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Minerva the Bookwyrm Captain
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 Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:01 pm
Who has read the Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud? The books in the series are:
The Amulet of Samarkand
The Golem's Eye
Ptolemy's Gate
In this series, the British governent is run by magicians. They have no powers of their own; they simply summon up demons to do their bidding. The demons, not liking beng enslaved, kill the magicians in order to escape servitude if they can.
Bartimaeus is a djinni (middle-ranking demon) that gets summoned by Nathaniel, an ambitious 12 year-old bent on revenge. Bartimaeus' arrogance and sarcastic wit kept me laughing throughout the series! biggrin As the series progresses, Nathaniel gets older and he and Bartimaeus get mixed up with some Commoners trying to overthrow the oppressive government of magicians.
My absolute favourite trait about these books is that neither of the heroes (Bartimaeus and Nathaniel) are particularly heroic. They're self-serving, insensitive, and egotistical...I love 'em! xd
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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:24 pm
These books are unique, exciting, and funny! biggrin The second book isn't that great, but the first and third are amazing! biggrin biggrin
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Elf on a Bookshelf Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:02 pm
Ooohhh.. I'll have to look for them. They have been added to my list of books to read.
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Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:02 pm
You should; you'd probably like them! razz
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Minerva the Bookwyrm Captain
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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:21 pm
If Minerva herself suggests them to me, I shall read them. She has good taste in books. (i.e. Arty the super genius.)
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Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:36 pm
I read at least 2 of them a while ago. I remember the plot and everything, but they weren't that memorable. I kind of forgot about them, but I remember liking them.
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Minerva the Bookwyrm Captain
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:37 pm
Not memorable? eek
Well, I actually don't like the second one very much. The first is amazing, though; it's the funniest of the three with one of the greatest opening-chapters to a book that I've ever read! exclaim Ptolemy's idealism in the third one is remarkable. heart
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:16 pm
I have to say, my absolute favorie part was the footnotes. They are simply HALARIOUS! I heart those books
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Minerva the Bookwyrm Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 10:55 pm
Yes, if you skip the footnotes you definitely miss out on a great deal of the humour! lol
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