It is very 'in your face' and informal, with a lot of swearing and sets/costumes that sometimes look like a high-school play setup. They have grown more complex and I no longer find them shallow which is a big plus.) (Edit: having re-watched the entire show and going on season 4 I have come to actually like the characters. The characters in a way becomes secondary to the topics being discussed, the underlying topic being the role, function and meaningfulness/or not of magic. There's simply not enough time to dwell on the characters while at the same time having this crazy and quite complicated plot unfolding. I feel like the writers are very much aware of how annoying the characters are (haven't read the books btw) and portrays them this way in order to create this very fast, quirky and weird plot. Yet this show is so (!) inventive with how magic is portrayed. Yes all the characters are annoyingly teen-like despite being in their 20's, with the usual designated roles the nerd, the bitch, the shy girl etc. The “Kirkland Signature” brand Hogwarts (now rated PG13, they reference boobies!!) is here and it awaits you behind the cover of this monstrosity.This show is a fresh take on all the topics you could ever imagine being linked to the umbrella topic that is 'magic'. If you are someone with short term memory loss and enjoyed the Harry Potter books as a kid, this is the book for you.

Entire passages of 5, 10, 20 pages which add nothing to the story and after which are never referenced again. The most significant and what seemed to be the “main” plot didn’t start until ~80% of the way through.Īlso, the book is utterly packed with loose ends and plot points that are never addressed again. There were probably 4-6 “traditional” protagonist character arcs half-finished or half-started scattered throughout. But that’s about where my positive concessions cease. Some clever nods to “real life” and easy enough to read prose.

He does have strong “Men-who-have-very-little-experience-interacting-with-women writing women” vibes, but otherwise there were flashes. Finished this a bit ago, after seeing a million people shouting it’s praises on various pages, and though I’m not a huge Fantasy guy I thought “What the hell” and I gave it a shot.Ĭredit where credit is due: Grossman isn’t an awful writer.

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