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 Golem's Eye - Jonathan Stroud
Newest Review: ... young that it's completely obvious that such a young child cannot possibly be in charge of a government agency, he wouldn't ... more  ... be able to command adults and demons to the extent he does and he is just an extremely unbelievable character. I cannot even see that he would appeal to the age group of children that this book is written for as he's obnoxious and generally unpleasant.
His demon is worse, while not spiteful like Nathaniel he's one of those wise cracking characters whose every sentence is punctuated with a satirical one liner. This became tiring within the first twenty pages and I soon began to dread the arrival of Bartimaeus, luck...more |
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Golem's Eye - Jonathan Stroud: Where's the Golem? (1226 words)
by - written on 19/03/09 (Very useful, 78 readings)
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I was browsing the books in charity shop recently when I saw a book which appealed because of the evil looking skeleton on the front cover, I am reading a lot of horror novels at the moment and even without reading the blurb on the back cover of The Golem's Eye it looked exciting and interesting. It wasn't until I started reading that I realised this is more a fantasy book than horror, and not a good one either in my opinion. I hadn't realised that it's actually a book for older children, I had been expecting an adults horror novel but instead was left reading a strangely written novel featuring back chatting demons and an England ruled by magicians. ... Read the complete review
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