red_books_red 's review for:

The Magicians by Lev Grossman
DID NOT FINISH: 69%

The main character is so insufferable terrible and selfish, whiny and cowardly. I liked maybe the first 40%, then the storyline dragged in the most boring way. And then all of Quintan's most awful personality traits came to a head as he does something just idiotic and selfish and cruel, and then acts like a baby about it, a big raging dumb baby. I just can't finish it, it got so bad, the perspective is all his whine thoughts, and just... .ugh