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. …
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. And were amused about talking badly about Nathaniel! Serves him right, that boy.
And i also loved a lot that Nathaniel didn’t turn out to be the hero, as compared to the last book. Yes, to the outside world and the other magicians, he’s the hero, but Bartimaeus and the readers know better. Thank you, Jonathan, for this!
