I saw the series of this book from the first week it aired. I was sure this would be a perfect mix for me, it was described as 'Harry Potter in college'. The series had a lot of potential, but too much happened in too little time and I felt like I missed a lot of the story, so I bought the book series to try those. I didn't start season 2. 
 I started reading this book in July 2016, during my stay in New York. I didn't really get into it, so I left the book for what it was. I started reading the book again in May 2017, alongside the audiobook. 
 As much as I thought the series went too fast, the book went even faster. In, I think, about 150 pages, Quentin discovered there was a magic world, started college and graduated it. During the TV series, I sometimes felt like every episode had nothing to do with the previous episode, but that was exactly how the chapters in the book went by too. 
 All in all, it is a great story, with good potential and Quentin's awkwardness felt familiar. 
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 But the main thing why I wanted to read the book was that I wanted to know more about the Martin Chatwin, the abuse he had to face, the other siblings and their relationship with the writer Plover. And sadly, the TV series told me more than the book. In the book you never really know why 'the Beast' turned into 'the Beast', except a brief mention in one sentence about the possibility of abuse. Maybe you learn more about it in the next two books, but it's not very appealing for the moment. Maybe later. (hide spoiler)]