Done reading! In the end, Nathaniel saved the day! Along with the aid of Bartimaeus.Nathaniel is his birth-name and his official name is John Mandrake. He's a very talented boy and fast learner. He was given away at the age of 5 by his birth parents and Mr. Underwood, a magician, took him as his app...
Done reading! In the end, Nathaniel saved the day! Along with the aid of Bartimaeus.Nathaniel is his birth-name and his official name is John Mandrake. He's a very talented boy and fast learner. He was given away at the age of 5 by his birth parents and Mr. Underwood, a magician, took him as his app...
I loved Bartimaeus, his snarky tone, his irascible nature. Nathaniel, like his master, was extremely well-drawn, and consequently, annoying as hell. Stroud kept me walking that tightrope of being sympathetic to him in his quest for revenge, and also made me want to shake the snot out of him and forc...
This is the first book in a trilogy (now a quartet, I suppose) and it certainly reads like one. Much of the book is occupied with world building. It pays off, for the most part. Stroud's concept is a world ruled almost entirely by magicians, who practice a form of magic that owes much to more classi...
Bartimaeus is what drives this book and makes it worthwhile reading. The story jumps between two points of view: Nathaniel, the young Magician, which is third person, and Bartimaeus who delights us in first person narration, complete with footnotes that act as side quips. I thought that I would be...
A very interesting and fun read. Bartimaeus is an unforgettable character and very witty. Well done Jonathan Stroud for a well invented young adult, fantasy novel. I ended up enjoying this book more than I thought I would.When I first started reading, the pace was a bit...well, I guess scattered is ...
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