more like Stoner with magic. I'm sure some people will find that appealing. Personally, I think I'd rather watch paint dry.
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- Simon
- 15/11/2016
Didn't cast a spell on me
I get that Grossman is trying to create a three-dimensional protagonist with weaknesses and problems. In doing so the character is probably supposed to be easier to identify with. But I never identified with Quentin, and I lost my interest in him throughout the book. I want to read something that inspires me, but reading about Quentin's self-pity and his poor view on life and people in general is just depressing.
Along with this I must say the plot is not intriguing enough and it seems like the novel is missing some editing. Loose plot ends are thrown out now and again without being picked up which made me think the author forgot about them. And for an "adult fantasy" it just doesn't seem to be intelligent enough. You never understand what is the agenda of influential off-screen characters (Fogg, Mayakovsky), which makes me think there are none. The only way this fantasy novel is adult is in the frequent occurrence of drugs, sex and alcohol, I was hoping there would a more sophisticated side to the story than that but I did't find it.
Grossman's language and imagination is good enough for a good fantasy novel, but "The Magician's" misses out on too many other things.
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- Jessica Simonetti
- 01/08/2020
Fine, but don't let the tag line fool you
This isn't anything like 'Harry Potter for adults' if you're looking for anything more than Magic performed by ignorant young men with drinking problems.
The world building isn't on par. The story could use some heavy editing. There are too many unnecessary references to irrelevant other big franchises. The sex and alcohol is plentily available but random and forced and also very unnecessary to aid the story.
If it didn't try to harp onto Harry Potter fame it would have been great fun, but in the forced comparison it doesn't hold up.
The narration however is perfect.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Chris
- 31/07/2018
Was awesome don't listen to the crap reviews
This book was surprisingly awesome. Good fun, good magic good characters and nice and rough around the edges
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- M. Makelainen
- 02/05/2018
Awful writing - TV series is superior
I picked this up because I’ve enjoyed SyFy’s The Magicians tv-series because books are always superior right? Wrong. Quentin is extremely unlikable as a main character. The author can’t stop describing breasts of every woman he sees and Quentin can’t stop listing after them. Pacing is all sorts of weird with lots of telling and almost no showing. Five years in Breakbills takes about half of the book where nothing happens except some 3rd rate attempt of re-creating quidditch and completely non impactful appearance of “the Beast”. Fillory is ruined by Quentin’s moping and entitled whining and only thing that got me to the end was the fantastic narrator.
Hard pass for the rest of the series and big recommend to the tv series.
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- Felix
- 11/04/2023
how do people enjoy this?
I haven't finished the book and I won't do it. The performance of the reader is the only good thing about this book. The book had some potential in the beginning but the magic wasn't magical and the characters weren't enjoyable.
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- Joao Taborda
- 10/02/2020
Nice Adult Magicians Story
I found The Magicians through a search of stories similar to Harry Potter and I found it quite entertaining.
It’s not Harry Potter but it has magic in it, it’s not Narnia but it has different realms in it.
It’s all of that combined with lots of swearing, lots of wine and some sex!
The story is well written and the performance is very good!
Can’t wait to start the second book!
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- bermudaful2
- 07/08/2019
The Show was better
It was a bit of a struggle to get through at times. I like the way the show revealed some information about characters better than the book which just sort of haphazardly plopped things in.
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- Allen
- 26/05/2019
A disfunctional Harry Potter wannabe
It had so much potential but ultimately was too focused on chasing a sad soul's journey of self discovery, only to find he was not worthy.
A missed opportunity.
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- Elaye Karstadt
- 27/04/2019
great story, poorly written
the story is amazing, the main character is really bad. the author has a great idea and no clue
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- Verena
- 13/04/2016
Great story but uninspired narrator
Was hat Ihnen am allerbesten an The Magicians, Book 1 gefallen?
I wanted to have the book as I recently became hooked to the SyFy Series... anyways, the story only loosely resembles that of the TV Series, and that means I get two stories set in a similar world, which I quiet enjoy. Both are equally gripping.
Würden Sie es noch mal mit einem anderen Hörbuch mit Mark Bramhall versuchen?
Rather not. The narrator reads passages that are filled with tension in a very sleepy, anticlimactic manner. I will probably buy and read the other books, as this lethargic tone is annoying.
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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- Hexxchen
- 06/05/2021
When the series is better than the book..
I have watched the full series The Magicians once and discovered that it is actually a book series in a list of "The best 25 Fantasy Books from 2010-2020".
Well, I am happy I listened to this,but I would not consider it as a good book.
The author does two things very well, one of them painfully well.
The latter is the fact that there is just no likable character here. Also hardly a relatable one. The canon consists of pained magicians, some on the verge of self destruction and one Fn horny (and thus cringy) teenager in the beginning. You may find this very horrible or very much a refreshing take on the 'heros' of the story.
The other thing, and this is what really keeps you going, is the fine world building with meta elements through the book series inside the book series. Well crafted and actually believable for the most part. The magic system is thought through and very much relies on math and physics. That's cool. Because magic is hard work. Brakebills is an awesome place and we spend a lot of time there.
(minor spoilers ahead)
What is not so great is the way the plot unfolds, or doesn't.
We really do spend a long time in Brakebills, where nothing happens but school and sex. Still it was my favourite part of the book. It was fun, even though barley anything happened.
Then we get shipped off to Fillory, receive a quest (that is more like a spontanious idea) and do it. We have an end fight, suffer depression and get a cliffhanger that does reach around to the laziest piece of foreshadowing I have ever seen in a book.
This is just bad craftmensship and I am missing ALL of the suspense.
(movie series spoilers)
Don't expect to find your fav characters here.
Penny is just an idiot and his character is not really formed out in the first bool.
Margo does not exist, but we get Janett, a girl with only the bad qualities of Margo and none of the badassness. I reckon she will gain that only in the other books, while the series made her a more complete character from the start and still gave her a great arc.
Elliott is just a little less interesting and Alice is basically perfectly the same.
Do not expect hedge witches in the book. You won't get any parallel storytelling.
Again, just a bad composition. The book fails to feel complete. It's like a second draft.
The series basically took the world building and the plot points and mixed things up a little to make a way more compelling story. It really made 'The Magicians' more than the parts it consists of. I have never seen a movie/series do it better than the books before. But now I guess I have seen everything. If the Books are a 5/10 the series is 9/10. (to much sex and cringe sometimes)
I will listen to the other books and possibly to the first part of this one again, but if your time is limited I'd rather watch the series.
I love the narrator by the way. Nice calm voice and I could tell any character apart. A good match for the tone of the story, too.
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- Martin Stennert
- 30/12/2018
Easily most loathsome book I ever suffered through
I don't know whether Grossman considers his deeply unlikable characters "realistic", but if he does he must be pitied for his own character as well as that of all of his friends (and enemies, and teachers, and casual acquaintance, and pretty much anybody he seems to know.) I've certainly never read any book about magic that was as un-magical as this one, nor any book about friends as unfriendly, nor many books with as little plot, or story, or indeed anything happening - let alone originality - as this. What an utter waste of time and money.
The narrator was okay, I guess, but since the story is only (literally *only*) about ennui, the narrator was pretty much forced to sound bored throughout almost the entire reading.
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- Sebastian Stüber
- 24/02/2017
interesting
Really dark story - not your average coming-of-age magic. But there are some non realistic twists which diminish the fun.
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- Laura Lynee Wilber
- 19/09/2018
Narnia + Harry Potter, for adults only
Stumbled across the TV series on Prime, loved it immediately and downloaded the books right after I finished the first two seasons. Really enjoyed the story, in both formats!
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- Sarah Fast
- 09/05/2023
Depressing and boring
Story is a mix of stolen ideas. Not a good adaptation, but a bad copy. It is mainly about depressed teenagers/adults that are unlikable and unrelatable. Almost no story but endless whyning from the main character who really does not have such a bad life... Could be about magic and adventures and mysteries, but mainly it is all about how miserable all the characters are for absolutely no reason
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- Bulma W
- 21/09/2022
beautiful fantastic story, wish I was there
speaker lovely voice and accent. the story reminds of narnia in modern times. just as bewitching but with more adult stuff :)
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- Amazon Customer
- 24/05/2019
Fast paced, surprisingly dirty
The story is very fast paced, but protagonist is a dirty teenager and it shows
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- Pascal
- 28/01/2017
ok but not much more
not nearly as good as other fantasy books.
story is quite shallow and not very thrilling. quite a straight forward plot. not a lot of unforseen twists.
but ok for just some hours distraction
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- Frauke
- 16/09/2016
Nothing is happening
Great voice but the story is rather anticlimactic. I got soo bored so many times despite the potential.
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