Simplified Series - The Magicians
Ooh, looks like someone rolled the dice after watching season one on Netflix. My feverish pursuit of MOAR content brought forth this feature: Simplified Series. Here's the pitch: quick synopses (I'll try and keep them spoiler-free, but, you know, most of these are past the statute of limitations on spoilers) of the entries in a series followed by the reasons you should or shouldn't read it. This week: The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman Background Info: You may be familiar with Syfy's television program The Magicians , if so, you probably won't be surprised to find out that they're based on the Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman. Both have their merits and demerits, but I'm not here to talk about the TV show (they're different, but not enough to make a worthwhile Oddaptations ). I'm here to talk specifically about the books. And if there's one thing you need to know about these books before I summarize them, it's that all the charac...