The Magicians is the first audio book I’ve listened to in awhile that was not a re-listen of the Harry Potter books. Come to think of it, it’s not actually that big of a change. At first glance, Lev Grossman’s book is somewhat like Harry Potter goes to College.
Quentin Coldwater is the protagonist of this book, known mostly throughout the early part of the book as a quirky semi-weirdo who likes to do card tricks and is obsessed with a series of books about a fictional magical place called Fillory, which draws obvious parallels to C.S. Lewis’ Narnia. Little does he realize that magic is real, and soon he is a pupil at the magic school of Brakebills, a college for magicians.
This was a very interesting book, and as soon as I finished it I picked up the sequel, The Magician King, to continue to hear about the adventures of Quentin and his friends. The audiobook was especially good due to the man who did the reading, who was entertaining without being obnoxious, which is a trap that a lot of audio books seem to hit. It was nice to hear distinction between the characters without getting really awful voices.
4- highly recommend. Especially as an audiobook.
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