René Rio’s Reviews > The Magicians > Status Update

LEV I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL KILL MYSELF

I CAST GUN

1. i was sympathetic to quentin this whole time but i'm actually mad at him until further notice
2. i keep forgetting there's a fucking christian guy and every time he speaks i get jumpscared

i see why fans and critics alike have compared this with h*rry p*tter—hard not to when jkr cornered the market on Wizard School in the public conscience—but so far, lev grossman seems to me a more thoughtful and skilled author by a very wide margin. these teenagers actually read like teenagers, his prose is lovely and immersive, and i'd bet my tit he's not a fucking terf 🪷