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"The Magician" is a sequel to "The Alchemist". More accurately, it is a continuation. I strongly suggest reading "The Alchemist" first.

In the series, the American teenage twins Sophie and Josh Newman are trained in magic by Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel, aided by vampire Scathach, Joan of Arc, and many other characters. They are opposed by John Dee, Niccolo Machiavelli, and others acting as agents of the "elders".

Unlike many reviewers, I do not find the historical characters, taken completely out of historical context to be appealing. In this series, aimed at an adolescent audience, most readers will encounter the fictional John Dee, Francis Bacon, Joan of Arc, and many others, long before they encounter the real historical characters (if they ever do). As a historian, I detest t the corruption of history.

Comparisons to the Harry Potter novels are inevitable. The Scott books are unrelentingly fast-paced--essentially one long chase scene, with little left to the imagination. The hundreds of monsters (of every description) are nightmares of no substance.

The Rawlings novels create a universe in the mind of the reader, quite independent of the story, per se. In many ways, the vivid "world of magic" Rawlings creates is more engrossing than the stories. Her plots are repetitive and predictable--but who cares? You can read a Rawlings novel to the end, and start again at page one, and it is just as good the second time, or third time.

The "magical world" of the Rawlings novels is roughly 17th-18th Century English in technological terms, on the premise that the modern world has nothing to offer to the magical world. Obviously, that has limits which are sometimes glaringly obvious. In a real world--the world in which most Rawlings readers are growing in which technology has exceeded the science fiction of a few decades ago, the question of what magic is, and whether it is of (even imaginary) value, is highly pertinent.. Rawlings neatly sidesteps the question. In contrast, in the fully modern world of the Scott novels, in which even the monsters blog, the magic is "primitive" --mostly just raw largely-undefined power, mostly superceded by technology. As such, the magic is less appealing.

The magical world of Rawlings is a tightly defined world, albeit expanding in every novel, which is actually appropriate as the real world expands at the same time for the young readers. In part, this allows readers to "grow" with Harry, to encourage him, to perceive danger approaching, and to anticipate possible solutions to problems. In the Scott novels, "anything goes". The reader is not a participant.

I would not be surprised to learn that the premise of Scott's series was created as a thesis for a "Marketing 101" course, a proposal for a novel to appeal to 13 year old boys and girls. You want marshal arts?--we've got marshal arts. You want monsters?--we've got over 200 kinds. Do you like vampires?--a major character is a vampire. Want a female hero?--the most powerful characters in this series are female. Do spiders creep you out?--we've got spiders. Are you a Joan of Arc fan?--she's a major character. Do you like magic swords?--we've got Excalibur. Does Paris sound romantic to you? How about San Francisco? Parts of the story are set in both. Scott might have been advised to study Rawlings and Tolkien in greater detail.

That said, the books are very entertaining and worth a read.

Recommendation: buy Rawlings novels in hardcover, Scott novels in paperback.

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The Magician The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel #2 Michael Scott Books Reviews

Though the book is super fast paced with so much going on with all the differant characters, book 1 and 2 are only in the spam of 6 days and a lot happens to all sides. I like how each chapter is from a differant point of view of the characters and each chapters ends in a mini cliff hanger. A huge amount of information was in troduced in both books but it is very easy to follow with very little confusion between each character. One thing that started to bother me was that several statements were repeated over and over by all the characters, some were very importand for the story like when either side was talking about the twins and the prophecy but there were other statemente that I felt were not that important to the whole story but it was clear the author just really like to repeat them, by the second book there was many times that both sides were thinking and saying the same thing word for word. I understand that both sides had the same goals, get the book, get the pages, save the twins, capture the twins ect but I felt it unnessecary for some comments to be repeated so much. The story is a very fast paced easy read but very enjoyable, I read the book in less than a day and looking forward to the 3rd book as soon as I can get it. But I do have to wonder with the book moving so fast, the first 2 books were only placed in a spam of 6 days and the main characters are on a time crunch of 30 days, of how much "filler" there will be to fill the series to 5 or 6 books. It did become very clear that the story could still be total completly in much fewer books. Maybe at some point the books with be combine like so many other books are doing now days. Book 1 and 2 could actually be one book.
The Magician is just one book of this remarkable series of books, and it is better to comment on the whole series as I just finished reading them all, back to back. I'm 76, been reading sci fi and fantasy since I was 12 or so, that is a slew of books. And that includes all the recent series of books that have been published as "young adult" literature, and I have found them all entertaining reading. And, I have to put this series by Michael Scott at the top of the list, more interesting characters, more twists and turns and surprize in the plot that you can imagine, and not a dull moment through the whole series. I really recommend them if you have any taste at all for this kind of literature. Just give yourself some space to read, once you start, it is very difficult to stop. Enjoy!
"The Magician" is a sequel to "The Alchemist". More accurately, it is a continuation. I strongly suggest reading "The Alchemist" first.

In the series, the American teenage twins Sophie and Josh Newman are trained in magic by Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel, aided by vampire Scathach, Joan of Arc, and many other characters. They are opposed by John Dee, Niccolo Machiavelli, and others acting as agents of the "elders".

Unlike many reviewers, I do not find the historical characters, taken completely out of historical context to be appealing. In this series, aimed at an adolescent audience, most readers will encounter the fictional John Dee, Francis Bacon, Joan of Arc, and many others, long before they encounter the real historical characters (if they ever do). As a historian, I detest t the corruption of history.

Comparisons to the Harry Potter novels are inevitable. The Scott books are unrelentingly fast-paced--essentially one long chase scene, with little left to the imagination. The hundreds of monsters (of every description) are nightmares of no substance.

The Rawlings novels create a universe in the mind of the reader, quite independent of the story, per se. In many ways, the vivid "world of magic" Rawlings creates is more engrossing than the stories. Her plots are repetitive and predictable--but who cares? You can read a Rawlings novel to the end, and start again at page one, and it is just as good the second time, or third time.

The "magical world" of the Rawlings novels is roughly 17th-18th Century English in technological terms, on the premise that the modern world has nothing to offer to the magical world. Obviously, that has limits which are sometimes glaringly obvious. In a real world--the world in which most Rawlings readers are growing in which technology has exceeded the science fiction of a few decades ago, the question of what magic is, and whether it is of (even imaginary) value, is highly pertinent.. Rawlings neatly sidesteps the question. In contrast, in the fully modern world of the Scott novels, in which even the monsters blog, the magic is "primitive" --mostly just raw largely-undefined power, mostly superceded by technology. As such, the magic is less appealing.

The magical world of Rawlings is a tightly defined world, albeit expanding in every novel, which is actually appropriate as the real world expands at the same time for the young readers. In part, this allows readers to "grow" with Harry, to encourage him, to perceive danger approaching, and to anticipate possible solutions to problems. In the Scott novels, "anything goes". The reader is not a participant.

I would not be surprised to learn that the premise of Scott's series was created as a thesis for a "Marketing 101" course, a proposal for a novel to appeal to 13 year old boys and girls. You want marshal arts?--we've got marshal arts. You want monsters?--we've got over 200 kinds. Do you like vampires?--a major character is a vampire. Want a female hero?--the most powerful characters in this series are female. Do spiders creep you out?--we've got spiders. Are you a Joan of Arc fan?--she's a major character. Do you like magic swords?--we've got Excalibur. Does Paris sound romantic to you? How about San Francisco? Parts of the story are set in both. Scott might have been advised to study Rawlings and Tolkien in greater detail.

That said, the books are very entertaining and worth a read.

Recommendation buy Rawlings novels in hardcover, Scott novels in paperback.

> Click on “Stoney” just below the product title to see my other reviews, or leave a comment to ask a question.