The Magicians
by Lev Grossman
Our rating
Spice: mild. Darkness: dark.
Quentin gets into a secret college for magic and finds out his favorite childhood fantasy world is real. He's still miserable. A grown-up, hungover answer to Narnia and Harry Potter. Quentin is hard to like and that's sort of the point.
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Is The Magicians spicy?
A little. There are one or two intimate scenes in The Magicians, but they aren't very explicit. We rate it 2 out of 5.
How dark is The Magicians?
We rate The Magicians 3 out of 5 for darkness (dark). The big content warnings are drug or alcohol abuse, gore, graphic violence, death of a loved one. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Magicians in order?
The Magicians is book 1 of The Magicians, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for The Magicians
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Gore
- Graphic violence
- Death of a loved one
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Details
- Series
- The Magicians, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 416
- First published
- 2009
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
