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David McK (3663 KP) rated Ptolemy's Gate (Bartimaeus, #3) in Books

Oct 19, 2025  
PG
Ptolemy's Gate (Bartimaeus, #3)
Jonathan Stroud | 2005
6
6.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
The final part in Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus trilogy, all set in an alternative modern-day-ish London where magic is a real thing and with those able to wield it (or, more accurately, able to summon various magical creatures including Djinni to carry out their orders) in power, again following (roughly chapter about) the main three characters of the magician John Mandrake, his Djinni Bartimaeus and the commoner Kitty Jones who has magical resistance.

Which, as the ages-old Djinni Bartimaeus points out, is something he has seen time and time again throughout the ages: those able to perform magic rise to the top until magical resistance starts growing amongst the downtrodden commoners, who then over-through their rulers.

The trilogy, as a whole, I felt is enjoyable enough but does need to be read in order, with this perhaps the best.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Now You See Me 2 (2016) in Movies

May 7, 2017  
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
2016 | Mystery
5
6.2 (16 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Some good illusions (1 more)
Great locations
Obsurd plot (1 more)
No Isla Fisher
Wish I hadn't seen this
I quite liked the original film and hoped this would be more of the same. It's a shame Isla Fisher didn't return. Some of the scenes are ridiculous even for a "magic" film, some plot lines don't make a lot of sense. Overall it felt like a quick lower budget sequel.