The Magicians left me depressed and flummoxed, but intrigued. But, not unlike clichéd and stupid Facebook statuses, it’s complicated. Don’t get me wrong-the ultimate impression is a positive one. I’m still not really sure what to make of it. It was the Watchmen spin on the tried- Warning: spoilers to follow! It was the other side of the Harry Potter/Charlie Bucket coin-kid gets golden ticket, only golden ticket turns out to royally screw up one’s psyche. To save them he will have to risk sacrificing everything.more He uncovers the key to a sorcery masterwork, a spell that could create magical utopia, and a new Fillory-but casting it will set in motion a chain of events that will bring Earth and Fillory crashing together. But all roads lead back to Fillory, and his new life takes him to old haunts, like Antarctica, and to buried secrets and old friends he thought were lost forever. With nothing left to lose, he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic, but he can’t hide from his past, and it’s not long before it comes looking for him.Īlong with Plum, a brilliant young undergraduate with a dark secret of her own, Quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. Along with Plum, a brilliant young undergraduate with a dark secret of her own, Quent Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams. With nothing left to lose, he returns to where his story began, the Brakebills Preparatory College of Magic, but he can’t hide from his past, and it’s not long before it comes looking for him.
Quentin Coldwater has been cast out of Fillory, the secret magical land of his childhood dreams.