[ 
Mood: Angelic ]
[ 
Currently: Eating my lunch ]
I was in the middle of this when the After Harry: Big List was posted. The Bartimaeus trilogy, of which this is the first volume, was on the list.
I won’t try to summarise it – Deanna has made a good job of that in the link above – but just say that I liked this book very much. It has been part of the post Harry Potter explosion of magic books for children but this one is something special.
It is set in a modern day London where magicians are the head of society and run the country. The magic is darker than in Harry Potter since all magic involves summoning djinni – with candles, pentacles and ritual – and making them obey commands. I kept forgetting this modern setting and was constantly startled by mentions of cars and trains.
A great book with some unresolved plot points for the next book which I will be diving straight into next.
