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Huh, my reaction to The Magicians was "let's do Harry Potter where everyone swears a lot and are completely unlikable, and then throw Narnia in as well." It fel
by SamBam 3y ago
Huh, my reaction to The Magicians was "let's do Harry Potter where everyone swears a lot and are completely unlikable, and then throw Narnia in as well." It felt really derivative to me.
For me, the best fantasy series of all (including those you mentioned, all of which I loved) was The Golden Compass series. Not sure if everyone would call it fantasy, but I think it is. But it's incredible world-building, incredible plotting, incredible characters, and philosophy and religion and ethics thrown in.
- snowwrestler 3y agoThat trilogy is usually referred to as His Dark Materials, and I agree it belongs on the top shelf of fantasy series.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoIt's kind of a shame the new Book of Dust trilogy just isn't doing it for me. La Belle Sauvage was interesting, but The Secret Commonwealth felt like it tried too hard, and also undermined Lyra's "secret ability" to an insulting degree.