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Man here I was thinking The Magicians drew way too much on Harry Potter. Spoilers: I did really enjoy the way the original novel "peaked" several times, each t
by WJW 3y ago
Man here I was thinking The Magicians drew way too much on Harry Potter.
Spoilers: I did really enjoy the way the original novel "peaked" several times, each time leaving me thinking "well they beat the big bad, now what" but then there is much much more each time and the main character reaches an entirely new level of mastery they hadn't even imagined before. It's an interesting metaphor for life.
- creer 3y agoI thought it was Harry Potter done right. Very right. The characters are youths with much more suitably fucked up emotions, drives, hormones, carelessness, not to mention lack of project etc. The magic is steeped in mystery and research and dangers - it's a young, nowhere near fully understood field. The school (mostly) fits all that. By contrast Harry Potter is entirely too focused on making the books alternately fun and gloomy, with a simpler and wider-audience magic. Entertaining but empty.