Comments on: The Magicians Fiction Review http://www.flamesrising.com/magicians-fiction-review/ Horror and Dark Fantasy Webzine Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:03:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diana Bentley Ramsden http://www.flamesrising.com/magicians-fiction-review/comment-page-1/#comment-789855 Diana Bentley Ramsden Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:06:37 +0000 http://www.flamesrising.com/?p=2878#comment-789855 I found The Magicians, at times, very bleak and existential. Nonetheless, I plowed through it and was mostly satisfied by the tale. It must have really taken me (BTW, I'm a Harry Potter nut), because I immediately went out and purchased The Magician King. MUCH BETTER! What a great read! Lev G. needs to expand on this particular theme. I found The Magicians, at times, very bleak and existential. Nonetheless, I plowed through it and was mostly satisfied by the tale. It must have really taken me (BTW, I’m a Harry Potter nut), because I immediately went out and purchased The Magician King.

MUCH BETTER! What a great read! Lev G. needs to expand on this particular theme.

]]> By: SkyMightFall http://www.flamesrising.com/magicians-fiction-review/comment-page-1/#comment-60185 SkyMightFall Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:35:17 +0000 http://www.flamesrising.com/?p=2878#comment-60185 I just finished this book and to me it felt like it could one day become a classic. It touches on subjects that are actually meaningful and relevant to life. The story is dark and depressing comparable in a way to The Catcher in the Rye or The Great Gatsby. More similar to the Catcher in the Rye because it is a coming of age story no matter how you look at it, less similar to The Great Gatsby but it is depressing in the same way. Personally I like these types of stories because it gives me that feeling that I am not the only one that isn't happy, and even if the character comes out a little bit ahead like Quentin did it restores my faith in humanity. I just finished this book and to me it felt like it could one day become a classic. It touches on subjects that are actually meaningful and relevant to life. The story is dark and depressing comparable in a way to The Catcher in the Rye or The Great Gatsby. More similar to the Catcher in the Rye because it is a coming of age story no matter how you look at it, less similar to The Great Gatsby but it is depressing in the same way. Personally I like these types of stories because it gives me that feeling that I am not the only one that isn’t happy, and even if the character comes out a little bit ahead like Quentin did it restores my faith in humanity.

]]> By: Rob Charron http://www.flamesrising.com/magicians-fiction-review/comment-page-1/#comment-56696 Rob Charron Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:19:49 +0000 http://www.flamesrising.com/?p=2878#comment-56696 Hi :) Thank you for that very thoughtful insightful review. I hadn't heard of this book before. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. All the best, twitter.com/RKCharron xoxo Hi :)
Thank you for that very thoughtful insightful review.
I hadn’t heard of this book before.
Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
All the best,
twitter.com/RKCharron
xoxo

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