Did any of you...

Ptolemy's Gate

Did any of you...

Yes.
No.
Yes very much.
Yes and no.
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
11 Sep 08 - 19:38
Haha, the introduction and the conclusion.
For once I don't mind resurrecting old topics.
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Nero Higher Spirit
11 Sep 08 - 19:50
Ah, the newbie years....

:P
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Dansariki Higher Spirit
11 Sep 08 - 19:57
Pfft.
I still loved the ending.
Noobs aside.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers

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12 Sep 08 - 20:29
Gettin' all nostalgic, are we Nero?

Not that I can talk, I've only been here a few months.


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Dansariki Higher Spirit
12 Sep 08 - 21:31
Yeah seriously.
I am a seasoned vet, whereas you are the lil noob :P
Knowledge is Power, Power Corrupts, and Corruption Destroys.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
~Isaac Asimov
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
~Benjamin Franklin
You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea.
~Medgar Evers

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2 Mar 09 - 00:42
loved the book!!

the ending WAS sad but would've been worse w/o the death
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Umbreo Utukku
3 Mar 09 - 09:19
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The ending was brilliant and necessary. As were all the books.
When I set out from the boy's attic window, my head was so full of competing plans and complex strategems that I didn't look where I was going and flew straight into a chimney.

Something symbolic in that. It's what fake freedom does for you.
klevy- Mite
4 Mar 09 - 20:19
I loved that little final paragraph there in the end of PG where Barti talks about his feelings toward Nathaniel. It was a nice addition.

"[...] I rather think he knew anyway."
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Honorius Utukku
5 Apr 09 - 21:05
I rather liked the endings of all the books. I remember the ending for AoS ended with "Just something to remember me by". I can't think of a more satisfying closing statement than that.
"Give me back my face!" "Look at that sunset. Like blood and melted cheese."
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Dr. Rekhyt Mouler
12 May 09 - 01:52
Yes, I really quite liked it-especially Ptolomaeus of Alexandria, Child-Magician and Master of Rekhyt

(he's one of my favorite characters!).
"I am Bartimaeus! I am Sakhr al-Jinni, N'gorso the Mighty and the Serpent of Silver Plumes! I have rebuilt the walls of Uruk, Karnak and Prague. I have spoken with Solomon. I have run with the buffalo fathers of the plains. I have watched over Old Zimbabwe till the stones fell and the jackals fed on its people."
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indie2 Foliot
1 Jun 10 - 13:10
yes and no because it was epic and great and an amazing ending. but nat died...and i hate characters that die in books. usually it makes me hate the whole series but i couldn't bring myself to hate this one, i liked nat's character development too much and barti's too funny.
30 Jul 10 - 22:19
Decent ending, wasn't actually expecting Nathaniel's death though...Probably better to have an ambiguous end to the series rather than a generic "he saves the day and becomes the hero once more" thing.
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23 Aug 10 - 14:39
Umbreo wrote:I've said it before and I'll say it again. The ending was brilliant and necessary. As were all the books.
TOTALLY AGREED. Exactly what i think. even though the ending made me depressed. :cry: :'(

My ranking of the books:
#3 Golem's Eye
#2 Amulet of Samarkand
#1 Ptolemy's Gate
klevy- wrote:I loved that little final paragraph there in the end of PG where Barti talks about his feelings toward Nathaniel. It was a nice addition.

"[...] I rather think he knew anyway."
I was already sobbing when nathaniel died, but that paragraph made me BAWL for the next hour. so touching. so upsetting. :cry:
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Ptolemy Mite
8 Nov 10 - 21:19
I loved the ending. It was THE way to finish the trilogy.

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