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Please tell me someone else has read this gem?

>> No.10780955

>>10780945
Yes.

>> No.10780974

>>10780955
Glad to hear it. What did you think of the trilogy? I liked the prequel too. But it has been a while since i've read these books.

>> No.10781011

>>10780945
I actually have that book in a cabinet from who knows how many Christmases ago now. Worth reading?

>> No.10781093

>>10780945
Yeah I likes it. Liked the writing style and it was my first introduction to footnotes to be honest lol

>> No.10781103

>>10780945
I read this many years ago as a young child and remember nothing of it. Is it actually that good?

>> No.10781109

>>10780945
Yes, I remember reading the trilogy when I was about 10. Loved it, it was quite different from the usual fantasy I read.

>> No.10781117

>>10780945
Hooooooly fuck I was thinking about this cover and forgot what the boom was called. This was my favorite series as a kid!!!

>> No.10781301

>>10781011
I thought it was some pretty original fantasy so yes.

>> No.10781306

>>10781103
I re read as an adult and loved it just as much if not more.

>> No.10781337
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10781337

Weird how almost everyone here seems to like it. Let me be the first to say that it was okay. The Prequel was boring as hell.

>> No.10781341

>>10780945
I have; in fact I read through the trilogy repeatedly as young'un. I the reckon the third one is the best. I feels like a brilliant culmination of the trilogy, with the mysterious Makepeace (I think that's his name) finally coming to the fore; the other Djinns emerging for the end of their stories; but most importantly for the culmination of the relationship between Nate and Bartimaeus. Kitty Jones is also a really wonderful character- her and the trilogy's eponymous character have a very wonderful little moment in the netherworld region (it's been a while seen I read the books).

>> No.10781440

Is this the Evangelion of children's books?

>> No.10782175

>>10780945
I almost did. In my elementary school library they placed this right next to Lotr to try to trick you into reading it. But I just read Lotr instead.

>> No.10782316

>>10780974
I read them as a kid in German though.
For a kid or teen they are great fun.
Next to Skullduggery Pleasant some of the only fantasy books I would suggest to a kid to read some fantasy.

>> No.10782360

I didn't like it when I was 12, and that was back when I liked pretty much everything.
I think I enjoyed the narrative voice, though.

>> No.10782371

>>10781337

there has never been a good prequel, prove me wrong

>> No.10782403

I absolutely have. One of the first series I plan to go to very my son. Outstanding in every way

>> No.10782428

>>10782371
the robert de niro scenes in godfather part 2

i mean it's not literature but you said there has never been so i am just saying yes there has been albeit very few

>> No.10782433

>>10781440
It's Bleach.

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10782441

>It was there where I met the female djin
>I had sex with her once
>Remind me later, then I'll go into details

>You can't remind him because its a book

>> No.10783192

>>10782433
You're Bleach. Ohhh gotcha.

>> No.10783199

>>10782403
I'm glad you agree>>10781341
After i finished the thrid book when Nate sacrificed his own life it was one of those times when all i could do was sit and think for 20 minutes and be sad it was over. Such a beautiful ending.

>> No.10783208

>>10783192
Go on, drink me.

>> No.10783213

>>10782316
Interesting.. I'm not bilingual and i always wondered how popular literature transferred over between languages. in school we read a bunch of Asian poems but the teacher was choosey about which one and not all of them seem to translate well.

>> No.10783220

>>10783208
After i finish my 2 0z corona.

>> No.10783222

>>10783220
haha 32.

>> No.10783349

>>10783213
Cornelia Funke is probably one of the most popular young young adult writers who is German but writes most her novels in English.
I doubt the issues that exist in poetry really needn't apply to fantasy

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10783398

>>10780945

>> No.10783503

>>10783398
KEK "jew basic" silly person.

>> No.10783538

>>10781337
I can admit the prequel was a little boring. But I'm a sucker for origin stories. I always wanted to know more about Bartimeaus.