The Books of Magic
Book description
What do two dead boys and a normal 13-year-old have in common? The ability to save the world. Charles and Edwin are dead. They re also detectives. Tim Hunter is alive. He could be the world s greatest mage once he masters magic. And that s just the beginning. Readers…
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2 authors picked The Books of Magic as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I’m not usually a fan of graphic novels, particularly since I mostly read ebooks these days. It’s tough to enjoy graphic novels in that format. But I made an exception for Books of Magic because it was from Neil Gaiman and because it was a fresh take on the coming-of-age theme.
I love Gaiman’s imagination. His twelve-year-old potential magician, Timothy Hunter, who precedes Harry Potter by a few years, is an angsty teenager who just might be special. But instead of going to a school, he’s given a dangerous trip through time and space by DC occult figures like John…
Like all of Neil Gaiman’s works, this comic book is haunting and meaningful. Laced with DC references, philosophy, and nightmares, we lose ourselves in its strange world, or should I say, worlds? We follow Tim, a 13-year-old on the brink of becoming one of the greatest magic wielders of all time. But magic comes at a cost, and perhaps he should know that, or at least that’s what the four unlikely guides of our hero believe. And here starts the trip into magic and its many worlds, including a great meeting with Death herself in the afterlife.
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