louisa’s Reviews > The Magicians > Status Update

Finished Part I. Contrary to its reputation, so far The Magicians owes much more to Donna Tartt's The Secret History than Harry Potter. The educationally privileged grow nostalgic for a time before it is even done, drink copiously, and are unmanned by limitless possibilities of lives of surface efficacy bereft of any meaning. It is a tricksy thing reading another's favorite book.