This book is very close to 5 stars...let us say it's another of those 4.5 books. I can recommend it and I do, but with a caveat, it is considered to be a youth or YA book. Be sure that your "youth" is mature enough for the book. I will go so far as to add a spoiler below for those who wish to know in more detail what I mean.

This is the third in the Bartimaeus Trilogy. They are good books, and deal with in an over all sense attitudes of cooperation and equality. The Magicians are the ruling clas More...

Fantastic final book to the Bartimaeus Trilogy. I actually give this a 4.5 stars. In this book, Bartimaeus, Nathaniel (John Mandrake) and Kitty are back. Its three years after the events with the golem from the second book. Nathaniel is now a member of the council and one of the closest magicians to the minister and holds substantial power. Kitty had been working as an assistant to a magician in order to gain knowledge on Bartimaeus and his past. Bartimaeus....well he is much as he has been in t More...

Bisa dibilang kesan yang saya dapat setelah membaca bartimaeus trilogy ini tidak sama dengan membaca kisah fantasy biasa.
Tanya kenapa?

Mungkin karena celetukan Barti yang apa adanya dan bikin ngekek kalo baca sendirian malam-malam in ngangenin. Saya jadi berasa kenal dekat dengan sosok Barti.

Atau bisa jadi juga karena membaca ketiga buku ini, saya dapat merasakan pertumbuhan masing-masing karakter plus juga gejolak commoner, penyihir, demon yang kian gelap dan kian menegangkan.
Nat, dari seorang More...

Amazing book. Not Perfect, but amazing nonetheless...

The transformations of the characters, the plot, the storytelling, the battles, the culmination, the ends, they're just great!

In average, the trilogy got 4 stars from me.

Bartimaeus, jin berusia 5000 thn yang harus menerima tindakan sewenang-wenangan masternya. Akibatnya, energinya semakin habis akibat terlalu lama ditahan di bumi. Ia jadi semakin lemah.

Nathaniel, sekarang sedang benar-benar naik daun sekaligus menambah musuhnya. Nathaniel telah sepenuhnya berubah menjadi John Mandrake yang tertutup, gila kerja, ketus, menyebalkan dan sewenang-wenang. 1

Mandrake dihadapkan pada konspirasi besar-besaran yang melibatkan penyihir berkuasa serta jin-jin paling kuat ya More...

Note: I am reviewing the entire Bartimaeus trilogy here.

Having gone into the series with no expectations, I have found the Bartimaeus Trilogy a cracking good fantasy read (or listen, as with the audio book series being voiced with elegant aplomb by Simon Jones). If compared to other British young adult fantasy series, I would put it closer in essence to "His Dark Materials" than "Harry Potter," being quite a darker take on a magical society than even the later books of the latter series, with a More...

Degna, degnissima conclusione di una trilogia fantasy eccezionale. Tutti i nodi vengono al pettine, la trama è talmente ingarbugliata - così come i rapporti tra i personaggi - che trovare una conclusione decente è un'impresa ardua. Eppure Jonathan Stroud scrive uno dei finali più belli abbia mai letto - un finale coraggiosissimo, aggiungo, che finalmente spezza uno dei tanti tabù del genere. Bellissima la storia di Bartimeus e di Tolomeo, con il loro rapporto così profondamente umano, così inten More...

In this fantastic ending to a wonderful trilogy, Jonathan Stroud has managed to do something that I find is rarely done in any series. With Nathaniel, Kitty, and most importantly, Bartimaeus back for another riveting book, deeper conflicts emerge that we didn't fully understand in the previous two books. With secrets from Bartimaeus's past, we get a window peek at The Other Place, and a slowly changing relationship between the three characters, this book is by far the greatest ending to the tril More...

I just finished reading the last book of The Bartimaeus Trilogy a few minutes ago. The whole set is exciting and very funny. I just loved it.[return][return][return][return]The Bartimaeus Trilogy is made up of the following books: The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate. The story revolves around Nathaniel, a young magician who develops his powers and ascends the ranks in the English government, which is run by magicians. In the story, magicians get their power from spirits More...

Buku ke tiga semakin bagus aja....
si Nath yang semakin populer, dengan seenaknya memperkerjakan para Jin...
Barty merasa jengah dengan Jin Jin baru yang lebih sotoy dari dia...

Yaiyalah Barty gitu loh, ngerasa keki dia disamaratakan dengan jin-jin kelas bawah ;D

Apa sih yang bikin kita jatuh cinta dengan Barty?
Kesotoyannya
Kesokkerennya
Sikap ogah-ogahannya
Sikap penyayangnya

Ahhhh jadi kangen Barty...

walau pada kecewa dengan endingnya, termasuk aku, kalau dipikir2 memang lebih baik seperti itu...

Bosen More...

The Bartimaeus books join that rare breed of trilogies in which every volume shines. This third in the series depends more frequently on coincidences launched by whims and hunches to guide the characters more easily through the plot, but that's a minor nitpick. Nathaniel is now a full-fledged minister of the government and at first seems entirely divorced from conscience, until we learn his memories of the second book's events are weighing on his mind. Kitty has remained in London and found mean More...

Loved it. Great pace, loved the story line. Though it was a bit predictable (if *I* could pick things, then no doubt someone would have figured it out by Book 2), it was executed very well (which is what I reckon is most important)... Had me on the edge of my seat! (Alright...I lie, I was in bed) ^^^^I'm glad that Nathaniel and Kitty became more rounded characters... okay, that sounded a bit stuffy, but I was getting exasperated that I couldn't be more than anything but feel detachment or slight More...

First and foremost, if you haven't read the first two books of this trilogy (The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye), I wouldn't start with this one. Without all the back-story there's a lot to miss. That being said, I think this might have been the best of the three.

We're back in London, after the downfall of the Lovelace affair, and Nathaniel/Jonathan Mandrake, is now Information Minister. The Commoners are growing restless, the war in America is going poorly, and Bartimaeus has been kept in More...

Sono davvero rimasta colpita. Partiamo dai difetti. Perché ce ne sono veramente pochi. L'unica cosa di cui davvero mi posso lamentare è che ho trovato alcuni passaggi troppo veloci, troppo tirati. Come se si cercasse di risolvere l'azione troppo in fretta. Tuttavia, ed è proprio il caso di dirlo dato che questa pecca passa abbastanza inosservata visto quanto, a mio parere, sia coinvolgente il libro, tutto il resto è davvero ben fatto. Spendo nuovamente qualche parola su quello che nei libri prec More...

Sebenernya mau ngasih 5 bintang.. WOW banget lah, dan saya amat sangat beruntung bisa 'menemukan' buku ini. Meskipun agak telat :D
Baru menaruh perhatian pada buku ini gara garanya ketiga seri Bertimaeus ini ada di rak obral Toko Gunung Agung Pondok Gede. Dan pas baca sinopsisnya, tertarik karena ceritanya tentang jin. Selama ini kan baca novel fantasy tentang malaikat, vampir, dan kota kota dystopian lainnya, wah suatu keunikan tersendiri.
Kirain saya bukunya bakalan serius banget, dari covernya More...

Although ending on a sad note, the book is a real page turner.
The characters are much more evolved. Nathaniel develops emotions, which were unseen before mainly due to his workaholic nature, but were nevertheless showcased the boy as a one-dimensional character with no depth.
Kitty becomes a unique human when she travels to the Other Place and succeeds in her quest to understand the nature of the spirits, and ultimately her quest to break down the barrier between humans and the spirits complete More...

I chose this book because it was the sequel to the books I already read. I couldn't start reading another book until I read this one because it was the third in the series.
This book is about a magician who is faced with a series of problems that concern Bartimaeus and a girl named Kitty. They solve the series of problems in order to stop a rebellion.
My favorite quote is on page 203. "Kitty did not blink. 'Yes, but you don't generally go around as a king-size hamster,' she snapped. 'You always re More...

Nathaniel tem dezassete anos, cinco anos passaram desde conhecemos o jovem mago pela primeira vez e podemos ver o quanto ele mudou. Agora numa posição de relativo poder, apesar de continuar sobe ameaça, Nathaniel está nas suas "sete quintas" mas perto de se tornar tão cruel como o mago que enfrentou no primeiro livro.
Uma coisa que gosto particularmente nos livros de Jonathan Stroud é o desenvolvimento que este dá às personagens. Não só vemos Nathaniel crescer como pessoa como vemos a maneira co More...

This is my absolute favorite young adult series of all time (with the serious exception of any Terry Pratchett series) and I would recommend it to anybody who loves genius boys, sarcastic djinn, and the most amazing endings possible. On my favorite's list, I would put it high above Hunger Games, Twilight, Percy Jackson, and any other of todays more popular series because it was just that amazing!

To avoid spoilers, I will just say that the Bartimaeus Trilogy, and especially Ptolemy's Gate, were t More...

I'm bored so I'm going to review this #12
Reviewing the last book first #2
Well, it's been a week year since I read this, so this is going to suck #2

Can't *sob* Speak for *sob* It's just *sob* WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!
*sniff*
Okay, I'm done now.
This was the most spectaulus finale I've ever read.
Seriously, it left me in tears. Nathaniel finally gets a heart(if you read this you will hate yourself for all time)(view spoiler)[then dies. IT'S NOT FAAAAAIIRRRR!! (hide spoiler)]. Kitty wins the rebellion. Bartimaeus...is Bartimaeus...ye More...

The Bartimaeus Trilogy is set in a fictional London, wherein magic, magicians and demons are normal occurrences in everyday life, and that they actively participate in events all throughout history. In a sense, the trilogy offers an alternative, witty and funny “explanation” on how monumental events have happened in History.

The story follows Nathaniel and his djinni Bartimaeus from his childhood as a young noble magician to his transformation to becoming the corrupted John Mandrake, and eventual More...

At seventeen years old, Nathaniel is now completely Mr. Mandrake and is living the life of an adult—a gift granted him by the Prime Minister as thanks for saving the day twice. However, even though he no longer has a master and is finally a Minister in the government himself, he is still a boy—at the beginning. In this book, annoying, selfish Mr. Mandrake finally realizes he is not the most important person in the world and that he should have priorities above his own ambition.

Bartimaeus is stil More...

Con quest’ultimo e appassionante capitolo della Trilogia di Bartimeus, Jonathon Stroud ci porta ancora una volta in quella Londra in completa balia dei maghi che si è potuta conoscere nei due precedenti capitoli della serie.
Tutta la vicenda gravita attorno ai personaggi di Nathaniel, Bartimeus e Kitty, snodandosi capitolo dopo capitolo fino a far arrivare il lettore alla completa comprensione di ciò che sta succedendo attorno ai tre, alternando pensieri, battute acide e azzeccati commenti in un More...