He has to summon Bartimaeus again and the djinn's not happy about it, but what can he do? Kitty, after being wrongly accused, was driven to these criminals and both she, Nathanial and the djinn Bartimaeus began a terrific adventure. The book and series are about the power struggles in a magical dystopia centred in London, England featuring a mixture The Golem's Eye, Jonathan Stroud, The Golem's Eye is a children's novel of alternate history, fantasy and magic. Oct 30, Ivana Books Are Magic rated it it was amazing. I was talking to him about how I really liked that in his fantasy books involving magicians being separate and higher in social stature than ordinary people like you and me, Stroud pays more attention to what is happening socially with the paradigm, than just telling a story about a hot-shot wizard doing great things. Often the sequel disappoints, not being able to retain its original charm, but not this time. 
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Which brings me to the Resistance.
They break in, steal some documents and magical items, and Fred and Stanley set fire to the shop with an Inferno stick. He is blamed for This hilarious novel is the second in the Bartimaeus Trilogy. At the exceedingly young age of fourteen he is now a government official and a competent magician, but he no longer uses his original servant, Bartimaeus.
Nathaniel and his master, Ms. In the first book, we meet Bartimaeus, an ancient creature of enormous power that can best be described as a type of demon. Summary Add a Summary. The book and series are about the power struggles in a magical dystopia centred in London, England featuring a mixture of modern and ancient, secular and mythological themes.
You also get a glimpse in the life of the resistance - who are they, what do they do exactly and how they do it, what binds them together and what is their purpose. Most of the story takes place in London, where the government is made up of magicians. So, my initial question of whether this sequel would elaborate on politics, revealing more about the power structures and dynamics of this would, could be answered with yes.
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud. Not a being you'd expect to like To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Bartimaeus almost takes a liking to her, for her refreshing honesty, courage, and individualism.
I don't mean to shoot down your comment Claire, but I disagree. It's one of my favorite books, Bartimaeus is awesome and witty! I have a feeling that he's the necessary collateral damage from the society fhe he lives in, and I guess that I can understand that not all of the good guys stay good and vice versa, but I really am sad that it had to end in this way.
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I kept wondering how will this world ruled by magicians develop further? I was never a big fan of Nathaniel in the first book, I really didn't like him in this one.
That was refreshing- having a girl be a hero for once! But I get that, we must learn to bow down to authorities but they just come off rather too compliant and dull. I like Nathaniel and Katty too.
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Corey Naire She realized that she had not imprisoned Gladestone in his resting place, and rather had left said place unlocked. The book begins two years after the events of Ebooi Amulet of Samarkand. Bartimaeus is rescued the following morning, and reveals the marauder's identity to Whitwell, Duvall, Nathaniel, and Tallow.
What makes this eboo is Kitty. The whole point is about a fourteen-year-old magician Nathanial and his tasks and missions being the assistant of the head of internal affairs which concerns a disastrous magical creature and a group of thieves.
Perhaps, this was to give us a better visual perspective of events. I admired the skill with which Stroud introduced Kitty and her backstory seamlessly into the plot. In the world of the Bartimaeus triolgy, magicians don't actually have that much power.
On the other hand, the introduction of the golem was extremely cool, and the Czech sidelines Two things stood out in sbook book: Kitty is a teen-aged key player in the resistance. As I said, I quite liked how the magicians need for power is showed to be pathological in essence.
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