An interesting novel that took me a little while to read. The Amulet of Samarkand was one part hilarious and one part dry. Unfortunately I found my self hating Nathaniel, who was the main character, so that when it came time for a chapter or two to be told from his perspective I did not feel motivated to read at all. Bartimeus, the lovely Gollum looking fellow pictured on the cover, often left me in stitches. His character was witty and had excellent footnotes on a lot of the pages that just added to the general hilarity of the chapters he voiced.
