2,5/5. And the award for the most over-hyped/disappointing book of the year goes to... The Last Magician!!
I really don't get all the excitement and the high ratings this book has on Goodreads (4,08/5 right now). It has some strong elements. The writing is solid and universe is quite interesting. But the characters... I just never ever felt something for them, I never care at all, and that's is a very bad point. Another one, nothing happen, this book is so slow, there is a plot from the start to finish but it could have been half has long and still get it right, there is too much scenes/adventures/mini-plot that just were not necessary. I already have the second one... (that is a good lesson for my compulsing book buying issue) so I will have a look, but I'm not really excited. And just let's be honest with a title like The Last Magician and that cover (the art is wonderful!!) you expect a lot from a book like that, something epic, and it just don't deliver. There is not enough magic in my taste and the magic system is not that well explain/put in place so...