Like Hannah Gadsby said, "There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.” I'm glad Lev Grossman made the space to tell their stories, too and didn't only focus on Quentin. I think I'm trying to say that whenever you see a story of a woman overcoming the attempted derailment of her life it is encouraging and beautiful. I think maybe I'm not articulating this well.
But these stories, written before the hugely public reckoning, they gave me some confidence of empowerment. #MeToo and all the fallout surrounding it has caused a sensitivity in me. At this stage in my life, Janet, Julie, and Plum's stories all resonated with me more. In particular, Janet's story in the desert is ruthless and wonderful. Like The Magician's Land, this story is split to showcase some of the female characters' story arcs. He becomes a mysterious figure to the students of Brakebills and truly creates something completely new. In the final installment, Quentin deals with the grief of losing his father, finds new strength in his magical practice, confronts his greatest fear, and ushes Fillory into a new chapter. He starts out as a kid, very focused on himself, and over the 15 years or so of the series, he begins to understand himself as a piece of the larger framework rather than just being fixated on his own shortcomings. He does what is needed and then fades out. And when the scope of the story he's involved in is revealed to him, he has a mature response to it. Unlike my typical YA Fantasy main characters, Quentin is in his 30s at the end of this trilogy. The redemption arc for Quentin feels earned. As a fantasy, it is unique that the main character deals with real consequences that cannot be undone. I still find that it is a beautiful story. Maybe the 4-year gap, my age, and continued disillusionment with how my own life has progressed made Quentin's story less about escapism and more a reflection. The second time around I found myself more melancholy, slower to make my way through them. I remember reading them the first time with a burning passion.
The magicians land chapter 4 series#
The series of books though, we're here to talk about those. Overall, though, I think it's a pretty fun show).
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(Some of the character choices were more interesting to me on the TV show, some of the novel's plot developments were far more interesting and the TV show changed them or dropped them entirely. Which has caused me to have some confused overlap in the changes they made from page to screen. I think they've wrapped up their third season. In the time since their initial publication, the books have been adapted for a television series on SyFy. And I just finished The Magician's Land in June. Took the wrong book on the cruise we went on in October of last year and didn't pick up the 2nd, The Magician King, until February of this year. I re-read The Magicians in September 2017. So, I liked them and planned to read them again. I guess it's enough to note that I bought all three of these in hardback. I've been trying to remember my initial reactions to this trilogy. I think the only one from the set that was truly blogged about here was The Magician King. The Magician's Land was published in 2014 and I was on a blogging hiatus at that point. I never finished reviewing this trilogy from my initial read.