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[–] pancake@sopuli.xyz 4 points 12 hours ago

I finished two books this past week:

The Magician King by Lev Grossman (The Magicians book 2). I mostly enjoyed this one. I felt there was a lot of character growth in certain characters and a lot of exploration of mental health and healing. The ending soured me a bit, but I think I understand why the author went that route.

I also read Macbeth by William Shakespeare. I mostly knew the story already from pop culture, but it was nice reading the full thing. I think this is one of the more enjoyable and approachable plays of his that I've read.

I'm now on the last Magicians book, The Magician's Land. So far I'm liking it quite a bit, but we'll see how he sticks the landing.