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Loading... The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1)por Jonathan StroudSéries: Bartimaeus Trilogy (1)
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adorará Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se gostará deste livro.  kstorch | Dec 12, 2009 |  This is a thoroughly entertaining read, even if the metaphysics is a bit silly. My husband, who is no great novel reader, tore through the whole trilogy in about a week and a half. High on action, suspense, and snarky remarks; low on emotional tension. (  )1  SarahEHWilson | Dec 5, 2009 | Brilliant writing introducing interesting characters and a new twist on the boy magician story line. Stroud's tale is gripping and his style is reminiscent of Philip Pullman. I couldn't put the Amulet down until I found out how Stroud brought the many twists and turns to a close. Excellent for strong readers from 10 and up. (  )1 davidpwhelan | Nov 26, 2009 | Meh, I wasn't too thrilled about this one. Again, it has all the elements I would normally love, but I just didn't. Perhaps I was in the wrong mindset again. I might pick up the sequels, but only if I can get them from the library. ( ) goddessladyj | Oct 9, 2009 | OT: The Bartimaeus Trilogy - The Amulett of Samarkand ( ) Tanzmaus78 | Oct 1, 2009 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Amazon.com (ISBN 0552550299, Paperback)Nathaniel is a boy magician-in-training, sold to the government by his birth parents at the age of five and sent to live as an apprentice to a master. Powerful magicians rule Britain, and its empire, and Nathaniel is told his is the "ultimate sacrifice" for a "noble destiny." If leaving his parents and erasing his past life isn't tough enough, Nathaniel's master, Arthur Underwood, is a cold, condescending, and cruel middle-ranking magician in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The boy's only saving grace is the master's wife, Martha Underwood, who shows him genuine affection that he rewards with fierce devotion. Nathaniel gets along tolerably well over the years in the Underwood household until the summer before his eleventh birthday. Everything changes when he is publicly humiliated by the ruthless magician Simon Lovelace and betrayed by his cowardly master who does not defend him.Nathaniel vows revenge. In a Faustian fever, he devours magical texts and hones his magic skills, all the while trying to appear subservient to his master. When he musters the strength to summon the 5,000-year-old djinni Bartimaeus to avenge Lovelace by stealing the powerful Amulet of Samarkand, the boy magician plunges into a situation more dangerous and deadly than anything he could ever imagine. In British author Jonathan Stroud's excellent novel, the first of The Bartimaeus Trilogy, the story switches back and forth from Bartimaeus's first-person point of view to third-person narrative about Nathaniel. Here's the best part: Bartimaeus is absolutely hilarious, with a wit that snaps, crackles, and pops. His dryly sarcastic, irreverent asides spill out into copious footnotes that no one in his or her right mind would skip over. A sophisticated, suspenseful, brilliantly crafted, dead-funny book that will leave readers anxious for more. (Ages 11 to adult) --Karin Snelson (retirado da Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:54 -0400) A primeira ronda de testes foi já encerrada. Visite o grupo Open Shelves Classification para mais informação. |
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The first chapters, as told from the perspective of the charmingly sarcastic Bartimaeus were an enjoyable read. But then in trudges Nathaniel.
Nathaniel, the 2nd narrator, a bratty child who, unlike most child heroes, seemed to learn nothing from being treated poorly by his master except an overabundance of pride. Seems counter-intuitive, does it not?
The only character I found likable in the story was the very minor Mrs. Lutyens, who promptly disappears before half the book is over. Mrs. Underwood, the only character that Nathaniel liked, was an empty headed twit who was more like a maid than a Wife to the insufferable Arthur Underwood.
The characters, besides the demon Bartimaeus, were so shallowly developed that I frankly didn't care what they did. I raced to finish the book because I assumed at the end there would be a moral turnaround--Bartimaeus would grow a little kinder, Nathaniel would lose some of his snotty pride and disdain for "common people" and his ambitions to be part of a cruel authoritarian regime run by magicians.
Instead he ends up gleefully participating in the disgusting Bureaucracy and learns nothing from all the corruption he has witnessed.
What a waste of time! (