I don't know how I feel about this book. I didn't think I'd end up liking it but I still can't give it more than 2 stars.

I started it not really knowing what I was getting myself into. I had seen the TV show which I liked, but this book... Let's just say the show might be better.

The first half of this book is really quite boring and dry, there's not really anything interesting and when there is it's only for a sentence or two. There were definitely some misogynistic bits about this, for example pretty much every female character's boobs are mentioned at least once. At some points it really started to sound like Men Writing Women subreddit. The main character, Quentin, is definitely a fucking asshole but the misogyny in this book makes me think it could also be the author. But who knows, I've never met him.

There were a couple of scenes that I really didn't understand. At all. And they were never explained and I don't think they really served a purpose. So seemingly useless scenes in the middle of an already boring book..

This book is about kids at a magical university, where they're taught magic yet the reader doesn't really get to learn anything for a very long time so I was pretty upset about the unexplained magic system for a good while. At the end though it makes sense.

Maybe I'm bad at picking up clues but it only made sense towards the middle of the book that Quentin is severely depressed. He just acts and thinks in a weird way that really doesn't sound depressed, more like being an asshole (which he is, a depressed asshole) and I think it's sometimes hard to make the difference between the two.

I liked the ending. There was adventure, a bit of world building, magic, fighting and self growth and the book became much more interesting. Having read the whole book I wouldn't hate it as much as if I had stopped reading somewhere along the way. However, if anyone ever comes up to me and tells me this is their all time favorite book, without any reservations, I will excuse myself and keep my distance for the rest of my life. And I made a new shelf just for this one called "Never Again".

Also, it took me almost 3 weeks to read this. Won't read again but will read the sequel.