Talk:Bartimaeus (Bartimaeus trilogy)

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Bartimaeus is a great creation by author Jonathan Stroud. When I started reading the first book I thought the footnotes would be a distraction (as well as being hard to read in small print) but I found myself looking forward to them more and more as the story progressed. Considering that Bartimaeus isn't really anything tangible - an essence? a spirit? - he is the most likeable character in the story. He's the one you identify with, even when he's changing shapes and flying across London. Nathaniel, by contrast, is totally unlikeable. Even when he gets humiliated by Lovelace you can't help thinking he deserved it. The London that Stroud has created, and the social background, has a Dickensian quality. It's a bit medieval at times too. The books are immensely enjoyable and no doubt wasted on the target audience. Madjinn 13:54, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

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i want a cookie! but... anyways i like bartimaeus alot and i absolutely loved the footnotes but how can u not like nathainel at all mean have u read the last book!he is totally selfless!also he was as bartimaeus says in the third book also "born into it"and has the biggest consience among the magicians!i loved nathaniel and bartimaeus pretty much the same amount(alot!)and i wish people read between the lines bartimaeus(though not usually stating it openly except in the last book) has a bond with him and kitty so ya i luvvvvvv batimaeus (i mean he is hilarious) but don't be so hard on nathaniel because he saved bartimeaeus's life!

I have taken the liberty of fleshing out the page slightly, as well as fixing a few basic grammatical errors... Can we please get someone with a basic understanding of sentence structure to do some more fleshing out? Yeliw