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L'amuleto di Samarcanda
by Jonathan Stroud
The Bartimaeus Trilogy is the one of best fantasy books I’ve ever read and, so far, one of my favorite books of all time.
The best thing about this trilogy is that the main characters aren’t the classic heroes you get to see in the majority of YA novels: the protagonists? A skinny, arrogant, selfishly proud 12 years old who grows up to be one the most powerful wizards in the government at the age of 18; an ancient, snarky, sassy, disrespectful, spirit with a really big ego, but that deep down has a big heart; a young girl who is part of the “Rebels” and who is also brave, determined and the first in over 500 years to actually try to understand spirits instead of seeing them as slaves.
The story is wonderfully developed, the character Arcs are believable and reliable, and the ending is bittersweet, but also very realistic: I have very strange preferences when it comes to fantasy books (I hated Harry Potter, for example), but this Trilogy has everything a good book needs to have.
Just, be sure not to pick it up looking for a world of brave heroes, selfless motives and pure feelings because you’ll get none of this until the end.
The best thing about this trilogy is that the main characters aren’t the classic heroes you get to see in the majority of YA novels: the protagonists? A skinny, arrogant, selfishly proud 12 years old who grows up to be one the most powerful wizards in the government at the age of 18; an ancient, snarky, sassy, disrespectful, spirit with a really big ego, but that deep down has a big heart; a young girl who is part of the “Rebels” and who is also brave, determined and the first in over 500 years to actually try to understand spirits instead of seeing them as slaves.
The story is wonderfully developed, the character Arcs are believable and reliable, and the ending is bittersweet, but also very realistic: I have very strange preferences when it comes to fantasy books (I hated Harry Potter, for example), but this Trilogy has everything a good book needs to have.
Just, be sure not to pick it up looking for a world of brave heroes, selfless motives and pure feelings because you’ll get none of this until the end.