Bartimeaus Trilogy: The Golem's Eye - Book #2 (Bartimaeus Trilogy)

Move over Harry, there is a new magician to fall in love with. This is a "can't put it down" read. By the end, you will be so taken with the Other World inhabitants that you won't be able to wait to pick up Book #3.

It is great

ALL OF THE BOOKS OF THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY ARE AWESOME. I ENJOYED THEM. IF YOU LIKE FANTASY THESE BOOKS CAN REALLY TAKE YOU MIND AWAY!ALSO, THEY ARE FOR EVERYONE, OLD AND YOUNG- BOYS AND GIRLS. NO ROMANCE, BUT ALOT OF ACTION, DRAMA, SUSPENSE IN A WONDERFUL FANTASY WORLD.

Stroud is a fairly good writer but in all three books he seems to fall short in creating a true conflict for Bartimeus and Nathanial. Without going into too much detail and spoiling the book the plot centers around the emergence of resistance to the magic elite. The best character in the entire city seems to be the city itself, but never do we see a true villain. Reading about the two running around trying to stop this and that was closer to reading a mystery novel instead of a young adult fantasy. A mystery where the criminal is who you suspected all along.