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popthebutterfly 's review for:
The Last Magician
by Lisa Maxwell
Rating: 2/5
Genre: YA Fantasy
Recommended Age: 15+ (language, violence, time travel)
Gangs of New York meets Six of Crows in this captivating new series about a girl who must travel back in time to find a mysterious book that could save her future.
Stop the Magician.
Steal the book.
Save the future.
In modern day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives.
Esta is a talented thief, and she’s been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Esta can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she’s there. And all of Esta’s training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1902 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future.
But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems, including the Magician himself. And for Esta to save her future, she may have to betray everyone in the past. - Amazon.com
Guys I tried. I wanted to love this book! I really really did! But I had to DNF it. This is the month of the DNF =(. I just could not get into this book! Before I go into the reasons why, I'll tell you what I did like about the book. This book had very in depth character development of each character and it really made them come alilve. The book also had an intriguing plot.
Unfortunately, the writing in this book kept me from getting into it. I feel that the writing was too detailed for me. It really made the plot drag on and on and on. Like I'm 150ish pages in and nothing is happening. And since the book is 500 pages long I just can't bring myself to complete it when I have other books to read this month. Also 150 pages in and the magic aspect is still a mystery to me.
Verdict: I really wanted to like this book and I feel so upset that I can't! Maybe I'll revisit it in the future but for now it's a DNF. If you like books on magic, time travel, or books set primarily in the early 1900s then you'll like this book!
Genre: YA Fantasy
Recommended Age: 15+ (language, violence, time travel)
Gangs of New York meets Six of Crows in this captivating new series about a girl who must travel back in time to find a mysterious book that could save her future.
Stop the Magician.
Steal the book.
Save the future.
In modern day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives.
Esta is a talented thief, and she’s been raised to steal magical artifacts from the sinister Order that created the Brink. With her innate ability to manipulate time, Esta can pilfer from the past, collecting these artifacts before the Order even realizes she’s there. And all of Esta’s training has been for one final job: traveling back to 1902 to steal an ancient book containing the secrets of the Order—and the Brink—before the Magician can destroy it and doom the Mageus to a hopeless future.
But Old New York is a dangerous world ruled by ruthless gangs and secret societies, a world where the very air crackles with magic. Nothing is as it seems, including the Magician himself. And for Esta to save her future, she may have to betray everyone in the past. - Amazon.com
Guys I tried. I wanted to love this book! I really really did! But I had to DNF it. This is the month of the DNF =(. I just could not get into this book! Before I go into the reasons why, I'll tell you what I did like about the book. This book had very in depth character development of each character and it really made them come alilve. The book also had an intriguing plot.
Unfortunately, the writing in this book kept me from getting into it. I feel that the writing was too detailed for me. It really made the plot drag on and on and on. Like I'm 150ish pages in and nothing is happening. And since the book is 500 pages long I just can't bring myself to complete it when I have other books to read this month. Also 150 pages in and the magic aspect is still a mystery to me.
Verdict: I really wanted to like this book and I feel so upset that I can't! Maybe I'll revisit it in the future but for now it's a DNF. If you like books on magic, time travel, or books set primarily in the early 1900s then you'll like this book!