Yet another review - Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud

[kokopelli20878]

As you may know, my commute lends itself to audiobooks - some of which are great, some of which are not-so-great...

This is one of the not so great ones.

This book is set in modern day Britain - with a twist.  There are cars and computers and telephones, but England is ruled by a nobility of magicians.  In a construct not readily explained, magic

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[brother_art]

Hey, we agree. I actually gave up reading this one at some point in the story and just skipped to the last chapter or so. I also remember being kind of turned off by parts of it.

A protagonist is supposed to be likeable, and this one wasn't that much.