The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Honjetan · Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject:

Has anyone ever read the series? I've been reading the 1st and 2nd one for quite some time now, and I've never heard of anyone who actually read it except this girl that I see every day. The 3rd entry in the series doesn't seem to be doing bad, at least on online sources which can be very misleading. So I'll ask again, has anyone ever read it?
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ultima_yunie · Very bored Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 208

I read a couple of chapters, lost interest, threw it aside.

I have heard they are really good. But I couldn't be bothered reading at the time.

I think I'll try again.

Maybe.

Honjetan · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:39 am Post subject:

If you can't be bothered with reading currently, why are you doing it?
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ultima_yunie · Very bored Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 208

[quote="Honjetan (Justin)"] If you can't be bothered with reading currently, why are you doing it? [/quote]

It was a year or two ago. When they first came out. Razz

I couldn't be bothered at the time.

And now I'll consider braving the poker warrior to find it in our bookcase.

SilentSoul92 · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject:

I think it's a really good series. I've read the first two book (my library doesn't have the third yet Sad

) and so I'm waiting for the third one. I think how the author takes a first-person POV [i]and[/i] a third-person POV in the same book is kinda interesting. (not to mention all the side notes, I love reading the side notes)

Honjetan · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:24 am Post subject:

Poker Warrior? Laughing

Yeah, the side-notes are an interesting extra that adds background information to the story. I got the 3rd one too yesterday.
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Nilitac_Tesgrah · Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:13 am Post subject:

I really thought that the first book was interesting. I loved reading Bartimaeus's sidenotes, especially the ones about humans and Atlantis. Laughing

Those ones were pure gold.

My school doesn't have the second or third. Sad

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Eevonno · Newb Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 20

I have the first one, but I hvaen't gotten around to reading it yet. Uneasy

Defender_of_Darkness · Very bored Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 125

I loved the series personally. The whole book had Intense detail that kept the reader intrested into the story. Bartiumeaus(sorry for SP), Was a real joker in the book makeing you laugh occationally. The footnotes also have the story into where you are accully in that world.

Honjetan · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject:

You spelled Bartimaeus fairly well, you only mixed up the 'A' and the 'E'.

The footnotes provide a kind of background story, informing the reader on things that are happening in the story. Humor makes them interesting to read too.
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ultima_yunie · Very bored Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 208

I've read them now.

They're pretty good. Batimaeous' footnotes are the best things in them.

A lot of things I easily traced back to Greek/Roman mythology. And by memory.

Honjetan · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject:

Am I the only one who spelled Bartimaeus correctly? It's like a horrible fashion trend.

So you finally read it, did you? Glad you enjoyed it.

Sorry to say that I could barely tap the roots of Bartimaeus's footnotes. That's how pathetic I am. Razz

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ultima_yunie · Very bored Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 208

[quote="Honjetan (Justin)"] Am I the only one who spelled Bartimaeus correctly? It's like a horrible fashion trend. [/quote]

Okay, okay. Sorry. It's a hard name to remember. Razz

[quote]So you finally read it, did you? Glad you enjoyed it.[/quote]

Yeah... not the best thing I've read, but still pretty good.

I did get a bit bored at times, but...

Honjetan · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:

Such as the long-winded conversations?

That is understandable, in fact, some of the more violent scenes were boring too.

It's definitely not as dark as the likes of HP, but I haven't followed that story in quite a while.

((Remember, B-A-R-T-I-M-A-E-U-S))
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Defender_of_Darkness · Very bored Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 125

I like thje way Bartimaeus can change shape amd stuff, also the scaning of the seven planes is pretty cool and adds depth to the story.

hueyfreeman · Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 7:15 am Post subject:

The side notes are awesome.[1]

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xDragon_Girlx · Newb Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Merseyside

I read the third one and I was like: "...oh my god..." I was kinda disappointed, 'cause I may have misunderstood it but it finished as Nat as a magician as opposed to a human, that he (and we) all want him to be, so that kinda let me down.
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Rii · My First Post! Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 1

Nat, human? What do you mean? The ending was very sad, but also necessary. What does everyone think of the BT section here? I just posted 2 new fanarts there.