A review by remmerich1
Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

Pulls together threads from the first two and throws in new ideas of its own, ending up in a place that feels inevitable, like this trilogy could have had no other point. It's funny, it's moving, it's on-the-nose metaphor never gets tiring (politicians enslave demons for power, and are literally consumed by them...) because the plot is so tight, the dialogue so fun, the action so engaging. Bartimaeus is exceptional, reminding me of the best that young people's fantasy can provide (Moggett) and Nathaniel/Mandrake and Kitty are prefect characters for the roles they play here. The Nathaniel/Mandrake dynamic pays off so we'll in this one, and again works so well as a metaphor for how growing up we can ve corrupted. Its really excellent, in its own and to cap off the trilogy