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A carregar... The Amulet of Samarkand, Book 1 (Bartimaeus) (original 2003; edição 2003)por Jonathan Stroud (Autor)
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Adventure This series (a trilogy beginning with The Amulet of Samarkand) was just meant to be an HP rebound for me, but I ended up really caring about it. Like the Great Rowling, Stroud's really good at making serious ethical questions exciting by giving them a magical spin; but where Harry is a sympathetic character that has greatness thrust upon him, Nathaniel is a total douche most of the time. It'd be like HP following Draco Malfoy's moral development. Also, in many ways this series is a bit more sophisticated than HP. It's got a lot of that dry British sarcasm going on and the alternative London Stroud imagines is way more unsettling than Rowling's. Imagine a world that's 98% Slytherin and you'll get the idea. I'm not saying this is better than HP. I'll admit there were times when I thought about putting it down and just rereading Order of the Phoenix, but I'm really glad I finished it. It was worth it. -interesting world and magic system -interesting how all the characters more or less were of dubious morality, including both main characters in different ways -unreliable narration -different sorts of point of view were used -corrupt politicians who are magicians but power comes from demons they summon -interesting conflicts between magicians and 'commoners' and magicians and demons, has some serious themes here -it did leave some gaps and things i thought could have been done better but overall quite good -a lot of politics for a kids book and morally dubious characters arent too common in this sort of book, but it definitely is a kids book not young adult and im sure kids can understand that sort of stuff, i didnt think it was generally more challenging than most kids books - was slightly dense to read in its style but not that much i suspect im just not used to reading anymore Londres, 2003. La magia rige la política y los negocios. Por eso, cuanto más importante es un mago, más influencia y poder tiene. Desde pequeños, los futuros magos son separados de sus familias, pierden su nombre y un mago se encarga de su severísima educación; a los doce años, reciben el nombre oficial, según el cual serán reconocidos como magos y como hombres, así como su primer par de lentes, que les permite ver algo del mundo de los espíritus. El poder de los magos es ilimitado -en función de su saber- y la mayoría trabaja para el Gobierno. La corrupción está a la orden del día y la amistad es sólo una cuestión de estrategia. Cuantos más poderes tiene un mago, más capacidad tiene de convocar a los distintos espíritus y conseguir lo que quiere. Sin embargo, a los magos les ha salido un incómodo enemigo: la Resistencia, un grupo de personas normales y corrientes que, hartos de la corrupción, quieren que el poder vuelva a manos del pueblo.... Pertence a SérieEstá contido emTem a adaptaçãoPrémiosNotable Lists
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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