The Golem's Eye

by Jonathan Stroud

Paperback, 562 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2006 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

ISBN:: 978-0-7868-3654-3

(57 reviews)

At only fourteen, Nathaniel is a rising star: a young magician who is quickly climbing the ranks of the government. There is seemingly nothing he cannot handle, until he is asked to deal with the growing Resistance movement, which is disrupting London life with its thefts and raids. It’s no easy task: the ringleader Kitty and her friends remain elusive, and Nathaniel’s job-and perhaps his life-are soon at risk. As the pressure mounts, he is distracted by a new series of terrifying attacks in the capital. But is it the Resistance again, or something more dangerous still? To uncover the perpetrators, Nathanial must take desperate measures: a journey to the enemy city of Prague and-worse-summoning once again the troublesome, enigmatic, and quick – witted djinni Bartimaeus.

A thrilling sequel to the best-selling Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem’s Eye is a roller-coaster ride of magic, adventure, and political skullduggery, in which …

A thrilling sequel to the best-selling Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem’s Eye is a roller-coaster ride of magic, adventure, and political skullduggery, in which the fates of Nathaniel, Bartimaeus, and Kitty explosively collide.

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Ayxan Solongo reviewed Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud

Review of "Golem's Eye" on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

I loved the easiness of the first book and was therefore a bit discomforted/displeased (?) that this took a more serious turn.
At least in the beginning. I did like the last chapters, especially once Kitty and Bartimaeus had met in person.

I did love her story, it was better than Nathaniel’s for sure, even though both act because of revenge.

The writing overall is really neat, and the author surely loves describing things. Sometimes I feel like he gets to wrapped up into descriptions, which is not my preference, but he definitely has talent.

So overall I kinda enjoyed reading it, but the first 200-300 pages were a bit hard to get myself into it much. At that point, I just wanted to finish it. Then, however, once the strings worked against Nathaniel’s favor, it became a bit more interesting.
Especially I loved that Kitty & Bartimaeus got along. …

Kibrika reviewed Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud

Review of "Golem's Eye" on 'Goodreads'

No rating

This was really cool! Loved the story, love the characters. Love this form of series, where each story is complete in itself, yet ties together well with others, has characters change between books.

stupidlamb reviewed The golem's eye by Jonathan Stroud (Bartimaeus trilogy -- bk. 2)

Review of "The golem's eye" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Bartimious' comments are just so hilarious it cracks me up. I do hope we will like Mandrake a little more in the next book, right now I understand Bartimious' desire to kill him with the way he is acting like the arogant power hungry brat, but you can see he has felt what its like to be on the other side a little more now. Cant wait to read the next book!