{"id":595,"date":"2008-07-15T20:40:55","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T20:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/theculture\/2008\/07\/15\/the-amulet-of-samarkand\/"},"modified":"2012-10-03T01:58:39","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T01:58:39","slug":"the-amulet-of-samarkand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/theculture\/2008\/07\/15\/the-amulet-of-samarkand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Amulet of Samarkand"},"content":{"rendered":"

[<\/strong>\u00a0\"Angelic\" Mood:<\/strong> Angelic\u00a0]<\/strong>
\n[<\/strong>\u00a0\"Eating Currently:<\/strong> Eating my lunch\u00a0]<\/strong>
\nI was in the middle of this when the After Harry: Big List<\/a> was posted. The Bartimaeus trilogy<\/a>, of which this is the first volume, was on the list.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

A great book with some unresolved plot points for the next book which I will be diving straight into next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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