The Magician's Land

I found The Magician's Land not just a satisfying end to the Magicians trilogy, but the best book in the series: this final puzzle piece made sense of the story Grossman was telling all along. Those who can get past jaded protagonist Quentin's growing pains in the first two novels deserve this book as a reward. Ousted from the lush fantasy land of Fillory, Quentin begins to strive toward a new and singularly fantastic purpose, actualizing more than himself in the process; in the meantime, the Fillorian royalty struggle to save their land from a looming apocalypse. Grossman's worldbuilding in this series was both comforting in its evocation of Harry Potter and Narnia nostalgia and innovative enough that it deserves to be celebrated. He has built his own magician's land.