Books : The Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 2)

by: Jonathan Stroud  Average Rating:
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Due to the success of his first campaign involving the Amulet of Samarkand, Nathaniel, now fourteen, has been appointed the youngest representative ever to the Office of Internal Affairs, and has been devising traps to capture members of the Resistance--a secretive group of commoners who are determined to undermine the ruling class of magicians. When a magic-sapping Golem’s surprise first attack is labeled an act of Resistance terrorism, Nathaniel reluctantly summons Bartimaeus for help. Meanwhile, a zealous young member of the Resistance, Kitty Jones, is planning to rob the sacred tomb of the great magician Gladstone, and turn the power of his buried magical instruments against the spell makers. The towering clay Golem and its shadowy master unites the destinies of Nathaniel, Bartimaeus, and Kitty together in one fateful night--unfortunately, that night is much too slow in coming. Stroud’s second book is far too long and gloomy, focusing more on the priggish Nathaniel and wronged Kitty than the dijinni readers have come to adore. Fans of Jonathan Stroud’s breakout hit, The Amulet of Samarkand, may be a little disappointed to discover that Bartimaeus features so little his second book. While Stroud cleverly uses the class war between the ruling magicians and the disgruntled commoners as a metaphor for current political and social clashes, the text suffers overall from a lack of the dijinni’s famous facetious footnotes. Avid fans are left skimming the slow parts and hoping that when Bartimaeus escapes his servile bonds he will be given more space to make them laugh. --Jennifer Hubert

Rating: - The Golem's Eye
This is an awesome book!!!!!!!! I cant say it any other way because i'm not a intellectual. And i'm stupid too. Anyway back to the golem's eye. it was really magical and stuff and it has a cheeky, rude djinni named bartimaeus. He's funna. It also includes a dude who turns yellow named julius tallow. there's a 14 year old kid named Nathaniel who i'm sad to say is a ultimate fancy dude. he cared about only his clothes and his hair. there a girl named kitty who cries a lot and has a frined who got hit ... Read More

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Rating: - Not as good as the first but still pretty good.
The second book in the Bartimaeus trilogy The Golem's Eye is very good. I like the fact that Stroud kept up the part where each character had their own story. I also like the fact that Kitty is now a main character. In the first book she was portrayed as a prop. Essentially she was just a bystander something that made the story better.
But the part I did not like was the fact that Nathanial was even more boring. In all of the chapters that portrayed him he was a very dry character. He lacked ... Read More

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Rating: - A worthy sequel to the Amulet of Samarkand
In the second book of the Bartimaeus trilogy, the sequel to The Amulet of Samarkand, Nathaniel, a young magician, summons the powerful, wise-cracking djinni, Bartimaeus to help him track down an evil golem making random attacks on London. This incredible adventure takes them on a chase after a skeleton, an encounter with the Night Police, and eventually leads them to the dreaded golem and the shocking truth behind his power. A magical adventure that will keep you gasping and laughing to the last page! ... Read More