The magician of tiger castle

By Louis Sachar

Book Overview

- AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER - AN INDIE NEXT LIST PICK - A LIBRARY READS PICK - The beloved author of Holes presents his first adult novel, a modern fantasy classic of forbidden love, a crumbling... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593956745
• ISBN13: 9780593956748
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: PENGUIN US
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

Light entertainment

This certainly was a fast book to get through, full of the wild adventures of Anatole, who through crazy experiments that may or may not include magic, rescues a princess from a vile prince, saves a scribe, and somehow invents a potion of eternal life. And that is just the start! It kind of wanders a bit, as Anatole, narrating the story from the modern day, recounts his tale in meeting Tullia and Pito and foiling the plans of the monarchy while also creating some very interesting potions that include blue spots and making a person's voice go high permanently as well as taking credit for some inventions. I laughed at some parts and it was pretty lighthearted with a few real facts and so definitely ranges more to a fantasy than historical fiction. It was entertaining though I would not consider it adult fiction so much, though Anatole is an adult, his companions are in the young adult age range. I would recommend it as an any range book as it is not too serious (has some nicely juvenile humor), even if it touches on some icky bits (aka much older prince trying to marry very young princess). I did have fun reading it.