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The Amulet Of Samarkand (2010)

by Jonathan Stroud(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1423111478 (ISBN13: 9781423111474)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Disney-Hyperion

series

The Bartimaeus Trilogy: Graphic Novel

review 1: A graphic novel about magicians. In this world magicians are used to keep control with parliament. With all power though, corruption often rears its ugly head. Nathaniel is a young boy taken from his parents to become a magicians apprentice. The next 6 years of his life he learns the spells, summonings and other tricks of the trade. He gets cocky and like a lot of teenagers overly emotional at being belittled so he takes vengeance on a powerful magician. It of course back fires and that is when the book really takes off. There is also the ever so witty Bartimaeus the demon or Djinn that is summoned by Nathaniel as his ever loyal side kick.It was over all an enjoyable read.This is supposed to be the first book in a "series" or trilogy but nothing has been published since th... moreis one. We'll see what happens in the future.
review 2: Being a fan of the novel, I was surprised on how clever the book was on illustrating Bartimaeus's inner thoughts (or the footnotes seen in the book) and maintaining his personality. If anything, it helped me visualize how possible it could be for this book to be turned into a movie and wow I was just happy and I love how it set up for the next book because that means another graphic novel.The only problem I've had was that it followed too much of the book - I think having to name every chapter was necessary. less

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