remmerich1 's review for:

The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud

4.75

adventurous funny mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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Fantastically engaging, lightning quick, and with really wonderful dialogue. Its biggest strength remains the fascinating magic system Stroud has invented, and the characters of the "demons" we meet. Bartimaeus,  Nathaniel, Kitty all work well as protagonists, and there's some really great stuff with an Afrit called Honorius. It's not subtle, but it's not trying to be, and the whole magic as a metaphor for wealth thing works so well I wasn't bothered by it. Great read, worth checking out the trilogy