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Book Review of The Magicians (Magicians, Bk 1)

The Magicians (Magicians, Bk 1)
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I really wanted to like this book, and the premise was good but it just couldn't deliver. The book seemed to be a mixture of Harry Potter, Alice and Wonderland and very obvious references to The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. After reading books like Harry Potter where an entire book is dedicated to each year of his life in school, this book seemed very lacking in such details. In some instances, a whole year was covered in one chapter. I never felt a connection with the characters and events seemed to happen and pass so quickly that I never got wrapped up in them enough to care. Overall, the story was pretty unoriginal and I seriously struggled to get through it.