The Golem’s Eye – Jonathan Stroud
It was probably my state of mind at the time, but I finally conceded defeat and returned The Golem’s Eye to the library–only three days late. Somehow it just seemed like too much trouble to bother. I didn’t get past the first chapter.
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[...] I saw this at the bookstore, and despite having given up on the Bartimaeus Trilogy, thought it sounded interested. On my hold list at the library it went, and when it came, I found myself riveted. For about three chapters. Basically, one of two orphaned brothers who live with their short-tempered sister in a small English village, falls asleep on a hill and wakes up with dragon vision in which he can see the souls of people. He takes his brother up there, so he can also get a taste of the vision. Then it turns out that there are other dangerous people in the village who have partaken, and the plot heats up. Only not enough to sustain my interest. Like his other novels, the concept was great, the writing fine, and the execution somewhat less than dazzling. Abandoned. [...]