Comments on: The Bartimaeus Trilogy: The Amulet of Samarkand (bk. 1), by Jonathan Stroud http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/ YA reviews and book geekery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Bartimaeus Trilogy: The Golem’s Eye (bk. 2), by Jonathan Stroud http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/comment-page-1/#comment-53100 The Bartimaeus Trilogy: The Golem’s Eye (bk. 2), by Jonathan Stroud Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:06:43 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=543#comment-53100 [...] main gripe with the first Bartimaeus was how much Nathaniel’s chapters dragged as compared with Bartimaeus’s. The [...] [...] main gripe with the first Bartimaeus was how much Nathaniel’s chapters dragged as compared with Bartimaeus’s. The [...]

]]> By: Visit from Jonathan Stroud! http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/comment-page-1/#comment-53036 Visit from Jonathan Stroud! Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:52:59 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=543#comment-53036 [...] I didn’t want to announce when I read the first Bartimaeus (because it was still in the works) was that I read it in preparation for a school visit from its [...] [...] I didn’t want to announce when I read the first Bartimaeus (because it was still in the works) was that I read it in preparation for a school visit from its [...]

]]> By: The Book of Dead Days, by Marcus Sedgwick http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/comment-page-1/#comment-53035 The Book of Dead Days, by Marcus Sedgwick Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:40:27 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=543#comment-53035 [...] This reminded me a lot of the Bartimaeus books, as well as John Bellairs, though it’s less straightforward than either. I also kept having [...] [...] This reminded me a lot of the Bartimaeus books, as well as John Bellairs, though it’s less straightforward than either. I also kept having [...]

]]> By: rebecca http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/comment-page-1/#comment-52999 rebecca Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:11:02 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=543#comment-52999 @M-C: His Dark Materials is a lastingly important series, breathlessly artistically rich and ideologically extremely deep (often conflictingly). It belongs on the canon lists. The Bartimaeus Trilogy reaches its deepest point in book three, and I won't be forgetting it anytime soon, but it's not at the peak of importance in the field (as HDM is). @M-C: His Dark Materials is a lastingly important series, breathlessly artistically rich and ideologically extremely deep (often conflictingly). It belongs on the canon lists. The Bartimaeus Trilogy reaches its deepest point in book three, and I won’t be forgetting it anytime soon, but it’s not at the peak of importance in the field (as HDM is).

]]> By: Sam http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/comment-page-1/#comment-52998 Sam Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:50:56 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=543#comment-52998 <b>M-C:</b> Well, it's similarly dark, but a *lot* less complex, and the world is less rich. Even by the end of Golden Compass, there was a lot going on, and I felt like I could see the world (even before the movie told me what it looked like -- fortunately the filmmakers mostly agreed with my imagination). The 2nd and 3rd Bartimaeus books might get to that level of depth, but in this book there were really only 5 or 6 characters (most of them not noteworthy) and a few sets. I remembered Golden Compass fondly for years after I read it, and recently even re-read it (which I hardly ever do anymore). I suspect Amulet of Samarkand will prove fun, but forgettable. M-C: Well, it’s similarly dark, but a *lot* less complex, and the world is less rich. Even by the end of Golden Compass, there was a lot going on, and I felt like I could see the world (even before the movie told me what it looked like — fortunately the filmmakers mostly agreed with my imagination). The 2nd and 3rd Bartimaeus books might get to that level of depth, but in this book there were really only 5 or 6 characters (most of them not noteworthy) and a few sets.

I remembered Golden Compass fondly for years after I read it, and recently even re-read it (which I hardly ever do anymore). I suspect Amulet of Samarkand will prove fun, but forgettable.

]]> By: Martini-Corona http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/comment-page-1/#comment-52996 Martini-Corona Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:50:33 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=543#comment-52996 Huh, I didn't think of H-Pot at all. I immediately thought of the Golden Compass trilogy — isolated child in modern-but-alternate London, magic-based bureaucracy; nonhuman familiar. How does it stack up against <i>that</i>? Huh, I didn’t think of H-Pot at all. I immediately thought of the Golden Compass trilogy — isolated child in modern-but-alternate London, magic-based bureaucracy; nonhuman familiar. How does it stack up against that?

]]> By: rebecca http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/comment-page-1/#comment-52994 rebecca Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:57:30 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=543#comment-52994 Also, I can't write in parallel format. (One, two, 3? Buh.) Also, I can’t write in parallel format. (One, two, 3? Buh.)

]]> By: rebecca http://www.parenthetical.net/2009/01/13/the-bartimaeus-trilogy-the-amulet-of-samarkand-bk-1-by-jonathan-stroud/comment-page-1/#comment-52993 rebecca Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:56:20 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=543#comment-52993 I liked this series in steadily increasing amounts. I liked book one only a medium amount; I liked book two more than that; and I loved book 3. I liked this series in steadily increasing amounts. I liked book one only a medium amount; I liked book two more than that; and I loved book 3.

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