A review by marshmallowbooks
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
3.0
This was a good start to a trilogy. I listened to the audiobook, and the reader was pretty good. The story is told from the points of view of Bartimaeus, a haughty djinn, and Nathaniel, a young magician with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. I much preferred the point of view of Bartimaeus over Nathaniel. Maybe because it was in first person, or maybe because the narrator didn't seem to have to work as hard to pull off the voice, or maybe because at times Nathaniel was a bit of a whiny 12-year-old.
The story didn't move quite as fast as I'd expected, but it was interesting enough to keep me listening until the end. It wasn't really until the end, the last few chapters, that I felt like anything really was happening, and then the excitement was over a little to quickly. I would have preferred a little more anticipation building up to it, but in the end, I am wondering what the next installment has in store.
The story didn't move quite as fast as I'd expected, but it was interesting enough to keep me listening until the end. It wasn't really until the end, the last few chapters, that I felt like anything really was happening, and then the excitement was over a little to quickly. I would have preferred a little more anticipation building up to it, but in the end, I am wondering what the next installment has in store.