Lev Grossman, The Magicians

I just finished The Magicians by Lev Grossman and am still mulling it over. There were so many things that I liked about the book: a school of magic done right (rigorous and difficult training, safeguards, classwork that makes sense -- all the stuff that Hogwarts never bothered with). There was great writing and wonderful turns of phrases. But ( spoilers undoubtedly beyond this point )

Poking around on-line, I see that a sequel has been announced, which explains the ending, I suppose. Too bad, though, because I think this could have a great book instead of an incomplete part one. One can only hope that the protagonist manages to 'find himself' (yawn) in the next book.

I enjoyed enough of this book that I'm glad I read it. But it would take some stunning reviews of the sequel to get me to pick that one up.