The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Another books that i'm re-reading at the moment.

Since i can't be bothered will people dumping each other.

this is no harry potter.

far from it.

i first bought ptolemy's gate when i was in KK few years back. when i need my dosage of magic in my life.

here, i was first introduced to nathaniel and later, bartimaeus, the genie or djinni, as spelt in the book.








B is a funny character whom is overly sarcastic and lazy to the core. quite a change from the genie we all know- 'you wishes are my command.' always trying to find loopholes in every instructions given.

u can see his thinking or the explanation of his thinking through the footnote - and i laughed so hard i almost pee in my pants.

figure of speech.

the magic were done abit different in this book.




the power of magician is done through the djinni they summoned - on which hierachy they are from. on which 'plane' and what level these djinni are.

from your naked eyes, human eyes that is, u cant see anything. except for the djinni u summoned who can take any form they want.

it was the djinni who was doing everything. u will see them sitting on the shoulder of a particular magician or just following behind waiting for instruction while belittling other djinni or whatever it is, while they are at it.

i wont bore u with the sypnosis coz im sure ive bored u enuf with the above.

hah.

but if you are into magics - war in the parliament - politics even within the other world

- this is the book for u.