Bartimaeus Trilogy

[Majimaune]

Yes easily. I love the ending to Ptolemy's Gate. It is just the best.

 

[Medea]

Yeah. And sad. It almost had me crying.....

 

[Majimaune]

Yes bit sad but it is always good to see an author having the guts to....(so I don't spoil anything for potential readers)

 

[Lith]

I loved this books, and they are shortly to get a re-read. The plot is pretty standard, IMO, but they're well written, especially Bartimaeus's character.

I don't see a spoiler code around here, so anyone that doesn't want the ending even sorta spoiled don't read the following: let's just say it went in a direction I really didn't expect.

 

[Majimaune]

It did for me too.

If you want to post a spoiler then just change the font colour to white. Thats what I do anyway.

 

[AtomicOJ]

How so? He's not like Artemis Fowl is he? I didn't care for Artemis at all...

Oh, come on! You dont like Fowl? Fowl is one of the best characters ive ever come accross! I mean, who wouldnt love an irish criminal boy genius? Not to mention Fairies with bazookas. Artemis is better than Nathaniel.
Nathaniel's still pretty awesome though.

 

[Crazihors]

I like Nathaniel better than Artemis, especially by PG, when he's slightly more grown up...but I'm going to finish reading Ptolemy's Gate before somebody tells me what happens....

 

[Majimaune]

Nathaniel is best in Ptolemy's Gate. Artemis is best in the first book and then number five. I did like Artemis more though, possibly because I read it first but I think that he is the better character. Nathaniel is pretty cool though as Atomic said.

 

[kaza_kingsley]

OMG, this was an awesome trilogy! I highly reccomend it, although book two was annoying because it really didn't end. (I hate that in a series book.)
I have to laugh at the HP comparison by wee free hobits above: my series gets this too, but neither comparison fits. Anyway, Bartimaeus is hysterical - best part of these books.
Kaza Kingsley
Author of the Erec Rex series
Erec Rex The Dragon's Eye

 

[Emu]

Has anyone here actually finsihed the book. I did and I loved it. The ending was really sad. but it was still awesome.

 

[Majimaune]

Um if you read previous posts you would discover people have read all of it.

 

[Emu]

Ok then. What was your favorite part?

 

[Majimaune]

The best part, by far is the last few chapters of the trilogy. I love the lines exchanged in there.

 

[nancypearlwannabe]

I loved this entire series. I thought the characters were both sarcastic and funny yet very likable. Bartimaeus is the best modern-day genie story I've seen so far.

 

[Majimaune]

What other modern day genie stories are there?

 

[Emu]

None. I liked the last chapter of Kitty and the last chapter of Nathaniel and Bartimaeus. When Bartimaeus was released very sad part.

 

[Majimaune]

That is a very sad part.

 

[DeepThought]

I've read the whole trilogy, its very good as far as young adult novels go, best of the sub-genre I've read since Phillip Pullmans His Dark Materials (though have to admit not having read that many YA novels) Books and his prose is rather refreshing too. I also like the footnotes.

Cheer's, DeepThought

 

[chiz]

I would really like to know what books are the best and greatest people are talking about. Like if you said "they are good, but not the greatest." If I loved Baritmaeus imagine what reading your books would be like? And I do love this trilogy, I'm a bit fanatical about it, a fraction of what I was like for HP. And Bartimaeus is riot. Im suprised I found such a book, I just picked it off the library shelf- something I never do.

 

[Majimaune]

Chiz, for me, some of the greatest would have to be Neil Gaiman's American Gods. It is a brilliant book. You should try it sometime.