The Gopher & the Erstwhile Wizard Paperback – 13 Mar. 2015

A lovely tale for children, but at 68 years old I enjoyed it too. Magic.

I found this story to be both entertaining and well written. I liked the characters including the main character, gopher, who seemed very human.

I was captivated from the first paragraphs to the last. This splendid story, well-developed and endearing characters, masterfully woven plot, and superb description keep every moment entrancing and moving in exciting, unanticipated directions. I thoroughly loved the worldview; a triumphant classic!

Nice unassuming tale. Greatly enjoyable. Steeped in a certain symbolism that is not at all to its detriment. Gopher is very human in his thoughts and actions. His journey is simple and great at the same time.

It is more than what you expect or imagine. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the message it reveals in the end.

It was not what I would have called a classic fantasy. Allegory is not my favorite, but I did enjoy reading about a hero that doesn't fit the classic mold.

This turned out to be a very special reading to me. It kept me wanting to not stop, but my tired old eyes would have to rest. Very enjoyable. I like the way it turned me around wondering about the special references I discovered.

This story did a great job of sucking me in. A nice amount of action and a lovely twist to what one thinks will happen.

I bought this book because of its quirky title, but as I read, it just got better and better. This lovely book was such a surprise. Enchanting. A joy to read.

A magical journey into a world of returning magic. Gopher eats a magic carrot and goes on a whirlwind track into the world of awakened magic. Go on this magic journey by getting this book.

Just finished reading this book to my three girls...we all found it to be fun and inventive and unpredictable. Each chapter left us wanting more. We highly recommend.

I got 3/4 of the way through this book and just ran out of the desire to finish it.

The story itself turned out to be from the point of the gopher. Which I guess is the reason for the whole book. Was NOT expecting the ending to be something similar to the last book of the chronicles of narnia. The book just dragged on and was so repetitive at times. The ending seemed rushed, as if the author needed to wrap up the book so he could be done with it and go on to something else. Gophers character seemed to develop in spurts, with a lot of self doubt and bouts of self pity, anger, and self realisation. I love to read pretty much anything but this one was a " can't wait till its over" kind of book. So glad it did end and there is not going to be a sequel.

Mildly entertaining though very much full of redemption symbolism which got quite heavy toward the end.

This story though well written started off more interesting than many of the fantasies I've read of late but truly failed in the last 25^.