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I mean, it's a book about magic... what do you expect?

• st1x7 6y ago
  That's not an excuse for sloppy writing though. Even a book about magic needs a level of consistency within its own universe and when the quality is above a certain level, I'm prepared to suspend disbelief and go along with the story and not nitpick.
  • DobryMorozov 6y ago
    It's also a children's book that evolved in a book for young adults. I always thought it was supposed to be whimsical and fun, not have serious complicated plots
• throw0101a 6y ago
  Brian Sanderson (and others) have written plenty of magic-filled books with more interesting endings. If you want a 'hard magic' system, the one in the Mistborn series is pretty interesting (ingesting and 'burning' particular metals for particular abilities): * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson 'Booktuber' Merphy Napier recently did two videos on magic systems in fantasy novels: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcMQk4ltJa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcMQk4ltJa0 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd6f3tAOUHk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd6f3tAOUHk
  • musingsole 6y ago
    Brandon Sanderson* Sanderson has lectures on a system of rules for magic in books to balance their coolness against deus ex machina: https://stormlightarchive.fandom.com/wiki/Sanderson%27s_Laws_of_Magic https://stormlightarchive.fandom.com/wiki/Sanderson%27s_Laws...