Quentin, who has for a long time felt unhappy and without purpose, does feel temporarily happy and as if he has a purpose during his time at Brakebills.Īfter graduation, Quentin becomes listless once more. His teachers remind him that magic is neither an art nor a science, but a craft which must be constantly practiced and honed. At Brakebills, Quentin learns the craft of magic. There, Quentin befriends and later dates the bookish-but-pretty Alice, and befriends the punkish-but-kind Penny. Quentin is soon after accepted to Brakebills, a school of magic along the Hudson River in upstate New York. Quentin has a crush on his friend Julia, who is dating his friend, James. Listless, he is looking for something more, but he doesn’t know what, and he doesn’t know where to find it. When the novel begins, Quentin is a resident of Brooklyn, New York, and though he has a comfortable life, he is unhappy with it as well. “The Magicians” is a young adult fantasy novel by Lev Grossman which follows the life of Quentin Coldwater as from the age of 17 through his early 20s.
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