I watched The Magicians (Lev Grossman) on Netflix and absolutely loved it, so I decided to try the books. It had everything I loved: an original fleshed-out magical world, a mysterious enemy, the wizard academy trope, and fascinating characters. It was everything I loved about YA, but with much more depth.
The only caveat: Quentin is insufferable. He is so annoying. Reading it was like watching a cinematic masterpiece while a chihuahua endlessly barked in the background.
I want to find a series like that again, but with a better MC. Does anyone have any recommendations? Is the Magicians series worth the torture that is Quentin Coldwater?
TL;DR: I’d love a series just like the Magicians by Lev Grossman, minus the annoying MC
by Honestly_probablynot
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Did you read past the first book? Agreed he sucks, but wow the character development over the three books
I’d say the scholomance series is similar. However In my opinion it has a bit less depth and reads more like YA